The 2024/25 wholetime recruitment process has now been successfully completed.
Please note we do not have any future wholetime recruitment processes planned.
This is an example of what a future process might look like. More detailed information regarding the 2024/25 process can be found here: Recruitment process.
Successful candidates who were offered a Firefighter role immediately after the interviews, started on Tuesday 27 May 2025 for a 4-day induction, followed by a 10-week Basic Skills Course, held on weekdays from Monday 2 June 2025 – Friday 8 August 2025. Candidates were not able to take annual leave during these periods.
There’s a huge amount of helpful information amongst these pages to support you with preparing for and going through our recruitment process to become a wholetime firefighter. You might also find it helpful to work through our six recruitment guides.
Privacy Information
For information on how we use your personal data in this process, please see the following privacy notices:
- Overarching privacy notice
- DWFRS employee and volunteer privacy notice
- Registration and psychometric testing for wholetime recruitment privacy notice
Code of Ethics
Please be aware that candidates’ attitudes and behaviours are assessed throughout the process in line with our values and Code of Ethics which can be found here.