The Donegal County Hearth Service are looking for to rent quite a lot of Retained Firefighters for his or her service throughout the county.
Donegal County Council has commenced a recruitment marketing campaign to rent Retained Firefighters for the Retained Hearth Stations regionally.
What’s a Retained Firefighter?
A Retained Firefighter is knowledgeable firefighter, who’s paid an annual retainer for being accessible on a 24/7 foundation and likewise paid for precise hours labored.
They have to reside and work inside 3km of their assigned hearth station and at a location acceptable to the Chief Hearth Officer. They carry an emergency pager or alerter with them always and reply to their station when it goes off.
Donegal County Council operates 15 Retained Hearth Stations across the county, situated as proven under.
Following a overview of the Retained Hearth Service nationally, a brand new strategy to the service has been adopted, specializing in improved recruitment and retention, structured break day and a rise in assured pay. On account of the brand new settlement, all Hearth stations will now have a minimal of 12 firefighters, who, when this complement is reached, will broadly function on per week on/versatile week association in relation to attending emergency calls.
To realize the elevated crewing degree in stations, Donegal County Council has commenced a county-wide recruitment marketing campaign for Retained Firefighters. It’s supposed to recruit as much as 45 new Retained Firefighters to the prevailing county complement of 147 Retained Firefighters.
What’s the wage for a Retained Firefighter?
Efficient from 1st October 2023, the minimal assured wage for a brand new retained firefighter is €18,905 gross, or roughly €362 per week, rising to €22,203 gross each year, or roughly €425 per week, as present on the desk under.
Along with the annual retainer, retained hearth fighters are paid an hourly charge of
- €23.75 per hour from 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday
- €47.50 per hour in any respect different instances (public holidays entice the upper charge of pay)
Retained Firefighters additionally attend a 2-hour weekly on-station (drill night time) coaching and endure common refresher coaching in sure areas to keep up their expertise. Drill night time coaching is paid at a charge of €47.50 per hour.
It the busier stations i.e., these above 100 name per 12 months, Retained Firefighters may earn greater than €30,000 each year. It is usually essential to notice that almost all Retained Firefighters have a second job or are in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance.
Utility kinds can be found within the Recruitment part of the Donegal County Council web site www.donegalcoco.ie The web site additionally consists of an data doc produced by the Hearth Service entitled ‘Why be part of your Native Hearth Brigade’. The doc offers data on what’s concerned in changing into a Retained Firefighter, i.e. the appliance course of, the suitability assessments, the coaching programs for brand new recruits, and so forth.
If somebody is occupied with changing into a Retained Firefighter, and meet the essential necessities for the function, they need to apply and endure the suitability assessments to see if the job is for them. This permits people to get a flavour for the job with out giving up their very own job. Being an equal alternatives employer, the Council is in search of individuals from all sectors of the communities that’s serves.
As half of the present recruitment marketing campaign, the Hearth Service is organising Open Nights in all Retained Hearth Stations to assist and inform individuals contemplating making use of for a job with the Hearth Service. Posters and flyers may also be distributed within the locality of stations across the county.
Accomplished functions must be submitted by e mail to [email protected] no later than 12:00 midday on Monday 19th February 2024.
For all particulars on all Donegal County Council vacancies see http://www.donegalcoco.ie/vacancies
Vacancies: Donegal County Hearth Service are hiring was final modified: February 2nd, 2024 by
