• Valid Drivers’ License    • Birth Certificate    • DD-214 (if applicable)

As an applicant, you are asked about your educational history and work history. If you receive a contingent job offer, educational, work and criminal records are required through a thorough background check. Falsification of any of this information would cause you to be removed from the hiring process or terminated, if hired.

If you choose to reapply for a position within the Greensboro Fire Department, you will need to submit all information as if you were applying for the first time.

The starting annual salary for a GFD Firefighter is $47,812.

Educational incentives are offered to those with a two- or four-year degree within the first six months of hiring contingent on completing the Recruit Academy, as well as the six-month Firefighter I Exam.

Benefits include paid vacation, holidays, sick leave and military leave (if applicable). Medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits are available, as well. Retirement benefits include a defined pension benefit and deferred compensation programs (401a, 401k, and 457).

The Greensboro Fire Academy is a six-month training course.

An individual must be at least 18 years of age at the time application to the Greensboro Fire Department is made. There is no age limit for applying to be a Greensboro Firefighter.

No prior fire experience is necessary or required.

If you are certified through the National Registry and/or NC and have maintained your continuing education training hours, you will not have to be re-certified. If you are certified through another state you may or may not have to be re-certified, depending upon the reciprocal agreement NC has with that state.

Yes. The Greensboro Fire Department Academy teaches the basic Firefighter I and II courses. Additional classes taught include Incident Command Training, Basic Pump Operations, Rescue Technician Training, several other areas of study and Greensboro Fire specific material that is not taught in the basic Firefighter I and II classes.

Yes. See the Public Education Request Form for more information.