Fire Job Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in testing for the City of Goshen Fire Department. We have a standardized process that we use to select the most qualified candidates.

The requirements for the City of Goshen Fire Department are as follows;

1. Age 21 by Date of Hire in 2025
2. You must have a High School diploma or GED.
3. Ages 21 - 40 or Currently a member of the 1977 Pension Fund

 Being a Firefighter is very physically and mentally demanding. Please follow the following steps:

Step 1: Fill out an application, by either stopping by the Human Resource Department at 204 E. Jefferson St. Goshen, Indiana 46528, or filling out the online application. We test every year for a hiring pool that we will select qualified applicants out of for the following year. 

Step 2: You will participate in the physical agility test. The physical agility test will evaluate your physical strength and endurance. 

Step 3: Is completion of a written test. 

Physical Agility Description

Step 4: Is a comprehensive oral interview. You will be interviewed in front of the Fire Chief and members of our pension board. After this step, you will be ranked by a point system, and we will hire from this pool for the next year. You will not know the order in which you are ranked. If you are not selected and hired from the testing pool the next year, you will have to re-apply during the next testing process.

• Physical Agility will be held at: The Chief Danny Sink Regional Training Facility, 2109 Caragana Ct., Goshen, IN 46526
  • Agility Walk-Through/Optional Test Date = August 13, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
  • Agility Testing = August 17, 2024 08:00 a.m.
• Written Testing = August 20, 2024 - Online
• Interviews = August 28, 2024 - Times TBD

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

It is the policy of the City of Goshen to provide equal opportunity to its employees and all candidates for employment. Accordingly, the City will not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, physical appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or the known association with a known disabled individual.

THE CITY USES E-VERIFY

The City of Goshen participates in the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all new employees.  The E-Verify program compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.