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Membership Requirements
The Department utilizes 4 personnel category types to provide its staffing levels. They are;- Volunteer no compensation
- Part Time Unscheduled Compensated on an hourly basis
- Part Time X-trained Scheduled Assigned to a scheduled shift and compensated on an hourly basis
- Full Time X-trained Career Hired through a testing process and scheduled for a 42 hour work week
General requirements for volunteer membership in the CFD are as follows:
- Age 14-17 to join the Explorer Post
- Age 18 or older to join as a volunteer member to be a firefighter/EMT/or Fire Police, and 16 to join Auxiliary.
- Residency requirement to be a volunteer Firefighter or EMT: live in Cromwell or work in town and able to leave to go on calls.
- Good moral character
- Possess valid driver's license (Explorer's Exempt)
- Able to perform the physical duties required
- Able to pass police background check, DMV check, and physical exam.
- Successful completion of all required certification training for FF I and II or EMT within 12 months.
- Ability to continually respond to 20% (fire) 25% (EMS) of Delta, Echo, or All Call responses alerted to according to the Department Emergency Fire Dispatch protocol
General requirements to be a Part Time Unscheduled or Scheduled Firefighter/EMT
- Unscheduled Part Time Firefighter and/or EMT
- Live or work within a 20 minute (10 mile) response time to the Town of Cromwell
- Good moral character
- Able to perform the physical duties required
- Able to pass police background check, DMV check, and physical exam.
- FFI or II certified (according to NFPA) or EMT certified (State of CT or reciprocity)
- Haz-Mat Ops/Awareness certified
- Apparatus Qualified Driver/operator
- Q license or CDL
- CPAT card preferable (no later than 2 years)
- Ability to continually respond to 20% (fire) 25% (EMS) of Delta, Echo, or All Call responses alerted to according to the Department Emergency Fire Dispatch protocol
- Scheduled Part Time Cross Trained Firefighter/EMT
- Good moral character
- Able to perform the physical duties required
- Able to pass police background check, DMV check, and physical exam.
- FF II certified (according to NFPA)
- Haz-Mat Ops/Awareness certified
- EMT certified (State of CT or reciprocity)
- Apparatus Qualified Driver/operator
- Q license or CDL
- CPAT card preferable (no later than 2 years)
- Ability to be scheduled for a minimum of 18 to 20 hours per week. (cannot exceed 30 hours per week on average)
General requirements for Full Time Career Employment
- Hired (when there is a vacancy) through a written and oral testing procedure as approved by the Hiring Authority of the CFD Fire Commission
- The requirements as stated in the provisions for Scheduled Part Time Cross Trained FF/EMT apply
- CPAT card issued within the past year.
- Preference given to PTS staffing already employed with department.
Additional requirements are detailed on the application form.
Please fill out the online in-take form below: