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Fire Department Caledonia Fire Department Department Website: https://caledonia-wi.gov/job-openings Job Position Title: Firefighter/Paramedic Job Description Details: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. The firefighter is responsible for fire suppression, hazardous material response, rescue operations and emergency medical services. 2. Performs duties as a certified firefighter/EMT Paramedic according to criteria and standards set forth by the department, when assigned. 3. Responds as a member of ...

Fire Department Gurnee Fire Department Department Website: https://www.gurnee.il.us Job Position Title: Firefighter / Paramedic Job Description Details: Minimum Requirements and Qualifications Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements at the time of application and hire: United States citizen or naturalized citizen. Must be at least 21 years old and maximum age of 34 years (unless otherwise exempt). Graduation from high ...

Chicago Sun Times Article: “Chicago’s police and fire exams have been plagued for decades by a series of testing problems and bias claims that have triggered a seemingly endless string of lawsuits. Now, there’s another chapter to add to that sorry saga. Hundreds of candidates who had studied for months in hopes of being promoted to lieutenant and battalion chief ...

ASSESSMENT CENTER 360° HOW TO CLIMB PAST YOUR COMPETITION AND GET PROMOTED  Attention dedicated and proactive firefighters!! Do you have a burning desire and the commitment to get promoted? Do you fear assessment center unknowns, public speaking and the testing process? Many do. Don’t give fear and anxiety the power to derail your promotion aspirations.  With meticulous preparation, you can ...

THEMAJESTIRIUM1 HERE YOU WILL SEE VIDEO 1 OF THE FDNY BATTLING A MAJOR 4TH ALARM FIRE IN A SCHOOL BUILDING ON MULBERRY STREET IN THE CHINATOWN AREA OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY. Subscribe for updates and new job announcements. Email:* First Name Email address: Leave this field empty if you're human:

Fire Department Lisle-Woodridge Fire District Department Website: http://www.lwfd.org Job Position Title: FireMedic II Job Description Details: Skilled emergency firefighting and emergency medical services and other emergency rescue and response services. Work involves responsibility for participating in the provision of emergency medical services, performance of rescue and fire suppression and prevention, as well as all duties delegated by law, ordinance, rule ...

DEFENSEMAVEN ARTICLE REPORTS:  “It wasn’t the first time the Grand Tower Fire Department has used a shotgun to cut off electricity. Grand Tower, IL – Faced with a raging inferno and no time to wait for the power company to respond to their rural location, Grand Tower firefighters used a shotgun to take down the live power lines leading to ...

Arlington Cardinal Article:  Chicago firefighters responded about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday January 14, 2020 to a vacant warehouse building fire in the block of 8500 South Vincennes Avenue. The fire response was elevated to a Still and Box Alarm by 10:36 p.m. with Battalion 21 in command, reporting a 1-story bow string truss building approximately 100 feet by 150 feet with ...

  CHICAGO (WLS) — Monday, Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Richard C. Ford II will commemorate 140 Firefighter EMTs and Fire Paramedics who are graduating from the Fire Academy in a ceremony at Navy Pier. The graduation class includes 33 military veterans, 20 former Chicago Police Officers and 11 former graduates of Chicago Public Schools, the mayor’s office ...

Patch.com reports a wind driven fire on Pleasant ave. injured two firefighters.    “TINLEY PARK, IL — Two firefighters were injured and a home deemed uninhabitable after a house caught fire in Tinley Park early Sunday afternoon. Tinley Park Fire Chief Forest Reeder said the cause of the fire in the 9300 block of Pleasant Avenue had not been determined ...