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Hemet Fire Department
Hemet, CA · Riverside County
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Department careers page ↗The Hemet Fire Department protects roughly 90,000 residents across the 29.3-square-mile City of Hemet in inland Riverside County. It operates five fire stations plus a training center and administrative headquarters, all coordinated on a three-platoon (A/B/C) shift system.
The department is built around a Firefighter/Paramedic model, staffing all engines and trucks with three members. Front-line resources include five engines, a ladder truck, a paramedic squad, a brush rig, a hazmat unit, and two state OES trucks, reflecting a mix of urban, medical, wildland, and hazardous-materials duty in a designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.
Call volume is dominated by EMS. In 2022 the department logged about 12,900 medical responses, 481 fire calls, roughly 4,900 non-fire calls, and 130 hazmat incidents, totaling more than 18,000 responses for the year.
Beyond emergency response, Hemet runs fire prevention and inspection, community risk reduction, weed-abatement and defensible-space programs, CERT training, and a Fire Explorer Post (#620) for youth.
Hemet posts firefighter and other city positions through the City of Hemet's centralized job portal on governmentjobs.com. The department's line personnel are classified as Firefighter/Paramedics and work a 48-hours-on/96-hours-off schedule under a three-platoon system.
The department's own site does not publish detailed hiring requirements, steps, or salary, so candidates should watch the City of Hemet careers portal for open recruitments and apply there.
What schedule do Hemet firefighters work?
Hemet Fire operates a three-platoon system (A, B, and C shifts) with firefighters working a 48-hours-on/96-hours-off schedule.
How do I apply to the Hemet Fire Department?
Recruitments are posted through the City of Hemet's job portal at governmentjobs.com/careers/cityofhemet; the department directs applicants to the city's job opportunities listings.
Are Hemet firefighters required to be paramedics?
The department's line personnel are classified as Firefighter/Paramedics and staff all engines and trucks, so paramedic-level EMS is a core part of the job.
How large is the department?
Hemet Fire runs five fire stations plus a training center, with roughly 54 fire-suppression personnel serving about 90,000 residents across 29.3 square miles.
What kinds of calls and specialties does Hemet handle?
The workload is EMS-heavy (about 12,900 medical calls in 2022) alongside structure and wildland fire, hazardous-materials response, and community risk reduction; apparatus includes a hazmat unit, brush rig, and state OES engines.