Fort Wayne Fire Department Applicant Qualifications Effective 6/7/2013
Applicant must:
- Be a US Citizen or have attained citizenship prior to application date;
- Be 21-35 years old - must be 21 prior to application date and must be sworn in prior to 36th birthday;
- Be able to speak clearly in English and be understood;
- Possess a valid Indiana Driver’s License at the start of the Academy;
- Be a high school graduate or equivalent of;
- Current National Registry certification at the paramedic level or current Indiana paramedic license;
- Be free of a felony conviction record.
Applicant must be physically capable of:
- Bending and stretching in order to accomplish tasks of pulling, pushing, grasping and carrying objects having a weight of 50 pounds or more;
- Donning and wearing approximately 50 pounds of protective clothing and self-contained breathing apparatus;
- Engaging in crawling, walking, climbing, prying, chopping and carrying scenarios;
- Occasionally dragging weights up to 200 pounds;
- Climbing ladders varying in length from 14’ to 110’;
- Withstanding periods of overheating and chilling often times in wet clothing.
Applicant must be mentally capable of:
- Demonstrating knowledge of elementary physics, chemistry, mechanics, math and reading comprehension;
- Functioning as part of a team at all times.
Applicant must be able to meet the following vision standards:
- Uncorrected – binocular vision no worse than 20/100 (with exception for long term successful users of soft contact lenses);
- Corrected – binocular vision no worse than 20/30 with worst eye no worse than 20/50;
- Color – ability to identify red, green and yellow;
- Peripheral – uncorrected field of vision no worse than 140 degrees in the horizontal meridian in each eye.
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