FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

WOODSTOCK FIRE/RESCUE DISTRICT

The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District, an equal opportunity employer is accepting applications for the purpose of establishing an eligibility list for the position of CAREER FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC.

Applicants must be high-school graduates or the recipient of a GED equivalence diploma; possess a valid State of Illinois driver’s license; a State of Illinois certified Firefighter II or III; a State of Illinois licensed Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic (EMT-P) or a State of Illinois “license-pending” EMT–P.  Interested parties must provide verification of successful completion of the Candidate Physical Ability Test of June 1^st or sooner. Verification needs to be done prior to being certified to the final eligibility list.

A State of Illinois “license-pending” EMT–P is an Emergency Medical Technician – Basic (EMT-B) that has completed the classroom portion of a qualified Paramedic program in the State of Illinois and is awaiting the date in which they will write the State test. License-pending paramedics must be licensed in the State of Illinois as an EMT-P no later than twelve (12) months after the date of hire.

BE ADVISED THAT A PERSON CERTIFIED AS A FIREFIGHTER II OR III/EMT-B WHO IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED OR PLANNING TO ENROLL IN A FALL 2008 QUALIFIED PARAMEDIC PROGRAM WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS APPLICATION/TESTING PROCESS. CLASS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY JUNE, 2009. IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD, HOWEVER, THAT THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF BEING A LICENSED OR “LICENSE PENDING” EMT-P AT TIME OF HIRE WILL STILL APPLY.