Firefighter Position Overview
**Deadline to Apply: August 23rd at Midnight**
Status: Full Time
Schedule: 48-hour on / 96-hour off
Salary and Incentives:
- Certified Base Income: $41,950 per year
- Non-Certified Base Income: $38,833.60 per year
- Additional Income: $4,429.00 per year State Incentive (once eligible)
Annual Benefits:
- Health Insurance: Anthem – Employee + Spouse or Child at No Cost
- Preventive Care Benefits: Included
- Vision Insurance: Employee + Family at No Cost
- Dental Insurance: Employee at No Cost
- Vacation & Sick Leave: Updated (details provided on hire)
- Life Insurance: Included
- PHI flight Membership coverage for employee household
- CERS (County Employees Retirement System): Included
Example of Duties:
- Fire suppression
- Emergency medical response
- Public fire education
- Public relations activities
- Public service calls
- Station duties
- Pre-fire (incident) planning
- Training
- Basic vehicle preventive maintenance
Requirements:
- Training: Non-certified candidates must complete 300 training hours within the first year of hire.
- Age: Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Citizenship: Must be a United States citizen.
- Education: Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Driver’s License: Must possess a valid Kentucky Driver’s License.
- Background Check & Drug Screen: Must pass both.
- For full-time applicants: Must possess CPAT Certification or be a lateral transfer from another career department where CPAT Certification was obtained before the hiring date, in accordance with 739 KAR 2:090.
FF1 and Lateral Transfer Application Process:
• Applicant must take a written test demonstrating knowledge of the fire service.
• Applicant must successfully pass an oral interview.
• Applicant must submit to a background investigation, which will include a driver history check and criminal history.
The City of London is an Equal Opportunity Employer