Eligibility criteria
To join the fire and rescue service, you must:
- Be at least 18 years old when you join us (you can apply once you are 17½).
- Have a good standard of physical fitness – please click here to view advice and guidance on what is needed.
- Have the right to work in the UK.
- Not have any unspent criminal convictions – please click here to view information on our pre-employment checks and policy statements on the recruitment of ex-offenders.
- Hold a full valid UK manual driving licence.
- Be confident in water.
The online assessment process
Below is an example of an online sifting process.
- Online registration
- Step 1 – Behavioural Questionnaire
- Step 2 – Situational Judgement Test
- Step 3 – Fire and Rescue Service Ability Tests
Please note that, as we receive many hundreds of applications, we are not able to provide individual results or feedback from the assessments completed.
Please use this link to view some practice tests.