The role of a firefighter
The role
There is much more to the role of firefighter than the common perception of racing to fires or road traffic collisions in a fire engine. We strongly believe that preventing fires and emergencies from happening is better and safer than cure. Today the job of a firefighter is more about community safety, education, partnership working, community engagement and helping businesses after a fire than it is about responding when things have gone wrong and this is what takes up most of a firefighters average working day. Firefighters are expected to uphold our Core Code of Ethics.
Here is a few examples of what firefighters do:
- Engage and educate people of all ages to help them to stay safe and well
- Save and preserve endangered life and provide treatment to casualties
- Contribute to the fire, home and business safety solutions to minimise danger to the community
- Work as a team at operational emergency incidents
- Protect the environment from the effects of hazardous materials
The benefits
Become a firefighter is rewarding and varied and you’ll also enjoy:
- Gaining a professional apprenticeship qualification, without having to pay any fees
- Earning over £36.2k per annum after once fully qualified
- Opportunities to progress and specialise
- Excellent maternity package and paid paternity leave options as well as a range of different shift patterns and provisions for flexibility where possible.
- An excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
- Free gym access
- Option to join Blue Light Card which gives discounts at a range of retailers and venues.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme which is a 24/7 helpline to assist with personal or professional problems.
See our full list of staff benefits.
Our latest recruits
Hear from some of our most recent recruits about their experience of the service so far, the training completed and why they wanted to become a firefighter.
