The Debate
Should drinking in the fire halls be permitted? Well according to a recent news article on CTV and Global TV, this is the debate that is raging right now among fire chiefs and mayors in communities across BC. The argument for alcohol in the fire halls is that it is ok for volunteer firefighters, [...]

Recently a prospective professional firefighter from Vancouver, BC contacted me for some job interview coaching. As many times as I do this, it still never ceases to amaze me how ill prepared most candidates are for interviews. I suppose that’s why they have contacted me, as such perhaps I have a biased sample. [...]

This is part 2 of our Firefighter interview questions series. In Firefighter Job Interview Questions – Part 1, we covered questions used to assess core competencies like teamwork, ethics, motivation and so on. In this post, we explore additional questions currently used to screen Firefighters.
If you are interviewing for a Firefighter or Fire and Rescue [...]

If you are interviewing for a Firefighter or Fire and Rescue position, you will want to read this post. Below are some likely job interview questions for the job. The methods we used to develop these questions are the same ones we used as corporate HR in developing job interview questions for hiring managers. We [...]