Who we are looking for
Our firefighters support the most vulnerable across the county; helping to make sure they are safe in their homes, places of work and communities; engaging with young people and being their role model to encourage safer and healthier ways of living.
To be eligible, you must:
- Be aged 18 or over at the start of the training course. There is no maximum age
- Be a UK/EU citizen or a permanent UK resident with no work restrictions
- Be clean-shaven to safely wear breathing apparatus
- Have a reasonable fitness standard that will be assessed as part of the course
- Have a full manual or automatic driving licence
- Declare any convictions for offences that are not spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Future firefighter
We want our workforce to be representative of the communities we serve and so we encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent, and persons of the LGBTQIA+ community.
We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.
Why do you want people from under-represented groups?
We are sure that our collective mind is better than any one of us in isolation so, the more people we have from different backgrounds and with different life experiences, the better the solutions to the problems we come across will be. In addition to this having a more diverse workforce makes us more open to all members of our community; many people prefer to talk openly to people they feel comfortable with. As mentioned above a characteristic of all fire service employees is a desire to help people and learn new things - working with people who are different from ourselves means we can better help more people and learn more for ourselves.
Our culture
We are committed to having a healthy culture to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.
We believe the Core Code will help us serve our communities and make our Service an even better place to work. It will help everyone to display and promote good behaviours. Everyone in our Service is expected to follow the Core Code. This includes those working with, or on behalf of, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.
More information about our culture can be found on our dedicated culture page.
