{"id":144440,"date":"2025-08-19T17:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144440"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:32:16","slug":"allentown-opens-applications-for-2026-firefighter-eligibility-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144440","title":{"rendered":"Allentown Opens Applications for 2026 Firefighter Eligibility List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 19, 2025 \u2013 The City of Allentown is now accepting applications for the Firefighter Written Examination to establish the 2026 Firefighter Eligibility List.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applicant Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 18 years of age<\/li>\n<li>U.S. citizen<\/li>\n<li>Valid driver\u2019s license<\/li>\n<li>High school diploma or equivalent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applications are available online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.allentownpa.gov\/jobs<\/a>. Completed applications must be submitted by Monday, September 15, 2025, at 4:30 PM. Test details will be mailed to qualified applicants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Eligibility List Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants will take a written exam and are ranked on the eligibility list based on their score. Veterans receive an additional 10 points. In the event of a tie, rankings are determined by the time stamp of the application submission.<\/p>\n<p>Once the Allentown Civil Service Board establishes and certifies the list, it remains active for two years. The City hires from this list each time a Fire Academy is scheduled and positions become available.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact the City of Allentown Human Resources Department at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hrsusers@allentownpa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hrsusers@allentownpa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nGenesis Ortega<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 19, 2025 \u2013 The City of Allentown is now accepting applications for the Firefighter Written Examination to establish the 2026 Firefighter Eligibility List. Applicant Requirements At least 18 years &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144440\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Allentown Opens Applications for 2026 Firefighter Eligibility List<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5716,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allentown","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/afd-join.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}