On-call firefighters are fully trained firefighters who are called into service when they are needed.
On-Call firefighters have their main primary employment or may even work from home. They are available to respond to emergency calls at your local fire station during their agreed hours of availability.
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To become a firefighter, you will need to pass fitness, practical and written tests. For more info and tips on these tests, please click here.
Every firefighter is expected to maintain their fitness throughout their career, and will have their fitness assessed every year.
All applicants will be required to take and pass the two online written assessments in English and Maths and these will be sat prior to being invited to the physical aptitude tests.
Please find below a list of stations in Suffolk where on-call firefighters are required. In cases where on-call firefighters are not currently being recruited, you will be asked to be complete a register of interest form and will be contacted once recruitment opens for the station of interest. In either case, please download the form and once completed, send to sfrs.recruitment@suffolk.gov.uk
Any issues with the application process please email us for support to sfrs.recruitment@suffolk.gov.uk
Below is a table of our upcoming recruitment events – If you are interested in attending please register by emailing us at suffolkfire.oncall.recruitment@suffolk.gov.uk
Below is our link to the employer consent form – please complete and send in with your application if your employer has agreed to release you from work to respond to incidents.
Here are some of qualities and attributes we look for in a firefighter:
