Title: Lateral Firefighter Paramedic

Department: Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District 

Salary: $28.98/hour

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Bring your experience. Build your future. You’ve already completed the academy. You’ve worked the calls, built your skills, and earned experience as a Firefighter/Paramedic. Now you may be ready for what comes next.

Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) is recruiting experienced Firefighter/Paramedics for lateral entry. Join an all-risk fire district serving Northern Nevada and bring the experience you already have to an organization where you can continue developing your fire service career.

TMFPD Firefighter/Paramedics respond across suburban, rural, and wildland-urban interface environments, providing structural and wildland firefighting, advanced life support emergency medical care, rescue, hazardous materials response, and other emergency and public-assistance services.

Why Make the Move to TMFPD?

A lateral move should offer more than a different patch.

At TMFPD, Firefighter/Paramedics have access to specialized response and career-development opportunities, including the Regional HazMat Team, Water Entry Team (WET), ALS EMS and Ambulance operations, and Wildland Overhead assignments. Qualified personnel may have opportunities to participate in IMTs, REMS, dozer operations, overhead assignments, and other off-District deployments.

And when your shift ends, Northern Nevada offers something different: four seasons, mountains, lakes, skiing, hiking, fishing, and outdoor recreation—without giving up the amenities of the Reno-Sparks area.

Benefits That Matter

TMFPD Firefighter/Paramedics receive:

• 48/96 work schedule
• 100 percent employee medical coverage
• 50 percent dependent medical coverage
• Nevada PERS retirement
• IAFF Local 2487 representation
• No Nevada state income tax on wages
• Opportunities to serve from 11 strategically located fire stations
• Professional development and specialized assignment opportunities

Are You Ready for Lateral Entry?

This recruitment is for experienced Firefighter/Paramedics, not entry-level candidates.

To qualify, applicants must have:

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Completed their current department’s Firefighter probationary period.
• At least one year of current, full-time, continuous employment as a Firefighter/Paramedic. The one year may include probationary time.
• Experience with a public fire district, agency, authority, or department providing all-risk Fire/EMS services.
• Required at Time of Application

Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license and current:

• Firefighter I certification meeting applicable NFPA, IFSAC, ProBoard, or equivalent standards
• Nevada or National Registry Paramedic certification
• CPR certification with hands-on skills assessment
• ACLS
• ITLS or PHTLS
• PALS
• Additional licenses and certifications may be required following appointment.

What Happens Next?

Qualified candidates will move through a selection process that may include application review, skills assessments, oral board interviews, background investigation, medical evaluation, and final selection.

The lateral academy is anticipated to be approximately eight weeks, with an intended start date of Jan. 4, 2027.

Your Experience Has Value. Bring It to TMFPD.

If you are already serving as a career Firefighter/Paramedic and are looking for the next place to build your career, we want to hear from you.

Apply to join Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and bring your experience to Northern Nevada.