Sentence examples for firefighter positions from inspiring English sources

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

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.

Re "Despite Recruiting, Few Women Do Well in Firefighter Tests" (news article, Feb. 3): A New York City fire official expresses "frustration and disappointment" that intensive recruiting has yielded few female applicants for firefighter positions and only 11 able to pass a job-related eligibility test.

The cheating scandal has underscored the fierce competition for the firefighter positions, which offer six-figure salaries and generous benefits.

There has been no shortage overall of applicants for firefighter positions, which offer a six-figure salary and generous pension.

He also announced that more than 4,500 people have applied for firefighter positions under a new recruitment regimen that seeks to eliminate nepotism and cheating.

Mr. Canzanella also accused Mr. Schundler of having cut the Jersey City Fire Department by about 100 firefighters' positions.

But most of the justices asked at least some questions on Monday suggesting sympathy for the firefighters' position.

Firefighters positioned their ladder trucks at intersections and decorated them with banners to honor colleagues who had died on Sept. 11.

Near the end of the argument, Justice Breyer asked a series of hypothetical questions to test the contours and limits of the white firefighters' position.

At a Baghdad hotel, job-seekers lined up for positions as firefighters and police officers, doctors, engineers and sanitation workers, as an impromptu job fair for the yet-to-be-formed new government unfolded in response to a radio ad.