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Join One of the Most Celebrated Public Service Teams in Texas.
The fire service is an honorable profession that requires integrity, selflessness, sacrifice, courage, discipline, and commitment to the greater good. The City of Beaumont’s Fire Department is grounded in the honorable traditions of the fire service, while being committed to continuous improvement and progress. Our goal is to recruit and hire qualified applicants who reflect the diversity of our community and who model servant leadership. Review the information below to learn more about our minimum standards, hiring process, and exceptional salary and benefit package.
Suppression works a 24 hr on, 48 hr off work rotation with a Kelly day off.
Salary & Benefits
Salary
- Starting salary: $5,475 per month, paid biweekly; $6,179 after one year of service
- Automatic step increases: for Grade I Firefighter/EMT at 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20 yearss
- Longevity: $4 per month for each full year of service, up to $100 per month
- Assignment: $250 per month for staff officer shift assignments
Incentive Pay
Texas Commission on Fire Protection:
- Intermediate firefighter, $60 per month
- Advanced firefighter, $100 per month
- Master firefighter, $150 per month
Texas Department of State Health Services, combined with Beaumont EMS credentialing
- EMT- intermediate – $75 per month
- EMT- paramedic – $100 per month
Special Operations Response Teams
- Hazardous Materials Response Team $60/ month
- Water Response & Recovery Team $60/ month
- Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Team $60/ month
- Wildland Urban Interface Response Team $60/ month
Education
- Bachelor’s $200/month
- Master’s $250/month
- Translator Certified $50/Month
Personal Protective Equipment & Uniforms
- PPE: Bunker coat and pants, suspenders, hood, helmet, boots, gloves, and gear bag furnished
- Uniforms: Annual uniform allotment provided
- Uniform Maintenance: $35 per month
- Additional approved PPE and uniform items available through the department’s company store
Insurance
- Medical: Employee-only premium is 100% paid, reasonable rates for dependent coverage
- Dental: Pays 100% for preventative care, dependent coverage available
- Life: No cost for coverage equal to the employee’s annual base wage, maximum $50,000; additional coverage available
Leave
- Vacation: 15 days of vacation per year for one to 14 years of service; additional vacation days after 15 years of service, up to six additional days
- Holidays: 11 holidays per year; paid time-and-a-half when actually working on a holiday
- Personal Leave: one per year after 10 years of service and two per year after 20 years of service
- Sick Leave: one-and-a-quarter days per month, 15 days per year max
Promotion & Job Enrichment Opportunities
- Eligible for promotional testing after two years
- Promotion lists are developed by competitive civil service testing
- Uniformed positions at various ranks available in Operations, Logistics, and Planning sections
- View Our Organizational Structure
Retirement
- Texas Local Firefighter Relief and Retirement Act defined benefit pension plan
- Vested with 20 years of service; may draw regular service retirement benefit at age 50; early retirement and DROP options available
- Employee contribution is 18% of salary, city contribution is 18.25% (no participation in Social Security retirement)
- Optional 457 defined contribution plan and Roth IRAs also available through ICMA
Our Hiring Process
Our hiring process is thorough but designed to identify the best of the best for our department. After you apply on our website, you will be asked to complete a series of written, physical, and psychological exams in addition to interviews with team members. Learn about the step-by-step process here.
Opportunities:
- Dual certified Firefighter-EMT- you’ll start as a probationary firefighter
- Single certified EMT – with the option to attend a Fire Cadet Program for those looking to become dual certified
Certification & Training Organizations
To be eligible for hire as a dual-certified probationary firefighter, applicants must:
- Be certified as a firefighter as prescribed by Texas Commission on Fire Protection standards
- Be certified as an EMT-basic as prescribed by the Texas Department of State Health Services rules
- Have submitted a completed Applicant Screening Packet
- Have successfully passed the following:
- Written entrance examination
- Background investigation
- Job-related physical abilities test
- Oral board interview
- Polygraph examination
- Interview with the fire chief
- Fitness-for-duty medical examination, including drug screening
- Not be past his/her 36th birthday by the date of hire
- Be able to obtain a Class B driver’s license within three months of hire
To sit for the written entrance examination as a Probationary Firefighter, applicants must:
- Be certified or certifiable as a firefighter as prescribed by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection standards
- Be certified or certifiable as an EMT-basic as prescribed by the Texas Department of State Health Services
- Be a citizen of the United States
- Possess a high school diploma or equivalent
- Be able to read and write English
- Be at least 18 years old
Certifiable for a Probationary Firefighter means that the applicant has documentation to show successful completion of both a fire and EMS academy and has passed both of the state certification examinations.
To be eligible for hire as a single certified EMT for the Fire Cadet program, applicants must:
- Capable of attending and passing LIT’s Fire Academy Program sponsored by Beaumont-Fire Rescue
- Be certified as an EMT-basic as prescribed by the Texas Department of State Health Services rules
- Have submitted a completed Applicant Screening Packet
- Have successfully passed the following:
- Written entrance examination
- Background investigation
- Job-related physical abilities test
- Oral board interview
- Polygraph examination
- Interview with the fire chief
- Fitness-for-duty medical examination, including drug screening
- Not be past his/her 36th birthday by the date of hire
- Be able to obtain a Class B driver’s license within three months of hire
To sit for the written entrance examination as a Fire Cadet, applicants must:
- Be certified or certifiable as an EMT-basic as prescribed by the Texas Department of State Health Services
- Be a citizen of the United States
- Possess a high school diploma or equivalent
- Be able to read and write English
- Be at least 18 years old
Certifiable for a Fire Cadet means that the applicant has documentation to show successful completion of a minimum EMS-basic class and has passed the state certification examinations.
