How to apply

On-call Fitness, Tests & Qualifications

To become a firefighter, you will need to pass fitness, practical and written tests.

Every firefighter is expected to maintain their fitness throughout their career, and will have their fitness assessed every year.

Written tests

All applicants will be required to take a maths and English test at aptitude.

You can copy and paste the  link below to try our practice test:

https://forms.office.com/e/BDBWr3WJ2F

Fitness, aptitude and practical tests

• 20 metre bleep test (you will be required to achieve level 8.8)
• 1 x 35kg overhead press
• 1 x 60kg single rope lateral pulldown
• 28kg single rope lateral pulldown: 23 pulldowns in 60 seconds
• ladder climb with leg lock
• confined space crawl
• equipment assembly
• equipment carry

Watch examples of these tests below.

Wholetime Fitness, Tests & Qualifications

Every firefighter is expected to maintain their fitness throughout their career, and will have their fitness assessed every year.

Written tests

All applicants will be required to take and pass the maths and English assessment. This will be completed at aptitude, we recommend you attempt our practice test by following the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/BDBWr3WJ2F

Psychometric tests

You will be required to complete an online assessment, which will tell us more about you. It has been specifically designed to capture how you go about tackling challenges, allowing us to objectively measure how you naturally approach problems and react to changes in requirements, risk and uncertainty.

Fitness tests

To learn more about our fitness tests please click here.