{"id":1496,"date":"2023-12-08T17:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2024-03-08T17:21:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T22:21:58","slug":"paris-township-fire-department-now-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/paris-township-fire-department-now-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paris Township Fire Department Needs Your Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Currently our Department has only 8 active members and, of those, only 3 reside in Paris Township<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Response times to 911 calls are longer due to a very light staff &#8211; we need more volunteers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NO EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED &#8211; all training will be provided by the well-experienced Fire Department Staff<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>After training volunteers are paid on a per call basis<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Please consider answering this call by becoming a Volunteer Firefighter&#8230;your commitment fulfills an important civic duty and could make a great impact on the emergency needs of our community!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We currently have positions available for both part-time and volunteer (paid per call) Firefighter\/EMTs. If you&#8217;re interested in becoming a \u201cvolunteer\u201d Firefighter\/EMT, no formal training or experience is necessary, as we will provide the required training. In addition, once a member becomes certified, they are compensated on a per call basis. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a member or learning more, please stop by the fire station on any Monday evening between the hours of 7:00 and 9:00 PM. We&#8217;d be happy to show you around the station and answer any questions you may have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, High School Students (Freshmen to Seniors) interested in joining the fire department, who live in our response area, can be put on the department as a \u201cCadet\u201d firefighter and then be sent to school to become a certified member upon graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Paris-Township-Fire-Department-Application.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Paris-Township-Fire-Department-Application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Fire Department Application<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All applications may be dropped off at the fire station or mailed to the attention of Chief Derek Reed, P.O. Box 28 Wayland, OH 44285.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We currently have positions available for both part-time and volunteer (paid per call) Firefighter\/EMTs. If you&#8217;re interested in becoming a \u201cvolunteer\u201d Firefighter\/EMT, no formal training or experience is necessary, as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,20],"tags":[87,52,61],"class_list":["post-1496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-employment","tag-employment","tag-paris-firefighters","tag-paris-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paris-township.com\/WP2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}