This event is aimed at those from a BAME community.

Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is encouraging people to consider a new career this winter when it opens applications for wholetime firefighters in March 2021. 

During the campaign, the Service will be encouraging applications from groups currently under-represented within its workforce, particularly women and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Under the campaign slogan ‘Yes You Can’, AF&RS will be accepting applications from residents within our Service boundary area which covers Bristol and parts of BANES, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. 

More information on our Service area can be found on the Yes You Can website.

Ahead of the opening of applications, AF&RS is hosting a virtual discovery workshop where you can find out everything you need to know about the recruitment process and what it takes to be a firefighter, from fitness and practical assessments to the interview process.

The event will be live on Monday evening from 18:30-20:00, once you have signed up the the event you will be sent a zoom link to enable you to attend. In the discovery workshop we will be covering:

• Depth and breadth of the role
• Development opportunities once in role
• Recruitment process
• Challenges and rewards of becoming a Firefighter
• Overview of practical and fitness test
• Q&A with a panel of Avon Fire & Rescue Service professionals

Please contact us though the Eventbrite link if you have any particular questions you would like answered on the day.

For more updates on recruitment with AF&RS, visit https://yesyoucan.careers/ where you can subscribe for updates or follow the blog.