All other Firefighters are trained to the EMT-Basic level. All EMT's are certified by the State of Oregon.
Certification is maintained by attendance at regular monthly in-services.
The City of Portland does not take applications in advance of an open recruitment. Applications are only available during the active recruitment process. They do not anticipate opening their recruitment for the position of firefighter before 2002. The goal of Portland Fire's Training and Safety Division is to make sure firefighters have the skills and strength to perform their jobs and not hurt themselves in the process. Training begins when a firefighter is first hired.