Firefighter Jobs

So you want to be a firefighter, huh? Get ready for the competition!

Firefighter jobs have been in increasingly high demand for a number of years. Entry level positions are highly competitive with scores of applicants for each positions available.

We depend upon informaton about firefighter job openings and application processes from fire departments throughout the United States. Naturally, the list is dynamic in that firefighter positions and application periods are constantly changing. We earnestly try to keep our list both growing and current.

We appreciate your letting us know if a link is broken, our information is not accurate, or an application period has closed. Please use our Contact Me web form to let us know.

Each fire departments has it's own set of selection criteria for people seeking firefighter jobs with their department. Although most have a written exam, a candidate physical ability test and an oral interview or a series of interviews.

How do YOU prepare yourself to stand out from the crowd?

The City of Savannah Fire and Emergency Services has adopted guides to help candidates prepare for the CPAT (Cadidate Physical Ability Test). The guides are available on the City of Savannah website in downloadable PDF format.

The guides will help you prepare physically, but you shouldn't wait. The program is extensive and focuses on overall physical fitness. Be prepared to develop or maintain a physical fitness focused life style. A firefighter's job is physically demanding whether you work in sunny Savannah or the subzero temperatures of Anchorage.

There is one thing all fire departments have in common - firefighters routinely go from being at rest to very strenous exertion in a matter of minutes. No time to warm up like football players before the game. So, the better your fitness level, the stonger your heart, the better your body can take the acceleration!

With an additional 30 to 50 pounds of fire protective clothing, including breathing apparatus, and the shear adrenalin rushing through your body, and, you have a demand on your body to which on professional atheletes generally experience. But with no time outs left.

"Where I come from there is no second chance, no next time, no timeout." ˜ Author Unknown

Bottom line - be fit, stay fit. Serve, Protect and Retire!