Barcelona Fire Service, which is part of Barcelona City Council, is an organisation that offers its services to protect people.
- It improves safety conditions for everyone living in the city.
- It carries out preventative actions in public areas.
- It responds to emergencies in order to protect and save lives.
- Fire extinction and rescues.
- It drafts civil protection plans, special plans, risk maps to enhance safety in buildings, installations, facilities and infrastructures.
Who can apply for fire service jobs?
The selection system for firefighters is through public competition. By the last day for submitting applications, applicants must have met the following requirements, among others:
- Have Spanish nationality or from other EU countries.
- Be at least 16 years old, but not be over the established age for compulsory retirement.
- Have completed at least secondary school education (or equivalent).
- Not be suffering from any disqualifying illness.
- Possess a valid Type-C driving licence.
Check here for all the requirements and terms and conditions for taking part in the latest campaign for job applications.
Stages and tests
Recruitment process
- Competitive exam stage
- Competition stage
- Training stage (selective course)
- Work practice stage
Competitive exam stage. In previous calls, the following tests have been included:
- General knowledge test
- Catalan test
- Knowledge of Spanish test
- Physical aptitude test
- Theory-practical test
- Driving test
- Personality and skills tests
- Medical examinations
Training and work practice
Passing the obligatory and selective basic training course for the qualification of fire prevention, extinction and rescue technician, in the Catalan Institute of Public Safety's Fire Service and Civil Protection School (ISPC).
Women firefighters, why not?
Even today, the Fire Service is one of the forces that has very few women officers. The reasons for this include aspects such as the social image that the service projects and difficulties encountered in joining.
Barcelona City Council presents a set of awareness-raising actions, with the aim of changing this reality, updating the image that women have of this job and providing information about the options available for helping them to enter the job market.
How?
- Through awareness-raising actions, which provide women with information about the profession and the requirements for joining.
- Training actions in the sectors indicated in the recruitment process for joining the service.
- Skills training.