Firefighter

The City of Reno is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to everyone. This commitment is an integral part of our efforts to ensure that we have a diverse and representative workforce that serves the community of Reno.

• Respond to fires and other emergency or public assistance incidents in a timely safe and skilled manner and participate in their control through hose laying ladder operations ventilation extinguishment salvage and other activities as part of team effort.
• Rescue person endangered by fires or other hazards and administer first aid to injured parties when assigned.
• Conduct inspections and other fire prevention tasks including fire safety education to eliminate or reduce fire hazards and enforce fire codes.
• Develop and maintain high levels of work knowledge and skills for various duties through training manipulative drills and other skill maintenance programs.
• Operate and maintain properly and safely firefighting and other related equipment and apparatus in an efficient and effective manner.
• Keep fire station and other facilities in a clean orderly and usable condition.
• Assist in completing other daytoday work such as record keeping and map maintenance.
• Perform various public information and relations tasks as appropriate and assigned through written and oral form.
• Maintain an adequate level of physical fitness to perform firefighting rescue equipment operation and other related tasks.

Age and Education:

• Be at least 18 years of age at the time of appointment.
• Completion of a high school diploma or equivalent.

• Possession of a current valid drivers license at the time of appointment
• Possession of current valid Nevada Emergency Medical Technician certification or National Registry Emergency Medical Technician certification
• Possession of current valid Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) certification

The Reno Fire Department through the Civil Service Commission requires firefighter applicants to pass the National Testing Network Inc. (NTN) examination to be eligible for hire.After you have completed the exam you will need to apply through the Citys application process to be placed on the eligible list.

If you have not already taken the NTN exam you may sign up select Fire and sign up for the Reno Fire Department.

Upon completion of the entrylevel exam all candidate scores will be accessible to the City of Reno Civil Service Commission. Your final ranking on the eligible list will be determined by your most recent score from NTN.

Candidates must have submitted an application with all required documentation and have completed the NTN Fire Exam with a passing score in order to be considered for the eligible list. Civil Service will place candidates who have met all requirements and have a valid CPAT (within 12 months of application) on the eligible list.

National Testing Network Inc.
National Testing Network is a service provided to conduct entry level testing and CPAT testing in a standardized professional environment. They do not replace the Reno Fire Departments responsibility and decision making in the testing process. Please for additional information about what to expect when testing with the National Testing Network.

Other Important Information
Testing Accommodation:
If you wish to identify yourself as an individual with a disability and will be requesting an accommodation that request must be made to the Chief Examiner no later than the closing date of this announcement.

Employee/Veteran Preference (In the event of Tie Scores):
In the event of tie scores resulting from an open competitive examination (Rule VII Section 7 candidates will be provided a rank preference in the following order:

1. Classified employees with established veteran status
2. Classified employees without veteran status
3. Nonclassified employees and external candidates with established veteran status.

This preference will only be administered in the event of tie scores. Documentation must be submitted at the time of application.