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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).
How old do you have to be to become a firefighter? Some departments require you to be at least 18. 14 is the youngest to become a member of a fire company but even than you are a junior firefighter. It is 18 to go on calls. I â¦only know this because is was one a 14.