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â If you are dedicated, though donât have time to run your EMT training in parallel with your fire training, and assuming you are hired by the department on your first attempt, it will take you 3.5 to 4 years to become a firefighter (though you will be a probationary firefighter after 3 â 3.5 years).
First, here are the requirements to become a firefighter in the New York City Fire Department (NYFD). To apply to take the next New York City Firefighter Exam, you must be between the ages of 17 and a half and 29.o be hired as a New York City Firefighter. You must: The city of Piqua, Ohio firefighter requirements. 1  Pass both the written and physical exams. 2  Pass a medical exam and background investigation.