Job Details

We are currently recruiting for On-Call Firefighters for Stations across Lancashire.

On Call Firefighters often have another job and will provide on-call cover from home or their place of work. They respond to emergencies when their pager alerts them, so must live or work within 5 minutes travel time from the station, except for Preesall and Silverdale which is 8 minutes.

The Stations recruiting are:

Northern Area: Lancaster, Carnforth, Morecambe, Bolton Le Sands, Silverdale, Garstang, Fleetwood, Preesall, Hornby

Eastern Area: Longridge, Clitheroe, Hyndburn, Great Harwood, Darwen

Southern Area: Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Tarleton, Chorley, Bamber Bridge

Western Area: Wesham, Lytham, St Annes

Pennine Area: Bacup, Rawtenstall, Haslingden, Nelson, Earby, Colne, Padiham, Barnoldswick

Recruitment to a particular station will be dependent upon the available hours at the time of the closing date, if the station you have applied for does not have available hours at that time, your application will be carried forward to the next recruitment campaign.

We generally require On Call Firefighters to give between 60-120 hours per week. Patterns and hours of cover vary from station to station. Our biggest requirement is for day time cover Monday – Friday 06:00-18:00 and 24 hours across Saturday and Sunday.

We recommend that you contact your station’s On Call Support Officer to discuss suitable hours of cover and your distance to the station before submitting an application. Contact details for each station’s On Call Support Officer are below:

Northern Area

Bolton le Sands, Carnforth, Hornby, Morecambe, Silverdale

Contact Name: Harry Agar

Email Address: harryagar@lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Contact Number: 07789 004815

Lancaster

Contact Name: Stuart Jones

Email Address: stuartjones@lancsfirerescue.org.uk  

Contact Number: 07920 786805

Eastern Area

Clitheroe, Darwen, Great Harwood, Hyndburn, Longridge

Contact Name: Glen Dinsdale

Email Address: glendinsdale@lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Contact Number: 07568 100849

Southern Area

Bamber Bridge, Chorley, Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Tarleton

Contact Name: Richard Newton

Email Address: richardnewton@lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Contact Number: 07970 020911

Western Area

Lytham, St Annes, Wesham

Contact Name: Liz Riding

Email Address: ElizabethRiding@lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Contact Number: 07501 042764

Fleetwood, Garstang, Preesall

Contact Name: Stuart Jones

Email Address: stuartjones@lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Contact Number: 07920 786805

Pennine Area

Barnoldswick, Colne, Earby, Nelson

Contact Name: Mark Schofield

Email Address: markschofield@lancsfirerescue.org.uk  

Contact Number: 07810 504358

Bacup, Haslingden, Padiham, Rawtenstall

Contact Name: Laura Herdman

Email Address: lauraherdman@lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Contact Number: 07500 963522

Candidates are required to meet the following eyesight standard: - Uncorrected distance vision no worse than 6/18 in the better eye and 6/24 in the worse eye. Corrected distance acuity should be at least 6/9 with both eyes open and reach 6/12 in the weaker eye. If you have concerns in relation to your eye sight, colour blindness, or have had laser eye surgery, please request an optician form via Email at recruitment@lancsfirerescue.org.uk to take to your optician to ensure you meet the eye sight standard.

Please note, you will be required to attend Pre-Learning evening sessions. These will be confirmed to you should you reach this stage of the process by your On Call Support Officer.

Closing date for applications is 17:00 hours on Sunday 07 July 2024.

Diversity Matters at Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service – we want to attract the broadest range of people to work with us and the more diverse the workforce, the better able we are to serve our community. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief or age. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.