San Antonio, TX
see the full file on San Antonio Fire Department| Paid training | Fire Cadets are paid $3,853.66 a month during about six months of academy training: a 940-hour, 25-week firefighting programme leading to Basic Structural Firefighter certification plus a 200-hour EMT curriculum. Probationary firefighter pay rises to $5,348 a month on graduation. |
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| Pension | Defined-benefit pension paid as a percentage of base pay by years of service: 45% at 20 years, 80% at 27 years, 86% at 30 years and 87.5% at 33 years. |
| No experience needed | At least 19 and under 34 on the date of the entrance exam; high school graduate or GED. Bars include a felony conviction, a Class A or B misdemeanour conviction in the last 5 years, a DWI/DUI in the last 5 years, two or more traffic convictions in the last 12 months, and any discharge from the Armed Forces other than honourable. |
| PTO | 15 days |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Promoted from within | Promotional examinations open four years from the date you enter the Fire Academy, run annually, and feed an eligibility list used as vacancies occur. |
| Retention | Documented occupational risk. NIOSH (US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) reports that cancer is a leading cause of death among firefighters, and that sudden death from a heart event is the most common cause of death among firefighters. |
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