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Huntersville, NC

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                        ** RECRUITING IS OPEN **

We are happy to announce our recruitment process for both part-time paid and volunteer members. HFD is recruiting part-time (paid) members who are N.C. Certified Firefighters who also have a N.C. EMT Basic Certification. We're also looking to recruit volunteer members who live within the Huntersville Fire service district.
Interested applicants should email: recruitment@huntersvillefd.com expressing your interest in membership. The applicant will be sent a follow-up email with the pre-agility test forms and the dates of the Fire Department Applicant Physical Agility Test.
The membership process:

Interested applicants should email: mailto: recruitment@huntersvillefd.com  The applicant will be sent a follow up email with the pre-agility test forms and the dates of the Fire Department Physical Agility Test.

In addition to the successful completion of the agility test the applicant shall complete and submit to the following:

a. Formal Membership Application
b. Drug Test
c. Credit Check
d. Background / Criminal History Check
e. Final approval by the Board of Directors

The Huntersville Fire Department Physical Agility Test

This Physical Ability Test consists of four separate events that tests the applicants abilities to complete the daily physical requirements at the Department. This test is a sequence of events that requires the candidate/firefighter to progress along a predetermined path from event to event in a continuous manner. This test was developed to allow fire departments to obtain a pool of firefighters/candidates that are physically able to perform essential job tasks at fire scenes. This is a pass/fail test based on a validated maximum total time of 8 minutes.

Weights and Clothing
In these events, you wear a 50-pound (22.68-kg) vest to simulate the weight of a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and fire fighter protective clothing.

Event #1-Stair Climb.
This event is designed to stimulate the critical tasks of walking up stairs in full protective clothing while carrying firefighter equipment. For the test, you must walk up the staircase at a set stepping rate of 60 steps per minute for 3 minutes. During the test, you are permitted to touch the wall or handrail for balance only momentarily. However, if the wall or handrail is grasped or touched for an extended period of time, or if the wall or handrail is used for weight bearing, you have failed the test. This concludes this event.

Event #2-Hose Drag.
For this event, you must grasp a hose line nozzle attached to 100 feet of 1-¾ inch hose. Place the hose line over your shoulder or across your chest. Stop when you have stretched all 100 feet straight, drop to at least one knee and pull the hose line until the hose line's 50-foot (15.24 m) mark crosses the finish line. During the hose pull, you must keep at least one knee in contact with the ground. This concludes the event.

Event #3- Rescue.
This event is designed to simulate the critical task of removing a victim or injured firefighter from a fire scene. This event challenges his/her upper and lower body muscular strength, endurance and grip strength. For this event, you must grasp a 165 pound mannequin under the shoulder(s) or bye the arms and drag it 25 feet to a pre-positioned marker, make a 180 degree turn around the cone, and continue an additional 25 feet to the finish line. You are permitted to drop and release the mannequin and adjust your grip. The entire mannequin must be dragged until it crosses the marked finish line. This concludes this event.

Event #4- Forcible Entry.
This event is designed to simulate the critical tasks of using force to open a locked door or to breach a wall. The forcible entry evolution utilizes the Keiser Force Machine (a chopping simulator). Using the 9-lb shot mallet provided, the competitor must drive the sled; a 160-lb steel beam a horizontal distance of 5-ft. Pushing, raking or hooking the beam is not allowed; only the head of the mallet is allowed to strike the beam. This concludes the physical agility test...

--> NOTE: If you successfully become a Huntersville Firefighter; you will have to complete the following FRPAT annually:

The Huntersville Firefighter Related Physical Agility Test

This test establishes a guideline ensuring that all members up to and including the rank of Chief are fit for duty and possess at least the minimum physical abilities necessary to perform essential firefighter functions. HFD utilizes the Firefighter Related Physical Ability Test (FRPAT) as the test to determine “fit for duty” status - annually.

The FRPAT consists of the following: During the entire test, the participant will wear full turnout gear including SCBA. Time runs continuously from start to finish.

  1. Begin breathing from SCBA, Pick up a high‐rise pack at base of stairwell (100‐foot section of 1¾ inch hose formed into a “soft pack”). While carrying high‐rise pack, climb stairs to the 3rd floor of the tower. Drop the high-rise pack in the breezeway.
  2. Enter into 3rd floor room off of breezeway. Advance to nozzle end of charged hose section (50 feet of 1 ¾ inch hose filled with water. Crawl on all fours the 25 foot L-shaped course while dragging charged hose section. When reaching end of course, pull the remainder 25foot of hose section across event line while remaining on at least one knee.
  3. Using the stairs make your way down to the second floor and enter the 2nd floor off of breezeway. Advance to the hose hoist at the wall on the 2nd floor. Hands over hand pull on the rope until the rolled 2 ½ inch rolled hose is advanced from the bottom floor to the top rail and onto the floor of the 2nd floor.
  4. Using the stairs make your way down to the open door on the first floor. This event is designed to simulate the critical task of removing a victim or injured firefighter from a fire scene. This event challenges his/her upper and lower body muscular strength, endurance and grip strength. For this event, you must grasp a 165 pound mannequin under the shoulder(s) or by the arms and drag it 25 feet to a pre-positioned marker, make a 180 degree turn around the cone, and continue an additional 25 feet to the finish line. You are permitted to drop and release the mannequin and adjust your grip. The entire mannequin must be dragged until it crosses the marked finish line.

This concludes the FRPAT.

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Thu 09

EMT – Night Class

February 9 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Tue 14

HFD Physical Part 1

February 14 @ 6:00 am - 8:00 am
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Tue 14

HPD Car Seat Check

February 14 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wed 15

HFD Physical Part 1

February 15 @ 6:00 am - 8:00 am
Tue 21

Department Physicals @ Station 4

February 21 @ 6:30 am - 10:00 am
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Huntersville Fire Department
1 day ago
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*GILEAD ROAD UPDATE*

Piedmont Natural Gas has informed us and believes they should have Gilead Road reopened at approximately 10pm. We appreciate your patience as they worked through an emergency repair. #clttraffic #onetownoneteam #gasleak
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*GILEAD ROAD UPDATE* 

Piedmont Natural Gas has informed us and believes they should have Gilead Road reopened at approximately 10pm. We appreciate your patience as they worked through an emergency repair. #CLTtraffic #OneTownOneTeam #GasLeak
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Any final update? Has it reopened?

Huntersville Fire Department· *GILEAD ROAD UPDATE* Piedmont Natural Gas has informed us and believes they should have Gilead Road reopened at approximately 10pm. We appreciate your patience as they worked through an emergency repair. #CLTtraffic #OneTownOneTeam #GasLeak

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2 days ago
Huntersville Fire Department

**ALERT** ROAD CLOSURE!

8:00pm Update. PNG media relations believes the road will reopen around 10pm this evening.

7:30pm Update. We spoke with someone from Media Relations. Still no answers or updates. Waiting on an answer.

6:30pm Update. We are having issues reaching PNG media relations or a spokesperson regarding an estimate. Although frustrating - we continue to push for information.

5:30pm Update. Road remains closed. Traffic is being diverted in the area. Use caution.

We Huntersville Police Department and Piedmont Natural Gas are on scene of a natural gas leak, under the roadway - Gilead Road at Wynfield Creek Parkway. Avoid the area & seek an alternate route, this has potential for an extended closure as PNG works on the leak. #CLTtraffic #OneTownOneTeam
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**ALERT** ROAD CLOSURE! 

8:00pm Update. PNG media relations believes the road will reopen around 10pm this evening.  

7:30pm Update. We spoke with someone from Media Relations. Still no answers or updates. Waiting on an answer. 

6:30pm Update. We are having issues reaching PNG media relations or a spokesperson regarding an estimate.  Although frustrating - we continue to push for information. 

5:30pm Update. Road remains closed. Traffic is being diverted in the area. Use caution. 

We Huntersville Police Department and Piedmont Natural Gas are on scene of a natural gas leak, under the roadway - Gilead Road at Wynfield Creek Parkway. Avoid the area & seek an alternate route, this has potential for an extended closure as PNG works on the leak. #CLTtraffic #OneTownOneTeam
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I just drove home from Denver and those unexpected dark orange cones on Gilead just kind of all of a sudden appear. I didn't see any signage at all (it's completely possible I missed it if it IS there!😄) It would be helpful to have something reflective to warn of the closure other than just the cones going across the road.

I'm so glad it's being taken care of. I called it in yesterday morning at 6:30am. Crazy amount of gas smell.

I’ve been hearing on the grapevine it’s gonna be closed for a week. Is that true?

Any estimated time for reopening the road?

Is it open this morning? We have to head out about 630am. Just making sure

Is the road still closed?

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2 days ago
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Reminder - Boy Scouts will be out and about in the morning, collecting food donations. Watch for them and support them! #onetownoneteam #scoutingforfood ... See MoreSee Less

Reminder - Boy Scouts will be out and about in the morning, collecting food donations. Watch for them and support them! #OneTownOneTeam #ScoutingForFoodImage attachment
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3 days ago
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Mark your calendars!

The 15th annual ‘Salute To Heroes Hockey Game’ is Saturday, April 15th at Bojangles Coliseum. Puck drops at 5 pm and parking is free. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department teams up with Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office to play Charlotte Fire Department and Mecklenburg EMS.

This year they are honoring our very own FF Jeff Hager who we lost in the fall of 2021. (As you know, Jeff’s death was determined to be a line of duty death).

Please consider purchasing tickets, and attending the game. All money raised will go to the Salute to Heroes Charlotte Foundation. This foundation assists first responders in their time of need. When 911 is called, first responders show up with no questions asked. When a first responder or their family is in need, the Salute to Heroes Charlotte Foundation responds to help assist with no questions asked.
Click here to purchase tickets.

To learn more about Salute to Heroes visit: charlottesalutetoheroes.com/

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Mark your calendars! 
 
The 15th annual ‘Salute To Heroes Hockey Game’ is Saturday, April 15th at Bojangles Coliseum. Puck drops at 5 pm and parking is free. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department teams up with Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office to play Charlotte Fire Department and Mecklenburg EMS. 
 
This year they are honoring our very own FF Jeff Hager who we lost in the fall of 2021. (As you know, Jeff’s death was determined to be a line of duty death). 

Please consider purchasing tickets, and attending the game. All money raised will go to the Salute to Heroes Charlotte Foundation. This foundation assists first responders in their time of need. When 911 is called, first responders show up with no questions asked. When a first responder or their family is in need, the Salute to Heroes Charlotte Foundation responds to help assist with no questions asked.
Click here to purchase tickets.
 
To learn more about Salute to Heroes visit: https://charlottesalutetoheroes.com/

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I didn't know about the line of death decision but that is good news.

What a wonderful way to honor Jeff!!!

Janet, what day is this and how much are tickets. Maybe i can get off and bring mom.

Cody, we should try to go.

Looking forward to it 🚒🚒🇺🇸🇺🇸🚒🚒🇺🇸🇺🇸💕💕💕💕

Miss him 😢

Shared we are going to try and make this.

Sandy Sullivan I know this is a ways out but whatcha think??

Lauren Miller Wade

Don Gemmell

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Huntersville Fire Department
6 days ago
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Foggy morning folks. Lights on (not just your daytime running lights). Slow down, increase following distance, watch for kiddos at the bus stops. #cltwx #clttraffic ... See MoreSee Less

Foggy morning folks. Lights on (not just your daytime running lights). Slow down, increase following distance, watch for kiddos at the bus stops. #CLTwx #CLTtraffic
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