FIREFIGHTER ENTRANCE LEVEL TESTING
“Hire the very finest to protect your community”
F.I.R.E. Personnel Testing Service is committed to fulfilling the individual needs of each department we service. Our extensive selection of pre-employment and promotional testing options enables us to be the single resource for all your hiring and promotional programs.
Our evaluations and assessments are designed to successfully identify the highest quality candidates to serve and protect your community.
On-line Application Validation Plan Now Available
Be prepared for your department’s future! We will help develop your advertising plan, provide on-line applications, manage contacts with the applicants, collect fees, complete the application verification process and provide you with a list from which to begin testing in order to generate your list of eligible applicants. We will provide all of the administrative work, saving you time and money while raising funding for your testing program.
Take advantage of our expertise and make your job easier by utilizing our team of experienced employment counselors to complete the labor intensive and costly work required of the application process. Our staff will take you from advertising assistance, listing your application on-line and processing applicants files right to establishing your Eligibility Registers. We will become your Customer Service and Human Resource Team responding to all of the applicant’s questions and needs immediately and professionally. Each applicant’s file will be evaluated to establish their eligibility to proceed with the application process. When you have our staff assure that all of your applicant files are inclusive and properly organized you can maximize your time and have peace of mind knowing all eligible individuals can progress with ease through your community’s required testing.
WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, C.O.P.S. and F.I.R.E. PERSONNEL TESTING SERVICE HAS ESTABLISHED A REPUTAION FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITIES WITH THE FINEST MEN AND WOMEN TO HIRE FOR POSITIONS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE SERVICE INDUSTRIES. WE HAVE TESTED THOUSANDS OF APPLICANTS; THE VERY BEST ARE NOW SERVING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS.
CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION OR ESTABLISH A CONSULTATION APPOINTMENT.
847-310-2677
Firefighter Entrance Level Evaluations
+ Firefighter Physical Ability Evaluation
An effective physical fitness evaluation will ensure that your candidates have the potential to meet the arduous physical demands required of fire service personnel. The firefighter physical ability test consists of nine events simulating physical activity encounter by firefighters in the performance of their duties. The firefighter physical ability test can be tailored to your fire department specifications.
+ Firefighter Entrance Level Written Exam
Designed specifically for Illinois municipalities, our exam was created in strict compliance with all federal and state testing regulations. It provides the highest level of validity, fairness and reliability to all applicants. Our exam requires no study material for applicants and takes approximately two hours to complete. The Firefighter Entrance Level Written Exam will enable you to identify candidates with the greatest potential to succeed as a firefighter and advance through the ranks.
+ Firefighter Entry Level Group Oral Interview
The Group Oral Interview is a significant and highly conclusive portion of the hiring process. It is very objective, behavior based and defensible. This interview style provides a constant standard for each group of participants and has consistently been found to be valid, reliable and an accurate means of assessing applicants.
The Group Oral Interview, a preplanned dialogue with structure and purpose, allows trained assessors to evaluate the behavior, maturity level, intellectual plane, and communication skills of each applicant under standardized conditions. It guarantees an evaluation process that is fair and equal to all while identifying candidates with the best skills and traits necessary for career growth and advancement.
+ Firefighter Psychological Evaluation
Our expert staff, proficient in evaluating public safety personnel, will analyze the test data to determine if the applicant has the appropriate mental ability to pass the training program, emotional stability to withstand the stresses associated with being a firefighter, and the psychological soundness to work within the fire department.
+ Firefighter Polygraph Examination
The pre-employment polygraph is a cost effective method of screening out high risk candidates who may have participated in various criminal behaviors but have avoided having an actual criminal record. Topics addressed in the polygraph examination include illegal drug use, employment dishonesty, use of alcohol habits, theft and felony involvement. Additionally, the polygraph serves as a means to confirm that the information offered by the applicant throughout the application process has been presented thoroughly and honestly.
+ Fire Enforcement Custom Application Packets
Ease your workload by using Custom Application Packets, ready to pass out to applicants, complete with your test dates and requirements, a Comprehensive Background Information Application and customary pre-employment releases. Comprehensive Background Information Applications are also available separately.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL:
“The North Riverside Civil Service Commission has been using C.O.P.S. and F.I.R.E. Testing services for over 20 years. The test results have provided us with top notch candidates for our Police and Fire departments.”
– John Mathias
North Riverside Civil Service Commission
