Unidentified Speaker (Speaker) told the Rock Springs City Council that the city's firefighter-entry requirements include EMT-Basic certification, an 80-hour hazmat technician course, Firefighter I and II certifications and apparatus driver-operator qualifications for pumper and aerial units.

"For our firefighters, they have to be an EMT basic," the speaker said, adding, "They have to be a hazmat technician, which is an 80 hour class, tested class." The speaker also noted that "just the Firefighter 1, Firefighter 2 is close to 500 hours," and that candidates must complete driver-operator qualifications for both pumper and aerial apparatus.

The requirements described suggest a multi-stage training pathway that the speaker said "stacks together" by the time a recruit completes all certifications. The transcript does not show any motion, vote or formal adoption of a new policy; it records the speaker outlining what the community expects of its firefighters.

City officials and residents often weigh such training standards against recruitment and staffing needs, because multi-certification paths can lengthen the time before new hires are field-ready. The provided transcript does not include further discussion of staffing impacts, funding sources, recruitment strategies or any formal next steps.

No formal action or vote on these requirements is recorded in the supplied transcript.