{"id":59704,"date":"2022-08-19T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/south-king-county-fire-departments-seek-40-to-50-recruits\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T21:07:00","slug":"south-king-county-fire-departments-seek-40-to-50-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/south-king-county-fire-departments-seek-40-to-50-recruits\/","title":{"rendered":"South King County fire departments seek 40 to 50 recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six fire departments in South King County are looking to hire a total of 40 to 50 firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>Fire agencies in South King County formed Wa Fire Careers in early 2022 in an effort to streamline and simplify the process of becoming a firefighter, making it more affordable, accessible and inclusive for all.<\/p>\n<p>Starting pay will be $82,569 per year, according to an email from Puget Sound Fire spokesperson Pat Pawlak.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must register at WA Fire Careers by Aug. 31. If selected, recruits would start in late January 2023 and begin the 20-week fire academy on Feb. 6, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>To register, go online to <a href=\"https:\/\/wafirecareers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"link\" rel=\"noopener\">wafirecareers.com<\/a>. The site also has more information about the job requirements and hiring timelines. Applicants can register with just one department for one fee to apply at all six agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The departments are:<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Enumclaw Fire Department<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; King County Fire District #20<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Renton Regional Fire Authority<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Tukwila Fire Department<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Valley Regional Fire Authority<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about each fire department, visit each individual department&rsquo;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six agencies looking to hire firefighters to start in January 2023; registration deadline Aug. 31 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":59705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-59704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home2","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59704"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=59704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}