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Benefits

Many benefits can be gained from joining the Fire Service. Job security and an extensive career structure are just for starters.

Promotion Opportunities

In the West Midlands Fire Service there are real promotion prospects. To progress, you will need to develop your skills and demonstrate a level of competency in your current role before taking part in an assessment centre and interview process to determine your suitability for the next role.

Any skills gained from qualifications or experience you bring into the Fire Service may be relevant when you are working towards promotion or looking to move into a specialist role.

Annual Leave

You will get up to 30 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays.

Pension

The pension scheme is an excellent benefit to the salary that you will achieve. You will contribute 8% of your salary per month into the final salaried pension scheme.

Salary

The current salary for a newly appointed Firefighter is £19,918 rising to £20,747 during development and £26,548 when competent.

Career Breaks

The career break scheme gives you the opportunity to take an extended break from work and aims to provide you with a job together with training and support when you are ready to return.
A career break can be from any period between 6 months and 5 years.

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Maternity:- Employees expecting a child, irrespective of their length of service, are guaranteed a job on their return to work.

Paternity:- You must have been continuously employed for at least 26 weeks before the expected week of childbirth.

Occupational Health and Welfare

The physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of all fire service employees is paramount to enable a first class emergency service to be provided to the community. Occupational Health and Welfare offers a friendly confidential service for all employees and prospective employees. We have qualified Occupational Health Practitioners, a Fitness Adviser, and qualified administrators who work in both the health and welfare area, to promote and maintain the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of our people. The range of services available include: occupational health advice, pre employment and periodic health review appointments, fitness advice, welfare advice, confidential counselling (both in house and external), employee discount schemes, physiotherapy, pre retirement courses, critical incident debriefing and access to the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund facilities.