Fire camp corrections officer

[Turnkey97]

Any officer have the real 411 working a camp?

[formulad97]

Comes with a divorce & lots of overtime.

[Turnkey97]

That's not the answer I was expecting LOL

[BarrettM99]

I'm at a fire camp right now as part of the National Guard. One of the guys was a former corrections lieutenant. I'll ask. What kind of info are you wanting.

Divorce and overtime are standard...as is a boat load of money.

[Turnkey97]

Thanks

[BarrettM99]

Here's the deal...I was told you have to know someone. Usually, there is a hub that all fires get coordinated through and you put in for it. Once someone retires or leaves, you interview for it and may get it that way. But basically, someone recommends you and you get in that way.

[CreamyFettucini]

The only requirement is that you are currently a CO and off the two year apprenticeship.

It's a position you have to interview for. And from what I hear it's like CDCR transportation, good luck getting in unless you know someone or have a lot of time in.

[stormvet]

It's a hell of a lot more then that. There are fire camps from darn near the Oregon border to the Mexican border, most are run by two state prisons. SCC runs the southern camps, but also has some in central California as high as Sac. The northern camps are run by CCC. As expected a lot of the officers come from these two institutions. Being a fire camp officer, you need to be a self starter and work without supervision, you will have a lot of responsibility and wear a lot of hats. During fire season, you will be away from home a lot. Some camps much more then others. There will be times when you could be alone all night in your very rural camp in the woods with over a hundred convicted felons that have access to alcohol, spice and other drugs. You will work for days sometimes weeks on end, whether you want to or not.

As far as getting a camp assignment, like I said if you work one of those two institutions it is much easier. Rookies very rarely will get assigned to a camp, they want experienced officers with a established history of reliability, competence, professionalism and confidence. Most will get placed on a camp coverage list, when a camp has a temporary opening they use this list to fill the spot until the regular officer comes back. You use this assignment to bust a**, impress the camp LT and Sgt so when they do have a permanent opening they remember you.

[flyer898]

It's a hell of a lot more then that. There are fire camps from darn near the Oregon border to the Mexican border, most are run by two state prisons. SCC runs the southern camps, but also has some in central California as high as Sac. The northern camps are run by CCC. As expected a lot of the officers come from these two institutions. Being a fire camp officer, you need to be a self starter and work without supervision, you will have a lot of responsibility and wear a lot of hats. During fire season, you will be away from home a lot. Some camps much more then others. There will be times when you could be alone all night in your very rural camp in the woods with over a hundred convicted felons that have access to alcohol, spice and other drugs. You will work for days sometimes weeks on end, whether you want to or not.

As far as getting a camp assignment, like I said if you work one of those two institutions it is much easier. Rookies very rarely will get assigned to a camp, they want experienced officers with a established history of reliability, competence, professionalism and confidence. Most will get placed on a camp coverage list, when a camp has a temporary opening they use this list to fill the spot until the regular officer comes back. You use this assignment to bust a**, impress the camp LT and Sgt so when they do have a permanent opening they remember you.

What he said! ^

[Turnkey97]

Thanks for the info trying to decide if family sacrifice is worth the job

[Turnkey97]

I have worked at a prison for some time. I'm seeing the the change in administrations view of us compared to them. Thought a change might be worth looking into.

[johnthomas]

I'm at a fire camp right now as part of the National Guard. One of the guys was a former corrections lieutenant. I'll ask. What kind of info are you wanting.

Divorce and overtime are standard...as is a boat load of money.

You getting fed OK? lol. What do they have you doing? I was at the Happy Camp fire in 87, made good money for two weeks. I was in finance.

[Rover60]

Does having a fire fighter 1 cert or fire science training/ education help? I currently work for a law enforcement agency but studied to be a fire fighter in college lol


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[stormvet]

Does having a fire fighter 1 cert or fire science training/ education help? I currently work for a law enforcement agency but studied to be a fire fighter in college lol


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Not really, your not there to fight the fire, your there to keep the inmates in custody and to protect the public. Calfire and the inmates are there for the firefighting.

[DCH]

Man, what a great thread for info re. fire camps..I see them constantly with their transport; tractors; and equipment cutting up dry brush, or digging fire breaks and such.