BERKLEY – Do you want to give back to your community? Have you ever wanted to become a firefighter but never did? If so this may be for you.
Berkley Fire Department is a combination department composed of 3 full time Firefighter/Paramedics a Chief and roughly 40 on call Firefighter and EMT/Paramedics. Those 40 on call personnel have full time jobs and respond to calls when available. Currently Berkley’s roster is not at capacity and is looking for motivated individuals that would like to give back to the community.
You will be provided training from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy to become certified as a Massachusetts Firefighter and have the capabilities to respond and react to emergencies.
The United States is composed of 70% volunteer or on call fire departments just like Berkley. If it wasn’t for those individuals, most of the United States would go without emergency services.
Berkley’s call volume continues to grow, doubling over the past 20 years. Since then, Berkley has had the same staffing levels driving up demand for full time and on call personnel.
Do you think you have what it takes? Here is a video from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy to give you a perspective of the process to become an on call firefighter. If interested download an application or come in to speak with some of our firefighters to answer any questions.