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Fire Recruit (Paramedic) and Fire Recruit (EMT) Applications Open from 07/28/2025 to 08/10/2025
We are now accepting applications, please click here to apply.
Applications open in the summer every year. You should have completed EMT or paramedic school by the previous December. Get your course completion and pass the national registry for EMT or Paramedic. Once the above is complete, register with FCTC and get on the state wide elegibility list.
When applications open SFD will pull the list of eligible candidates from FCTC and send invitations to apply for our department.
The Sacramento Fire Department will be hiring in the summer of 2025 for the role of EMS Trainee.
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We have two Reserve academies a year. One in the spring and one in the summer. We are always accepting applications for reserves. Visit the Sacramento Firefighter Volunteer Reserve's Website to apply now.
Once an application is submitted you will be invited for an interview when we are hiring.
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