Seattle Fire

[djbaldwin2]

Does anyone know if seattle is hiring this year? It's kinda my dream department. But I haven't seen or heard anything.

[piphill]

I just received an email from their automated recruitment office and here is what it said...

After careful examination of our projected hiring needs, we will not open an entry level Firefighter application period in 2009 for testing in 2010.

Hopefully more departments will start testing. Good luck to you!

[AdamWest]

Just got that same notice; bit of a downer.

[piphill]

AdamWest are you on the waiting list for Tacoma?

[FireMidget]

Wonder if they are going to train any medics...

[AdamWest]

AdamWest are you on the waiting list for Tacoma?

No, I'm in Minnesota. Seattle is my dream dept. though so I was out there for the last test.

[sfd1992]

Wonder if they are going to train any medics...

That doesn't really matter as far as hiring. You have to already be on the job to get into the Medic program.

[chawk12]

I was told that 185 applicants were left in the process before I took my Phsychological evaluation at the training center. My references were contacted and shortly after is when the city decided to pospone the process until early 2010. Is anyone else going through the current process that started with a written in Jan. 2008?

[FireMidget]

That doesn't really matter as far as hiring. You have to already be on the job to get into the Medic program.

I thought they took applicants for the harborview program? they hire those every march or something?

[sfd1992]

Seattle sends their Medic students through the HMC program, but again, they come from the line. If the city says they aren't hiring in the near future, then that's that.