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Indianapolis Fire Department

The Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD) protects most of Marion County under Indianapolis's consolidated city-county Unigov structure — approximately 880,000 residents across roughly 350 square miles, with several smaller jurisdictions inside the county operating their own departments. IFD fields about 1,250 uniformed members from around 45 fire stations and provides structural fire suppression, advanced life support emergency medical first response (Indianapolis EMS is a separate consolidated agency operating ALS transport units jointly with IFD), technical rescue, hazardous materials response, marine response on the White River, and arson investigation. Indianapolis also hosts a major US Department of Homeland Security Urban Search and Rescue task force (Indiana Task Force 1), based around IFD personnel. Firefighter recruitment is administered by the City of Indianapolis Office of Human Resources and Indiana Public Safety civil-service rules. The process typically includes an online application, the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT), written examination, medical and psychological evaluation, polygraph and background investigation, and an oral interview. Successful candidates attend the IFD Training Academy for a recruit course covering structural firefighting, EMT certification, and technical rescue. Confirm current openings on the official Indy.gov portal; Bluewatch links there.