Firefighter Recruitment
Choose your current stage.
Getting hired is a multi stage process, and the preparation that helps at one stage is wasted at another. Pick where you are now.
The Process
Where are you in the process?
- 01 Application and Resume Your application has to make it easy for a hiring team to verify what you claim.
- 02 Aptitude Testing Written testing rewards structured preparation, and the vendor varies by department.
- 03 Physical Testing Different departments use different physical assessments. Know which one applies first.
- 04 Interview Explore interview guides, practise with a group or get private coaching for your next firefighter interview.
- 05 Medical (OSCE) Recruitment medical readiness and clinical scenario performance are different problems.
- 06 PHS and Polygraph Accurate documentation, assembled early rather than against a deadline.
Before You Choose
Not Sure Which Stage You Are In?
A written audit of your whole candidacy across eight domains, returned with the one gap worth fixing first.
Firefighter Candidate Starter Kit
Free. A recruitment roadmap, a candidate file checklist, a department research worksheet and a 90 day action plan, for candidates who have not applied yet.
Other Routes
Department Research and Longer Engagements
Researching a Specific Department?
Requirements and selection processes are not interchangeable. The Department Guides map the current published process for Calgary and Edmonton, stage by stage.
Need Help Across More Than One Stage?
Advanced Coaching covers the longer engagements: a candidacy diagnosis, a four week small group program, and six weeks of private coaching.