About

Pacific Oasis began in 1990 as a forestry contracting company, mostly planting trees and performing ancillary planting treatments. We then branched out into chainsaw work, data collection, and wildland firefighting. As time has passed the fire seasons have grown longer, to the point now that we have fought fires in every month of the year and have worked in over 15 states.

We contract with the government and private timber companies to do stand exam, stocking surveys and other data collection contracts as well.

Pacific Oasis needs hard-working and physically fit people to do the work and provide the service that we have been hired to perform. We expect our crews to accomplish the tasks and objectives set out for them by our supervisors. We set realistic goals everyday, then we engage the work in a safe and professional manner.

Getting the work done is only half the battle. The other half is crew cohesion. We have people on the same team with the same goals working together, that are friends, that can be fun. That’s why we want good-natured people.

Many people join us because in an active fire season, they can earn a substantial amount of money in 4-to-7 months. Many people join us to travel around the United States, go places and see things they have never seen or done before. You cannot be close to a fire without getting your adrenaline pumping. It’s fun and exciting.

We are often running 100-hour weeks. Hopefully 14-30 days in a fire camp. All your food is provided, staying in tents or in hotels and driving around company trucks. All you do is work for 12- or 14-to-16 hours a day, 14 days in a row, with two days off to rest (sometimes those days are even paid) and re-up for another tour. The main draw of the job is the number of hours.