A career in the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service does not always mean joining us as a Firefighter. With over 700 staff across the county there are many career options.





We are not recruiting for Wholetime Firefighters at the present time. We do not anticipate any recruitment during 2012, however, we will update our website accordingly should the situation change. For further details regarding the recruitment/selection process please click on the Firefighter Recruitment link shown below.

Please keep referring to our website for future recruitment campaigns.

• Wholetime Firefighters
• Feedback from last recruitment campaign
• Firefighter Recruitment
• Firefighter Recruitment Awareness Sessions

These Recruitment Awareness Sessions are run throughout the year for people interested in a career as a Firefighter but who may know little about what the job actually entails.




If you are interested in a career as a Retained (On-Call) Firefighter please go along to your local retained station. Alternatively please complete the on-line enquiry form to request an application pack and one will be sent to you.

Please note to become a retained firefighter you must live or work within a maximum 1 mile or 3 minutes travel time to the fire station.

This is a list of all our retained fire stations:

• Newbury
• Hungerford
• Lambourn
• Pangbourne
• Wargrave
• Mortimer
• Ascot
• Crowthorne
• Bracknell
• Maidenhead

Finding Out More...
We are always looking to recruit part-time firefighters.

Please select the “Retained firefighting: find out more” link below to find out more information on what is involved in becoming a part-time firefighter.

• Retained Firefighting Recruitment Process: Find out more
• Retained Firefighting: Find out more
• Retained Firefighter Recruitment Awareness Sessions




The list below details our currently available vacancies. (If there are no listings, then please keep referring to our website for further updates).

• Refer to sections 4.1 to 4.3 below for further information
  and application forms.




4.1 Application Form
• Download application form (non-uniform posts) [doc].
• Follow the instructions indicated in the Firefighter vacancy sections when applying for firefighter posts.
• Or contact Human Resources for an Application Pack (see below).


4.2 How to Download Information
When vacancy information is published. Select one of the indicated links to download further information about the post. If you want to apply click on the “application form” link to download the relevant application form.

(Documents are published as PDFs or Word format).

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4.3 Further Information:
PLEASE NOTE: All advertised vacancies must be applied for using the relevant RBFRS application form. Please do not enclose CVs or other documents except this application form and continuation sheets where applicable. Any additional documents will not be taken into account when assessing your application.

APPLICATION PACK / INFORMATION (non-uniform). . . You can also call our Human Resources Department on 0118 932 2150 to obtain an application pack, or email us at recruitment@rbfrs.co.uk

Please come back soon to check for future vacancies.


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