Firefighter - City of Sioux Falls

****THIS POSITION IS IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA****

Join our dedicated team at Sioux Falls Fire Rescue (SFFR)-Save lives and protect property.

HIRING RANGE DOQ: $2,287.72 bi-weekly, ($59,480.72 annually) effective 1/09/2025


Why SFFR?

-SFFR offers specialty training opportunities including: Advanced Life Support, Hazardous Materials, Urban Search & Rescue, Community Risk Reduction, SWAT Medic, Bomb Squad Medic, Wildland, Rapid Extraction Module, Emergency Medical Services Educator, and Training Officer.

-The City offers competitive salaries and benefits, along with an 8% public safety employer match for the South Dakota Retirement System pension system, and no state income tax.

-SFFR has a ISO Class 1 designation since November 2015. This designation is only given to fire departments in the United States that meet the highest standards of response capabilities.

-In 2003, the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) voted to approve accredited status for SFFR. With only a little over 300 accredited agencies protecting 12% of the U.S. population, SFFR is proud to be one of the agencies to hold this honor.

- One of the largest fire departments in the upper Midwest with 228 members and 12 fire stations placed strategically throughout the city.

-This Fall-2023, the City of Sioux Falls will open the doors to its $55-million dollar “state-of-the-art” Public Safety Campus!
- Want to know more? Check out the Public Safety Campus at this link! https://www.siouxfalls.org/public-safety-campus

Key Responsibilities
Provide emergency medical care, community risk reduction, and firefighting efforts in service to the protection of life and property.

Qualifications and Skills
-Firefighters must annually pass the Individual Physical Ability Test (IPAT).
-Graduation from high school or GED certification, or any such combination of education, experience, and training as may be acceptable to the hiring authority.

An applicant must...
-possess or be able to obtain prior to hire a valid driver’s license.
-be at least 21 years of age at the time of the entrance civil service examination, and no greater than 44 years of age at the time of the entrance civil service examination.
-vision must be correctable to at least 20/30 in each eye.
-be a nonsmoker.
-pass all phases of the hiring process designated by the Rules of the Civil Service Board.
-possess or be able to obtain National Registry or South Dakota Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification within one year of hire.

Duty assignments that do not require the performance of “Emergency Functions” are not subject to IPAT or NFPA standards in making determination regarding fitness for duty.

Selection
Most qualified will be invited for testing.

The City of Sioux Falls takes pride in being an Employer of Choice including our Culture, Values, and Compensation and Benefits. Apply today to become part of ONE Team and help us take care of today for a better tomorrow!

If an ADA accommodation is needed, please contact, 72 hours prior to closing date, 605-367-8740 or recruiter@siouxfalls.org.

EOE.