Your Career
Some may say that nothing prepares you for your first emergency
but that's not true. The training we give is second-to-none and it
really does prepare you. So when you experience fire and fear, the
training kicks in. Helping you and the team around you to make
rational, safe judgements, which will help you save lives and
property.
Four Types of Firefighter Roles
- Wholetime: A position for full time
firefighters based in one of our 39 wholetime stations
- Retained Duty System (RDS): Part time and
predominantly based in some of the more rural areas of
Strathclyde
- Volunteer: On a call out basis, and
predominantly based in some of the more remote villages and islands
within Strathclyde
- Firefighter (Control): Our state of the art
Operations Support Centre deals with all emergency 999 calls into
SFR and the subsequent mobilisation of resources to respond to
fires and other incidents
If you want to develop your career and maybe become our Chief
Officer one day, we will provide you with the tools. All we ask is
that you provide the commitment!
The normal career path for a firefighter is:
- Firefighter
- Crew Commander
- Watch Commander
- Station Commander
- Group Commander
- Area Commander
- Assistant Chief Officer
- Deputy Chief Officer
- Chief Officer
Our Chief Officer began his career with us
as a Firefighter.
