APPLICATION PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED FOR BOTH CADET AND CERTIFIED APPLICANTS
District 1 Fire & Rescue has now opened it’s third station and we are adding more manpower. We are seeking motivated and qualified individuals that are looking for a career in the fire service. This is a unique opportunity to get paid while attending certification classes for Firefighter and for EMT. Candidates that successfully complete our 16 week academy will go on to become full time firefighters with District 1 Fire & Rescue. Those who are already certified are also encouraged to apply.
Cadet Training Academy:(non certified) Cadets will be on a 40 hour work week with some nights and weekends required for clinical and hands on training. The hourly wage for cadet will be $17.00 per hour while in the academy. The academy will be M-F 08:00 to 17:00 at Station 1 in La Vernia, Texas and is expected to last for approximately 16 weeks. Certified applicants will go straight to shift work.
Upon successful completion of the cadet academy you will be a certified TCFP Firefighter, certified EMT Basic and will become a full time Firefighter with District 1 Fire & Rescue. You will be assigned to a 48 hours on and 96 hours off (48/96) duty schedule. You will also be eligible for the complete Firefighter benefit package and an annual starting salary of $60,000 once released for duty. (This includes FLSA overtime and does not include your benefit package). (If viewing on mobile scroll all the way down for full benefits breakdown)
Hiring Process: Applications accepted until September 18, 2025
- Complete application
- Pass Physical Ability Test
- Pass online pre-employment aptitude test
- Complete back ground and reference check
- Panel interview
- Pass Drug Screen
District 1 Fire is a growing fire department. We value our people and take care of them. We value good training, good equipment, and aggressive but sound tactics as well as mentoring. This is a great place to work as there will be ample opportunities for additional TCFP certifications, wildland certifications, and various specialty training. Driver Operator will be offered to new hires as soon as your probation is complete and you obtain your Class B license. We also participate in TIFMAS deployments which will allow the opportunity to work at Natural Disasters, Large Wildland deployments, and other major events. District 1 has a great reputation for helping young firefighters gain valuable experience and move on to bigger departments, BUT, we also have a proven record and reputation for maintaining our people and promoting our Firefighters from within. Our 1st core value is taking care of our people and District 1 Fire will provide you with every opportunity to grow and succeed as a firefighter and as a person.
Our central station is located about 10 minutes outside of loop 1604 in La Vernia, TX (15 minutes from San Antonio) and we offer a 48/96 schedule and a flexible trade policy. We staff 3 full-time stations and maintain 2 other non-staffed stations from which we provide Fire and Medical First Response to 362 square miles. Since we only provide first response you will never be assigned to an ambulance. All EMS transport is handled by ESD #3. At District 1 you will see a wide variety of calls. In the last 12 months, we have responded to about 65 structure fires, about 100 Brush/Grass or “Other” Fires, about 338 MVA’s, and about 1200 medical calls. We also deployed wildland crews as part of the Texas Mutual Aid Response to the summer wildland fires across Texas as well as to Kerrville for the flooding. Since we are on a 48/96 we do not have a residency restriction but we prefer our firefighters to live within a two hour drive of our central station.
