Firefighter Recruitment

King Fire and Emergency Services’ pursuit of excellence will not end.

We will become the most highly trained, adapted, and prepared fire service in Ontario, Canada, and North America.

King Fire & Emergency Services dedicate our being to the residents, visitors, and businesses of the Township of King.

We will promote, educate, and demonstrate fire and emergency safety to our customers with the goal of proactively reducing the response need for our service.

Above all, King Fire & Emergency Services staff are proud and honoured to serve; we hold duty, trust, and honour as our guiding principles.

DUTY:  Devoted to our Customers

TRUST:  Confident and Firm Belief

HONOUR:  Integrity and Respect

King Fire & Emergency Services’ staff are critical to our success.  Everything we do, we do so as a team and our team is driven by our values.

King Fire & Emergency Services’ customers are critical to our team’s success.  We are customer focused; we teach, we plan, we prepare and we respond wanting to exceed our customer’s expectations.

We are empathetic and sensitive to the needs of each and every customer, realizing that those involved in an emergency situation did not want to be in that position.

Quality customer service is our signature and it exemplifies our Mission.

In the event a customer requires the services from King Fire & Emergency Services, we will respond to that need, mitigate and safely return with 100% customer satisfaction.

Our daily activities and forward thinking will take us from “THAT” fire service to “THE” fire service.

• 18 years of age or older and legally entitled to work in Canada.
• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (Grade 12) or academic equivalent.
• Be criminal record free unless a pardon has been granted under the Criminal Records Act (Canada) with Vulnerable Sector Screening and has not been revoked.
• Be available to respond in a timely fashion, including weekends and holidays.
• Possess a valid class G license with satisfactory driver’s abstract dated no earlier than three months prior to the application date.
• Be able to perform the duties of a firefighter physically and mentally, having regard for their own safety and the safety of members of the public.
• Be able to understand and communicate clearly in English, both oral and written.
• Satisfactory medical screening by a licenced physician using the King Fire & Emergency Services medical package. (Individuals selected for interview)
• Have a current immunization record for Mumps, Measles, Rubella, Polio, Diphtheria, Hepatitis B, and Tetanus
• Have proof of residence within 6 km of a King Fire & Emergency Services Fire Station.

• NFPA 1072 Hazardous Materials Awareness.
• NFPA 1072 Hazardous Materials Operations.
• NFPA 1001 FFI and FFII.
• Ontario D-Z Driver’s License.
• Standard First Aid and CPR level HCP (Health Care Providers).
• Daytime availability/shift workers.
• Post-secondary education.
• Specialized skills/trades.
• Work experience.
• Previous firefighting or emergency service experience.
• Fluency in a second language (including sign language).

• Application and required documentation will be reviewed and then selected candidates will be invited to an interview intended to determine their suitability for a position as a Paid on Call Firefighter.
• A select number of candidates will be scheduled for skills tests and fitness assessments conducted by King Fire & Emergency Services (candidates who are not selected for skills and fitness testing may be considered for further testing as positions become available).
• Candidates who successfully complete the skills and fitness assessments will be required to provide proof of: Current address, immunization record, driver’s abstract, Police background check with Vulnerable Sector screening and successful medical screening (using King Fire & Emergency Services Medical Assessment Package)
• Upon verification of the required documents, recruit candidates will be contacted.

As a recruit you must successfully complete the Fire Department’s in-house Recruit Training and become certified in NFPA 1072 Hazardous Materials Awareness, NFPA 1072 Hazardous Materials Operations, NFPA 1001 Firefighter Level 1 and NFPA 1001 Firefighter Level 2 and Emergency First Responder.

Experienced municipal firefighters may be considered for a condensed training program and probationary period.

Each firefighter must meet or exceed the training and certification requirements of each one-year classification period to be eligible for promotion to the next class. Each firefighters’ knowledge, training, participation and certifications will be assessed each year until they obtain the position of First-Class Firefighter.

After achieving the position of a First-Class firefighter, firefighters will have an option of pursuing further training/ certification programs in preparation for becoming a company officer.

There is an expectation that you will continue to attend a minimum of 80% of maintenance training sessions and respond to a minimum of 30% of emergency and non-emergency incidents.

Also, you will be expected to fulfill the summer stand-by commitment as assigned. If your attendance is continuously below expectations, you may be released from the department.

You will be assigned to a platoon and will attend the crew’s regularly scheduled training as well as vehicle, equipment and station inspection and maintenance.

Firefighters are paid an hourly rate for attendance at training, emergency responses, scheduled public events and other duties as approved. It takes four years to progress through the classification process from recruit to First Class Firefighter. Pay is based on the following classification rates:

• Recruit Firefighter 60% of First-Class Rate

• 4th Class Firefighter 70% of First-Class Rate

• 3rd Class Firefighter 80% of First-Class Rate

• 2nd Class Firefighter 90% of First-Class Rate

• 1st Class Firefighter 100%

Members are provided with Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage for injuries or lost time during authorized activities.

Life and AD&D insurance is also provided by the Township. As well, all firefighters are covered by VFIS (Volunteer Firemen’s Insurance Services).  Additional insurance (personal or family coverage) may be purchased by members through VFIS.

All members are provided with:

• pager & charger

• full protective equipment

• station wear

• dress uniform (following successful completion of the probationary period)