Sugar Land Firefighter Hiring 2026: July 10 Closed

SLFD Careers says the application window for Firefighter Paramedic is now closed. Important Hiring Dates still lists that last cycle: posted June 17, 2026, closed July 10, 2026, hiring week July 25 to 31, 2026, PRT July 27, start August 31, 2026.

The careers page meta still says applications open through July 25 for Firefighter Paramedic and EMT-B. That date is past, and July 25 was hiring week, not the close date. Do not apply from that sentence.

governmentjobs.com/careers/sugarlandtx returned 0 jobs found for keyword fire on 2026-08-22. The same board listed five city jobs that day and no firefighter, firefighter/paramedic, or cadet title. Do not treat those city jobs as a fire opening.

Hub: sugarlandtx.gov/107/Fire-Department. Questions: fire@sugarlandtx.gov. Sign the Candidate Interest Card for the next posting. The older hub addresses /202/Fire-Department and /255/Fire-Department return 404; use /107.

Department listing: Sugar Land Fire Department. Texas order of operations: how to become a firefighter in Texas. TCFP explained: what is TCFP certification. EMT path: how to become an EMT in Texas.

What You Need Before You Apply

The last dated card was Firefighter Paramedic, not an EMT-only hire. F1F still exists on the city's pay plan. The city has not posted a new F1F or EMT-B window on careers or NeoGov.

When a card is open: applications are screened for minimum requirements, then (if used) a written test, then the department Physical Readiness Test with the background packet due the same step, panel interview, virtual Profile XT, fire chief interview, conditional offer, medical and drug screen, background, final offer. Last cycle's dates are on /3040. They are not the next cycle.

Do not print 18-35 as a Sugar Land Fire rule. It is not on the careers page, the hiring-dates page, or the PRT flyer.

This guide does not print a starting-pay cell.

Does Sugar Land Use CPAT?

Not as a card you bring. The city runs a Physical Readiness Test. The June 10, 2025 flyer used for the 2026 cycle is five events, not the eight-event CPAT:

• Bench press 64 percent of body weight
• Illinois agility 23.40 seconds or less
• 21 sit-ups in one minute
• 300 meters in 92 seconds or less
• 1.5 miles in 21:56 or less

Train that list until a new notice posts a different one. Event specs for the standard eight-event CPAT: CPAT vs firefighter physical ability tests.

How Long Is the Academy?

The city has not published a recruit-academy week count, so this guide does not print one. Last cycle's start date was August 31, 2026, after a July close. Houston Community College is not a required first step while the board is closed.

Stations, headcount, and retirement

The department's own hub and stations nav lists Fire Stations #1 through #7. That is 7. Street addresses were not extracted from the CivicPlus stations pages. Older copies of this page said five; the city's own navigation lists seven.

Headcount comes from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection roster. TCFP appointed strength is 135 (FDID 2035, rank 59) on departments by size. The name on that row is SugarLand Fire Department. A separate TCFP row, Sugar Land Fire Department - OL, FDID 454, appointed 5, is not this department and is not added to the 135. Older copies of this page said 110; the roster says 135.

Call volume and founding year are unpublished. Leave them blank.

Hub FAQ: ISO improved to Class 2 from 3. The sentence has no evaluation date.

Fire Chief page title is Fire Chief Mark Campise. The same page's meta says Interim Fire Chief. Both lines are live. He joined October 18, 2021 as Assistant Fire Chief of Emergency Services. That is his join date, not a department founding year.

Pension for City of Sugar Land employees is TMRS, not a local fire relief fund. Employee 7 percent, city match 2 to 1, vest 5 years, retire at 20 years any age (TMRS city plan). Military service credit is No.

What To Do While the Window Is Closed

Do not apply. Bookmark NeoGov Sugar Land and SLFD Careers. Submit the Candidate Interest Card. If the next card is Firefighter Paramedic again, finish TCFP and paramedic before it posts. Train the five-event PRT, not a CPAT card.

Confirm the live careers page and the NeoGov header before you apply. Ready to Serve is the candidate tracker for certifications, PRT fitness, and application materials.

Related

• How to become a firefighter in Texas
• What is TCFP certification
• CPAT vs firefighter physical ability tests
• How to become an EMT in Texas
• Sugar Land Fire Department

Sources

• City of Sugar Land, SLFD Careers. Application window for Firefighter Paramedic is now closed. Stale meta still names July 25 and EMT-B. Retrieved 2026-08-22; re-read 2026-09-03, still closed.
• City of Sugar Land, Important Hiring Dates. Posted 2026-06-17, closed 2026-07-10, hiring week 2026-07-25 to 2026-07-31, PRT 2026-07-27, start 2026-08-31. Retrieved 2026-08-22; re-read 2026-09-03, same cycle, no newer dates.
• City of Sugar Land, governmentjobs.com/careers/sugarlandtx?keywords=fire. 0 jobs found 2026-08-22 and again 2026-09-03. Board count 2026-08-22: 5 city jobs, 0 fire.
• City of Sugar Land, Fire Department hub. Stations nav #1 through #7. ISO Class 2 from 3, undated. Retrieved 2026-08-22. /202 and /255 returned 404 the same day.
• City of Sugar Land, Candidate Interest Card. Retrieved 2026-08-22.
• City of Sugar Land, Fire Chief Mark Campise. Page title Fire Chief; meta Interim Fire Chief. Joined Oct. 18, 2021 as Assistant Fire Chief of Emergency Services. Retrieved 2026-08-22.
• City of Sugar Land, Physical Readiness Test flyer, DocumentCenter 31496, updated 06/10/25. Five events, not CPAT. Retrieved 2026-08-22. The direct document link returned 404 the same day.
• Texas Commission on Fire Protection, Departments by size. SugarLand Fire Department, FDID 2035, 135 appointed, rank 59. OL row FDID 454 appointed 5 is not this slug. Retrieved 2026-08-20.
• TMRS, Sugar Land city plan. Employee 7 percent, match 2 to 1, vest 5 years, 20-year any age, military service credit No. Retrieved 2026-08-22.