Medical check

A full medical examination will be arranged and paid for by the Fire Service at their appointed Doctor. This medical examination is used to determine if a candidate is suitable for a role as an operational firefighter, and to investigate any potential health related issues prior to employment.

Eyesight requirements

Candidates need to achieve a distance vision of 6/9 without glasses, or with contact lenses. Candidates who require contacts to achieve this standard must have successfully worn contacts for at least 6 months.

Candidates who wear contact lenses to achieve the 6/9 vision requirement, must also fulfill the requirement to achieve 6/36 vision without correction (i.e. if your contact lenses fall out - this is the worst vision that you could carry on with, but this is NOT the visual standard). Candidates who require spectacles to achieve these distance vision standards will be deemed unsuitable to be an operational firefighter.

How many pass the medical check?

In each Recruitment round all applicants that pass the interview stage will be required to complete the medical tests, and on average around 90% of them will pass

Click here to view the medical guidelines - AFAC Guidelines for Health and Fitness Monitoring of Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Workers (1MB PDF)

Click here to read about the next stage in the Recruitment process.