The Hurst Fire Department proudly serves the City’s residents, and we invite you to consider applying to join the team in providing public fire education, investigation, suppression, rescue, and Advanced Life Support care from First Response Engines, and MICU ambulances.  Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code, Civil Service, governs all positions in the Hurst Fire Department, and all team members enter the organization as Entry Fire Fighters after completing a testing and screening process. 

The Hurst Fire Department typically tests for Entry Fire Fighter once per year.  To take our test an applicant must be certified (or licensed) as a Texas Department State Health Services EMT-P or currently attending a paramedic school that will complete within the specified time listed on the examination notice.  An eligibility list will be created based on the results of the test, and it will be effective for 12 months from the date of the written examination or until exhausted.

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To take our test you must be certified (or licensed) as a Texas Department State Health Services EMT-P or currently attending a paramedic school that will complete within the specified time listed on the examination notice.

The eligibility list created as a result of this entrance examination will be effective for 12 months from the date of the written examination or until exhausted.

If you would like to receive notification of future Fire Fighter Entry Examinations, please click here to provide your contact information.

Applicants for the position of Firefighter must first take and pass an entrance examination and be placed on an eligibility list to be considered for the position of Firefighter. 

Click here to learn more about the services provided by the Hurst Fire Department.