HIRING :
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.
Interested parties must send a current copy of their resume to:
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 by September 15, 2017.
