More than fire

Understanding the wider role of a firefighter

The role of a Firefighter

The role of a firefighter is exciting, varied, challenging and every day is different. You can read about the various elements of the role here to find out if it's the career for you!

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Prevention and Education

  • Prevent fire and accidents from starting in the first place
  • Working empathetically to help and care for people in your community
  • Delivering Safe and Well visits and advising people about risks to their safety, health and wellbeing

Working within the community

  • Making communities safer by visiting people in their own homes and local venues to deliver fire safety messages.
  • Actively seeking to understand and to value diverse individuals and groups, working with partner agencies to reduce vulnerability.
  • Visiting schools to deliver a bespoke safety education package.

Training and Development

  • Undertake a continuous training programme of lectures, exercises, practical training sessions and other forms of training to maintain competency levels
  • Take responsibility for developing your own skills
  • Ensuring your fitness levels are maintained, as the work can be both physically and mentally demanding

Responding to emergencies

  • Responding safely, effectively, and assertively to incidents. Some of these may be challenging and distressing.
  • Dealing with a wide variety of emergencies, not just fires, such as flooding, road traffic collisions, chemical incidents, and rescues from entrapment with trauma care to name but a few.

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Please note: West Midlands Fire Service requires applicants to live within the area it serves. Proof of address will be required later in the recruitment process.

 

Some postcodes associated with the West Midlands may fall outside the Fire Service’s operational boundary and instead belong to neighbouring Fire Services. You can check the area covered by WMFS on their website.