Fire Department's Recruitment - Modification of the closing date

HIRING :

You have now until September 30th, 2017 to send your resume to Mrs. Natalie Chartrand, Executive Secretary for the Chelsea Fire Department by email at n.chartrand@chelsea.ca, or by mail at 100 Old Chelsea Road, Chelsea Québec, J9B 1C1. 

The Chelsea Fire Department is presently looking for potential candidates to join our team. 

The Fire Department offers its residents a volunteer fire department. No full-time firefighter at this present time, except the Director of the service. All firefighters are equipped with a radio and a cellular phone and have to leave their regular work or their occupations to respond to emergencies.

Conditions for admission:

• Be minimum 18 years of age;
• Have a valid Quebec driver's licence;
• Have or commit to obtaining a class 4a Quebec driver's licence;
• Own a vehicle;
• Bilingual French-English;
• Reside in Chelsea or within the accepted limits (maximum distance from Station 2 and 3 is 10 km and a maximum distance of 2 km from municipal limits near Alonzo bridge and Hautes-Plaines in Gatineau);
• Be able to work with teams, in a stress and emergency situation;
• Succeed on the physical test;
• Succeed on the written exam;
• Pass the interview;
• Be successful in 306 hours of theoretical and practical training (provincial and municipal requirements), allowed 4 years to finish maximum;
• Attend practices organized by the Fire Department (48 hours mandatory practice per year per firefighter);
• Be available for training and mandatory practices;
• Be available to respond to emergency calls.