On Call Firefighter

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service; Lancashire; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting On Call Firefighters to serve stations across Lancashire. Firefighters will respond to emergencies via pager and must live or work within a tight travel radius of the station, with extended proximity for certain locations.

Hours and stations vary; a DBS check is standard. Applicants should be prepared to attend pre-learning sessions if invited and may be assigned to different stations based on needs and available hours.

Qualifications

• Must be able to respond to emergencies when pager alerts you.
• Must live or work within 5–8 minutes travel time of the station (8 minutes for Preesall/Silverdale).
• Willingness to attend pre-learning evenings if shortlisted.

Skills

Emergency response

Living proximity

Pager alert readiness

Job description

We are currently recruiting for On Call Firefighters for Stations across Lancashire.

On Call Firefighters often have another job and will provide on-call cover from home or their place of work. They respond to emergencies when their pager alerts them, so must live or work within 5 minutes travel time from the station, except for Preesall and Silverdale which is 8 minutes.

If you do not live or work near a station but can carry out your usual work from a fire station and respond to emergencies, please contact an On Call Support Officer.

The stations recruiting are:

Southern Area: Ormskirk, Bamber Bridge, Skelmersdale

Applications open in your local area now

Recruitment to a particular station will be dependent upon the available hours at the time of the closing date, if the station you have applied for does not have available hours at that time, your application will be carried forward to the next recruitment campaign.

We generally require On Call Firefighters to give between 60-120 hours per week. Patterns and hours of cover vary from station to station. Our biggest requirement is for day time cover Monday to Friday 06:00-18:00 and 24 hours across Saturday and Sunday.

Contact details for each station's On Call Support Officer are below:

Northern Area Lancaster, Morecambe, Bolton le Sands, Carnforth, Silverdale, Hornby

Contact Name: Harry Agar

Email Address: [e-mail]

Contact Number: 07789 004815

Eastern Area Longridge, Hyndburn, Great Harwood, Darwen

Contact Name: Mark Schofield

Email Address: [e-mail]

Contact Number: 07810 504358

Southern Area Ormskirk, Bamber Bridge, Skelmersdale

Contact Name: Darren Eales

Email Address: [e-mail]

Contact Number: 07874 635784

Western Area Garstang, Fleetwood, Preesall

Contact Name: Harry Agar

Email Address: [e-mail]

Contact Number: 07789 004815

Pennine Area Bacup, Rawtenstall, Haslingden, Padiham, Barnoldswick, Nelson, Earby

Contact Name: Paul Farman

Email Address: [e-mail]

Contact Number: 07500 963522

Candidates are required to meet the following eyesight standard: - Uncorrected distance vision no worse than 6/18 in the better eye and 6/24 in the worse eye. Corrected distance acuity should be at least 6/9 with both eyes open and reach 6/12 in the weaker eye. If you have concerns in relation to your eye sight, colour blindness, or have had laser eye surgery, please request an optician form via email at [e-mail] to take to your optician to ensure you meet the eye sight standard.

Please note, you will be required to attend pre-learning evening sessions. These will be confirmed to you should you reach this stage of the process by your On Call Support Officer.

Closing date for applications is 23:59 hours on Thursday 30 October 2026.

This post is subject to a Standard check with the Disclosure and Barring Service*.

Diversity Matters at Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service - we want to attract the broadest range of people to work with us and the more diverse the workforce, the better able we are to serve our community. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all individuals regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief or age. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

*With effect from 6 July 2023, Fire & Rescue Authorities have been listed in Schedule 1 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975, meaning that all LFRS roles are subject to a Standard Level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check as a minimum. Some roles within the Service will be eligible for a higher level check depending on the duties of the role.