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Recruitment calendar

Firefighters demonstrate the removal of a car door in RTC training

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service hold an annual Wholetime firefighter recruitment campaign usually in the early summer.

   Firefighters line up at the 9/11 memorial service held at Brigade Headquarters, Shrewsbury

Our campaign for this year has now closed

Details of next year's campaign will be posted here when they are confirmed.

An advertisement is placed in the Shropshire Star and on this website which includes instructions to follow in order to receive an application pack.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to equality and diversity at work. We positively welcome applications from disabled people and under represented groups. For the health and safety of our employees, we operate a no smoking policy

2008 intake

Please note: The below dates are subject to change

Event Date
Closing date for receipt of application form 7 January 2008
Successful candidates notified to attend written assessments Week commencing
21 January 2008
Written Ability Tests First week
February 2008
Successful candidates notified to attend Physical / Practical Tests Week commencing
11 February 2008
Physical / Practical Tests Wednesday 27 February 2008
Successful candidates notified to attend interview Week commencing
3 March 2008
Interviews Week commencing
17 March 2008
Successful candidates notified to attend medical Week commencing
24 March 2008
Medical 1 and 8 April 2008
Successful applicants notified of appointment Week commencing
7 April 2008
Induction/Uniform issue TBC 2008
Recruit Course commences 10 May 2008


If you have not been notified that you are invited to the next stage by the date specified above, then this will indicate that your application has not been successful.


It is essential that all applicants are available for all the above dates to progress through the recruitment procedure.

The dates have been programmed into a strict timetable, therefore individual arrangements cannot be rescheduled.



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