On-Call Firefighter

As an on-call firefighter you will work within Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service keeping your local community safe from harm. On-call firefighters make up a large percentage of the fire service and when on duty will react to a pager when an emergency 999 call is made within the local area.

Job Purpose

To save life, protect property from damage by fire and from firefighting measures, contribute to the reduction in number and severity of fires.

On-call firefighters come from every walk of life. You could be a teacher, mechanic, business director, a gardener, farmer, a stay-at-home mum or dad, you could be working from home or currently unemployed.

Previous experience is not required due to the comprehensive training you will receive. But what is important is that you are enthusiastic and can meet certain essential requirements.

One such requirement is that you must be able to reach your local fire station quickly and safely within eight minutes when driving within legal speed limits. You will be alerted by a Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service pager, which will be provided by the Service.

The role of a firefighter can be physically demanding and therefore a certain level of fitness is importance.

On -call firefighters do not just put out fires, they also get involved in a wide range of incidents and activities including, delivering community fire safety advice at local events, flooding, road collisions, chemical spills, or rescuing animals from awkward situations. Firefighters might also be the first person on scene at a medical emergency. On average you may be called out a couple of times a week and most callouts last around an hour.

The service is particularly keen to hear from people that are available during the day or can be flexible around their work and family life. You will be required to attend an evening training session each week for a couple of hours at your local fire station.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service is welcoming and inclusive. Whatever your background, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation you will be treated with respect. This is one of the many reasons that makes Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service such an enjoyable and rewarding place to work.

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Recruitment, Selection and Safeguarding

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. All employees and volunteers must share this commitment.

Fire & Rescue Authority roles are listed in Schedule 1 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order and we require all applicants to disclose, at the point of application, any criminal convictions (both spent and unspent) including driving offences, cautions and/or reprimands. Please list the dates and details of any sentences if applicable. The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying (please refer to the guidance notes http://www.gov.uk/guidance/rehabilitation[1]periods for more information).

As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify the suitability of applicants. These checks will include actively seeking and checking references and a minimum Standard level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced level DBS checks will be carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people and adults at risk.

Applicants are also required to inform us of any pending or incomplete investigations of a safeguarding nature that are ongoing, or that arise during the period of application and pre-employment.

Our Fire and Rescue Authority are committed to the rehabilitation of offenders, as such, any risk assessments used for positive disclosures will incorporate both a reasonable and proportionate response.