Job roles
On this page you can get an overview of the main job roles
available at Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Please select a link
from the options below to find out more:
Firefighters
Our firefighters play a vital role in helping make Kent and
Medway a safer place for everyone. As well as responding to fires
they deal with a range of emergencies including rescue operations,
road traffic collisions, collapsed buildings and floods. They also
play an important role in promoting fire and road safely in the
area.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service no longer operates a retained
system. We now have on-call firefighters, working on a ‘guaranteed
hours’ contract.
Control team
When you call 999 and ask for fire, the person at the other end
of the line will be a member of the Control team. This team works
on shifts, round-the-clock, 365 days a year, taking around 50,000
calls from the public every year. They deal with calls ranging from
burning buildings to road traffic collisions and floods and at
times the safety advice they give over the phone really does save
lives. They mobilise fire crews and equipment to incidents and are
a vital point of contact during any emergency.
Technical fire safety
The Technical Fire Safe Team provides support and training in
all issues regarding technical (legislative) fire safety, including
fire safety enforcement. It also provides support for all matters
relating to policy, procedures and technique in the investigation
of fires.
Community safety
Preventing fires or road traffic collisions happening in the
first place is the very best way of ensuring the safety of local
people. Kent Fire and Rescue Service has a team dedicated to
promoting safety advice. The Community Safety team provides support
and training in all issues associated with community safety,
including partnership working, funding opportunities, national and
local campaigns and the development and review of community safety
policy and procedures, information and education.
Service support
Kent Fire and Rescue Service employs service support staff in
from a host of different professional backgrounds - from engineers
to IT specialists, accountants to HR officers. Though it might not
be immediately apparent from their job titles, all play their part
in supporting the front line services to make Kent and Medway a
safer place for local people.
Careers at Kent Fire and Rescue Service