Recruitment Video Aims to Fill Burning Need for New Firefighters

(KNSI) — The St. Cloud Fire Department is looking to swell its ranks.

The department released a recruitment video as it looks to fill multiple positions. Fire Chief Matt Love took over in 2021 and said the department’s professionalism drew him to the job. “We all want to master our craft. But it takes a special group of people to want to work really hard every day. To train really hard. To escalate to that level of truly being best in practice. And that’s what you find at the St. Cloud fire department.”

Firefighter Ryan Wickstrom enjoys a career that lets him be in the community. “Most firefighters do this because we don’t want a nine-to-five job. And we don’t want to be sitting at a desk.”

The twelve-minute video shows how firefighters are trained to put out fires, respond to hazardous material leaks, provide emergency medical care and perform technical and water rescues. The department is looking to hire nine new members.

St. Cloud firefighters responded to over 8,000 calls a year.

The deadline to apply is February 16th.

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