Fairland Fire Is Adding Daytime Coverage — And We’re Hiring to Get There
For years, weekday daytime hours have been our toughest window to staff. Many of our volunteers are at their day jobs, and coverage during that stretch has always come down to who happened to be available. Since October 2025, we’ve been changing that.
Fairland Fire is in the middle of a multi-year transition to part-time daytime staffing, with a clear goal: three Firefighter/EMTs on duty every day, Monday through Friday, from 7am to 7pm. We’re ramping up toward that full staffing level in stages as we hire and onboard new part-time employees, and that ramp-up will continue through 2026. Every person we add gets us closer to reliable, dedicated daytime coverage for our community — faster turnout, more hands on scene, and less reliance on chance during the hours it’s mattered most.
That’s where you come in. We’re hiring part-time Firefighter/EMTs to help us reach full daytime staffing.
Who’s Filling These Shifts
This isn’t a wholesale changeover to strangers in the station. Our part-time roster is shaping up to be a mix of people the community can feel good about:
Some are career firefighters already working full-time for departments in nearby communities, already trained, certified, and experienced, picking up part-time shifts with us. Others are recent graduates of the Blue River Career Programs Fire & Rescue course, young people from right here in the area who are just starting their fire service careers. And a good number of our part-time staff started out as volunteers on this department — familiar faces who already know our trucks, our district, and our neighbors, now taking on a bigger role.
To be clear, this program supplements our volunteer force — it doesn’t replace it. Our volunteers remain a core part of how we serve this community, and paid daytime staffing is there to backstop the hours when volunteer availability has always been hardest to guarantee.
Every part-time hire, regardless of background, goes through the same background checks, driving record review, and department vetting before they’re placed on a shift. Whoever answers the call, you can count on them having been through the same screening.
What We’re Looking For
Firefighter I/II certification
Eligible to work in the United States and in Indiana
At least 18 years of age
A clean driving record
EMS certification (EMR or above) is preferred, but not required — if you don’t have it yet, we’re willing to help you get trained and certified
These are paid, part-time positions.
How to Apply
If you’re interested, or just want to ask questions about the role, contact us directly using the information in the footer below.
How We Got Here
Building this kind of daytime staffing took more than just hiring — it took a new funding structure. In 2025, after several years of work, Brandywine Township, Sugar Creek Township, and the Town of Fairland formed the Fairland Fire Protection Territory, a joint arrangement authorized under Indiana law (IC 36-8-19-5) that lets neighboring communities combine coverage under one department. The territory comes with its own dedicated fund, supported by a property tax levy across the whole territory (IC 36-8-19-8), which is what makes paying part-time staff sustainable rather than a one-time stretch of the budget.
The Bottom Line
Daytime coverage that doesn’t depend on who’s available that day is a real improvement for this community, and we’re hiring to make it happen. If you’re Firefighter I/II certified, or want to build a career in the fire service close to home, we’d like to hear from you.
