Firefighter Roles

Firefighter Roles

We employ more than 1,700 people to deliver our services across 10 unitary authority areas, so if you share our passion and dedication, please take a look at our latest vacancies.

Firefighter Role

Wholetime Firefighter

Wholetime Firefighter

Are you serious about fire safety and able to demonstrate the skills relevant to being a modern day Firefighter? Then read on…

Wholetime Firefighter list

  • Respond to road traffic collisions (RTCs)
  • Respond to chemical spills
  • Respond to animal rescue
  • Continuous training throughout career
  • Based on station during shifts
  • Maintain fitness and healthy weight throughout career
  • Deliver fire safety messages to schools
  • Clean and maintain equipment
  • Deliver engagement and attraction activities for firefighter recruitment campaigns
Find out more
On-Call Firefighter

On-Call Firefighter

On-Call Firefighters are a vital part of today’s Fire and Rescue Service. This could be you. Then read on...

On-Call Firefighter list

  • Live within the local community of the station (due to response times)
  • Respond to road traffic collisions (RTCs)
  • Respond to chemical spills
  • Respond to animal rescue
  • Attend weekly drill sessions
  • Continuous training throughout career
  • Maintain fitness and healthy weight throughout career
  • Deliver fire safety messages to schools
  • Clean and maintain equipment
  • Deliver engagement and attraction activities for firefighter recruitment campaigns
Find out more

Wholetime firefighters, on-call firefighters, control staff, support staff and auxiliary firefighters; we are all united in our commitment to keep the communities of South Wales safe.

We are keen to attract people who share this commitment so if you would like to join us, please take a look at our latest vacancies page for the latest opportunities we have to offer.

View a list of our wholetime and on-call fire and rescue stations.

We are recruiting on-call firefighters in a number of stations across South Wales. You can visit our on-call firefighters page for more information or register your interest by completing the form on our same skills, different roles page.

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