PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — When kids are growing up, a lot of them say they want to be firefighters. Well, now’s your chance. The Pittsburg Bureau of Fire is seeking the area’s best to join the ranks of their department.
Assistant Chief Mathew Davis says that previous barriers for applying to the job have been removed — there is now no education requirement and you no longer must live in the City of Pittsburgh proper.
“Live within 60 minutes of the City-County Building, within Pennsylvania — so you can’t live in Ohio or West Virginia — and you can apply,” Davis said. “When you walk in, we train you, we develop you, and then we put you in the field. So you are ready to go as a full-functioning firefighter to serve the city of Pittsburgh whenever you graduate the academy.”
According to the Thomas Consulting Group’s transition briefing, in 2023, the Bureau of Fire had 626 total firefighters in the field that ran over 33,700 calls, and they had just 24 recruits at the academy.