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Village of Streamwood

301 East Irving Park Road

Streamwood, IL 60107

Phone: 630-736-3800  

Fax: 630-837-0242 

E-mail: personnel@streamwood.org  
Website: www.streamwood.org/jobs

Salary: $56,312 - $75,054

Population: 39,217

Sworn Officers: 48

Application Deadline: 10/22/10

Applications:

Application packets are available at:

Police Department

401 East Irving Park Road

Twenty-four hours a day

And at:

www.streamwood.org/jobs

Applications will be accepted until Noon, Friday, October 22, 2010.  Your complete application and required documents must be received by this time for you to be eligible to take the Firefighter/Paramedic written test.

The application and required documents may be:

• Mailed to the Personnel Department, 301 East Irving Park Road, Streamwood, Illinois 60107; or

• Returned in person, on business days between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., to the Personnel Department, 301 East Irving Park Road, Streamwood, Illinois, or

• Returned in person, on weekends and evenings, to the Police Station, 401 East Irving Park Road, Streamwood, Illinois.

Responsibilities:

Responds to alarms to extinguish fires and protect life and property; Responds to emergency medical calls during the normal shift and provides basic and advanced Paramedic life support services as required.

Starting Salary:

The 2009 starting salary for a Streamwood Firefighter/Paramedic is $56,312.  The 2009 top pay is $75,054.  The 2010 Union contract has not yet been finalized. 

Employment Requirements:

• Applicants for the position of firefighter/paramedic shall be either [1.] certified by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health as EMT/Paramedics or [2.] certified by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health as an Emergency Medical Technician / B and must be enrolled in Emergency Medical Technician / Paramedic classes at an accredited degree granting college or university as listed in the current edition of Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education published by the American Council on Education, at the time of application to the Streamwood Fire Department.

• Candidates must be fully certified EMT/Paramedics by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health at the time of appointment.

• Applicants must be high school graduates, or equivalent.

• Applicants must be citizens of the United States of America.

• Applicants must have a valid Illinois drivers license.

• Applicants must be at least twenty (20) years of age, but not have reached their thirty-fifth birthday, as of the last date for filing of applications.

• A copy of applicant’s birth certificate is required to be submitted at the time of application.

• Applicants must have reached their twenty-first (21st) birthday, but not their thirty-sixth birthday, by date of hire. 

Residence Area:

Upon appointment, Firefighter/Paramedics are required within one year to reside within that portion of Illinois that lies north of Interstate 80.

Two Year Eligible List:

The Streamwood Board of Fire and Police Commissioners will be preparing a two year eligible list for the position of Firefighter/Paramedic.  The eligible list will be used for the hiring of all Firefighter/Paramedics for a 2-year period.  Only those people appearing on the eligible list can be considered for all Firefighter/Paramedic positions for this two year time period.                         

Board of Fire and Police Commissioners

Examination Process:

The Written Examination will be given on Saturday, October 30, 2010. 

Applicants submitting complete employment applications with all the required documents will be notified by mail of the time and location of the examination. 

Questions:

Questions concerning this application process can be addressed to:

Personnel Department

301 East Irving Park Road

Streamwood, Illinois 60107

Telephone: 630-736-3800

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