Human Resources Department

Fire Department Applicants

Employment information, which includes the City employment application, is posted on our CLICK website www.jobs.cityofchesapeake.net and is updated daily.

Contact the Department of Human Resources with all employment related questions, by emailing selection@cityofchesapeake.net.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIREFIGHTER ENTRANCE EXAM

EXAMINATION PROCESS AND AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFYING FACTORS:

I. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States;
  
• Must be 18 years of age at the time of conditional offer;
  
• Must be a high school graduate or possess a GED;
  
• Must possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license with an acceptable driving record; and
  
• Must have no felony convictions or any convictions involving acts of dishonesty, deceit, or immorality.

II. AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFYING FACTORS

• Convicted or found guilty of any crime involving sexual misconduct where the lack of affirmative consent by the victim is an element of the crime, such as forcible rape;
  
• Convicted of a felony involving the sexual or physical abuse of children, the elderly or the infirm, such as sexual misconduct with a child, making or distributing child pornography or using a child in a sexual display, incest involving a child, assault on an elderly or infirm person;
  
• Convicted or found guilty of any crime (including abuse, neglect, theft from, or financial exploitation) of a person entrusted to his care or protection in which the victim is a patient or is a resident of a health care facility;
  
• Convicted or found guilty of any Crimes Against the Person within five (5) years immediately preceding application for employment, as prescribed by Administrative Regulation #24.0, Workplace Violence Prevention Policy;
  
• Suspensions or revocations for other than administrative reasons (i.e. failure to pay fine, insurance monitoring, failure to pay child support) within the past 24 months; conviction of driving while intoxicated with, or under the influence of, alcohol or drugs within the past 36 months; conviction or reckless driving within the past 36 months; conviction of speeding 20 miles per hour or more within the past 12 months; no declaration, determination or adjudication as Habitual Offender until two years after driving privileges have been restored; and more than two convictions involving any moving violation within the last 12 months.
• Convicted or found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, assigned to any alcohol safety action program or driver alcohol rehabilitation program pursuant to § 18.2- 271.1 hit and run, or operating on a suspended or revoked license within the past five years. A person having any of these convictions in Virginia or another state may be eligible for reinstatement as an operator after five years and after successful completion of an approved emergency vehicle operator's course (EVOC) within the year prior to reinstatement;
  
• Use of Marijuana, Cocaine, LSD, PCP , or any type of hallucinogenic drug in the last five years, unless the candidate has successfully completed a supervised drug rehabilitation program and is no longer engaging in the illegal use of drugs, or has otherwise been rehabilitated successfully and is no longer engaging in the illegal use of drugs, or is participating in a supervised rehabilitation program and is no longer engaged in such use;
  
• Convicted or found guilty of any crime involving the use, possession, or distribution of illegal drugs except that the person is eligible for affiliation five years after the date of final release if no additional crimes of this type have been committed during that time;
  
• Identified by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General as excluded from Medicare and other federal health-care programs;
  
• Currently under any disciplinary or enforcement action from another state EMS office or other recognized state or national healthcare provider licensing or certifying body. Personnel subject to these disciplinary or enforcement actions may be eligible for certification provided there have been no further disciplinary or enforcement actions for five years prior to application for certification in Virginia ;
  
• Never been subject to a permanent revocation of license or certification by another state EMS office or other recognized state or national healthcare provider licensing or certifying body;
  
• Dishonorably discharged from any military service;
  
• Untruthfulness or the intentional withholding of information on any application, interview, or paperwork associated with the application; and
  
• Cheating on any examination or testing associated with the position.

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