District 1 Fire & Rescue is seeking motivated and qualified individuals that are looking for a career in the fire service.  This is a unique opportunity to get paid while attending certification classes for Firefighter and for EMT.   Candidates that successfully complete our 16 week academy will go on to become full time firefighters with District 1 Fire & Rescue.

Cadet Training Academy:  The academy is slated to begin on May 1, 2023 and will last for approximately 16 weeks.   Cadets will be on a 40 hour work week with some nights and weekends required for clinical and hands on training.   The hourly wage for cadet will be $15.75 per hour while in the academy.   The academy will be M-F 08:00 to 17:00 and  held at Station 1 in La Vernia, Texas.

Upon successful completion of the cadet academy  you will be a certified TCFP Firefighter, certified EMT Basic and will become a full time Firefighter with District 1 Fire & Rescue.  You will be assigned to a 48 hours on and 96 hours off (48/96) duty schedule.  You will also be eligible for the complete Firefighter benefit package and an annual starting salary of $48,100.00.

Applications will be accepted until 5pm on March 24th, 2023.   Entry exam will be held on April 1st.   More information will be provided upon receipt of your application.

Hiring Process:

• Complete application
• Pass pre-employment aptitude test
• Pass Physical Ability Test
• Complete back ground and reference check
• Pass Drug Screen

Please click on one of the links on this page to get our application.   Please send applications to Battalion Chief Fowner at [email protected]     Keep reading for more about District 1 Fire and Rescue.

District 1 Fire is a growing fire department. We value our people and take care of them. We value good training, good equipment, and aggressive but sound tactics as well as mentoring.  This is a great place to work as there will be ample opportunities for additional TCFP certifications, wildland certifications, and various specialty training. Driver Operator will be offered to new hires as soon as your probation is complete and you obtain your Class B license. We also participate in TIFMAS deployments which will allow the opportunity to work at Natural Disasters, Large Wildland deployments, and other major events. District 1 has a great reputation for helping young firefighters gain valuable experience and move on to bigger departments, BUT, we also have a proven record and reputation for maintaining our people and promoting our Firefighters from within. Our 1st core value is taking care of our people and District 1 Fire will provide you with every opportunity to grow and succeed as a firefighter and as a person.

We are located about 10 minutes outside of loop 1604 in La Vernia, TX (15 minutes from San Antonio) and we offer a 48/96 schedule and a flexible trade policy. We staff 2 full-time stations and maintain 2 other non-staffed stations from which we provide Fire and Medical First Response to 126 square miles. Combined we respond to about 1800 calls per year. Since we only provide first response you will never be assigned to an ambulance. All EMS transport is handled by ESD #3. At District 1 you will see a wide variety of calls. In the last 12 months, we have responded to about 65 structure fires, about 200 Brush/Grass or “Other” Fires, about 220 MVA’s, and about 1200 medical calls.  Since we are on a 48/96 we don not have a residency restriction but most of our firefighters live within an hour and a half drive.