Sentence examples for entry-level firefighter from inspiring English sources

The ruling came after more than four years of litigation in which the city and the Fire Department stood accused by the Justice Department and, later, the Vulcan Society, a fraternal organization of black firefighters, of using screening exams that had a disparate impact on black and Hispanic candidates for entry-level firefighter positions.

The auditor's inquiry also determined that a computer program — informally known as the lottery — that department officials said was used to randomly select candidates to test for the entry-level firefighter jobs might not have been random at all.

Before this year's hiring surge, federal opportunities for entry-level firefighters had been on the decline for years, said Forest Service veterans like Rex Holloway, a spokesman for the Pacific Northwest region of the Forest Service in Portland, Ore ."With the Forest Service, we have been in a downsizing mode" the past few years, Mr. Holloway said, "and have not been hiring a lot of people".

This is not the same waiting list that Handy applied for, which is for entry-level firefighters.

He was put on the waiting list for entry-level police and firefighter positions.

In many jurisdictions, however, the entry-level education needed to become a firefighter is a high school diploma or equivalent.

These are entry-level jobs".

Entry-level costs are modest.

"You can be very entry-level.

"It's entry-level luxury," he added.

Entry-level tractors cost around $4,000.