
03/29/2025
🚨 NOW TESTING: Part-Time & Full-Time Firefighter List 🚨
South Strabane Fire & Emergency Services is creating a 2025 Hiring List. Based on anticipated staffing changes, we're expecting to hire 2+ part-time and 2 full-time firefighters this spring. This is your shot — but only if you’re the right fit.
Let’s get something straight:
If you’re not fully committed to public service,
If you avoid or complain about responding to non-fire emergencies,
If you spend time gossiping at the kitchen table,
If you think shift drama or a neighboring fire department's internal operations is more important than shift training or what your crew is doing...
🚫 Keep scrolling. Don’t bother applying.
We want obsessed, mission-driven professionals who believe in customer service, compassion, and hard work on every single call.
đź§Ż About Us
South Strabane Department of Fire & Emergency Services is an all-hazards, combination department in Washington County, PA. The Department is Municipally driven and comprised of volunteer firefighters and career firefighters (represented by South Strabane Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 5006). We serve a diverse community (residential, retail, industrial, rural) with a model built on collaboration between career and volunteer firefighters — and we intend to keep it that way.
- We respond to over 1,400 calls annually, and growing.
- Minimum staffing is 2 FFs 24/7 — we aim for 3-person crews 75%+ of the time, with 4+ M-F Daylight.
- New Rescue/Pumper (2024) and 107’ Aerial (Fall 2025).
- Strong community support.
- Current model is a result of a foundation built by the merger of two independent volunteer departments in 2005 — unity and collaboration are in our DNA.
What We’re Looking For:
We don’t need warm bodies. We need people who are:
âś… Willing to learn & humble
âś… Obsessively service-driven
âś… Familiar with volunteer/combination fire systems
âś… Team-oriented and ego-free
âś… Willing to work with and for their fellow firefighters and their community
You don’t need career experience — but you must have experience in a combination or volunteer setting.
📌 Position Details
Expected Hiring:
2+ Part-Time Firefighters
2 Full-Time Firefighters
(preference may be given to current PT FFs, but all on the hiring list are eligible)
2025 Wages (per new contract):
$22.86/hour – Part-Time
$30.49/hour – Full-Time (top rate after 3 years)
ALS Incentives (hourly):
AEMT: $.50 (2025), $.75 (2026–27)
Paramedic: $.75 (2025), $1.00 (2026–27)
Schedule:
Part-Time: 8s, 12s, 24s (minimum 8 hrs/week)
**Weekend availability required
Full-Time: 24-on / 48-off w/ Kelly Day
Full-Time Benefits: Excellent health plan, Defined Benefit Pension, Expanded 25-mile residency for FT hires
🛑 Minimum Qualifications (at time of hire):
-21 years old
-ProBoard Firefighter I
-EMT-B (applicants without may apply, but not guaranteed to test)
-PA CDL-B w/ Air Brake & Tanker endorsements (or ability to obtain in 6 months)
📝 Hiring Process
Application Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025 @ 1600
Application: https://www.southstrabane.com/home/news/dfes-test-firefighter-hiring-list
Testing Options (Choose One):
Sunday, April 6 @ 0900
OR
Saturday, April 12 @ 1300
(Alternate dates may be arranged for acceptable conflicts)
🚒 We are proud to protect this community — and we expect you to be, too. If you’re passionate about serving all people, embracing change, and being part of a firehouse that values training, trust, and teamwork, apply now.
But if you’re not fully committed to serving others before yourself, if your ego is bigger than your work ethic…
👉 Just keep scrolling.