Firefighter

Job Opportunities

We are currently accepting applications for immediate budgeted positions. Wayne Fire Fighters are expected to protect life and property through controlling, extinguishing, and preventing fires, and providing emergency medical service (EMS) under conditions which require strenuous physical exertion.

Responsibilities include:

• Promptly responding to EMS, Fire, and other emergency calls.
• Providing EMS to injured patients including advanced life‑saving techniques, administering medications, and following advanced life support (ALS) procedures.
• Operating hoses and nozzles, directing water streams, and using equipment to create openings in buildings or vehicles for ventilation at fire scenes.
• Accurately writing reports and records.
• Participating in training drills, demonstrations, and public education activities.
• Safely driving and operating Fire and EMS vehicles.
• Effectively communicating and listening to commanding officer’s orders, including use of two‑way radios.
• Conducting station tours to interested individuals or groups.
• Working under the supervision of the daily commanding officer.
• Maintaining regular and reliable attendance.

Essential functions also include:

• Ability to frequently stand, walk, sit, crawl, reach, climb, squat; lift/carry, push/pull anywhere from 10 to 100+ lbs.
• Citizen of the United States (Birth Certificate or Naturalization Papers required at time of application).
• Possession of a current, valid Michigan driver’s license with an excellent driving record (no more than three points).
• High school diploma or GED.
• State of Michigan Advanced Life Support/Paramedic license within a year of hire.
• Successful completion of Fire Fighter I and II.
• Completion of Conference of Western Wayne (CWW) Written and Physical Agility Testing by hire date.

Salary Range: $50,833.66 to $78,023.76 per year with a 5‑year step increase to top pay with overtime opportunities.

Benefits: Full benefit package includes health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, MERS defined benefit 2.25% multiplier with a 2% COLA, 457 plan with city contributions of 7%, 10‑year vesting with a 25‑year retirement, food and clothing allowance, holiday pay, longevity pay, and paramedic licensure compensation.

Employees in this job classification are members of the IAFF Union.

The City of Wayne offers lateral transfers for up to 5 years of full‑time service credit.

Applications may be picked up from the City Clerk’s office inside Wayne City Hall, 3355 S. Wayne Rd., Wayne, MI 48184. An application form is also available on our website. Applications must be completed in its entirety and submitted to the Personnel Department by mail, fax to 734‑722‑8763, or email to  No resumes will be accepted without a written application form.

The City of Wayne does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.