CFRS0180 - Fire Protection Advisor

About the role

We are looking for a Fire Protection Advisor to join our Fire Protection Team. This role helps keep communities safe by supporting businesses to meet fire safety laws and reduce risk.

You will work across more than one locality, carrying out fire safety audits in low to medium risk premises. You’ll also support Fire Protection Inspectors with more complex, high-risk premises and enforcement work.

This role combines practical site work, communication with businesses, and teamwork with partners and colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out fire safety audits in low to medium risk premises and support higher-risk inspections
• Record findings, manage follow-up actions and address non-compliance appropriately
• Assist with enforcement activity, including notices and evidence gathering
• Provide clear fire safety advice and guidance to businesses, partners and colleagues
• Work with partners to support community fire risk reduction and safety initiatives

We offer:

• Flexible working across the county, including a hybrid of homeworking and office working at one of our Wholetime stations
• Free parking at our fire stations
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to gym facilities
• Enrolment in either the Fire Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on your terms and conditions) - link to the Pensions page here
• Access to Occupational Health service, including counselling support
• Close working relationship with the Firefighters Charity, including mental and physical health support
• A dedicated Wellbeing Hub – link here
• On-going personal development, including apprenticeship options and leadership courses
• Family friendly policies, including 45 weeks full pay for Family Leave
• Menopause Policy - link here (Word document)
• Support for Carers - can be found on our Wellbeing Hub
• Workplace adjustments for Neurodiverse and Disabled employees
• Staff Networks for a variety of different communities, including (but not limited to) Armed Forces, LGBTQ+, Menopause, Retirees

Our service is passionate about the communities we serve and dedicated to developing our workforce - if you're looking to progress in an inclusive, supportive, and dynamic fire service, we would like to hear from you! 

We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our communities in Cumbria. We actively encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. 

We capture Equality data on our application forms to help us review barriers in our processes for any minority group. This is optional to complete and is securely removed and accessed only by the Resourcing team to review. 

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Resourcing Team email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk

Details of the Post and How to Apply

Salary: £37,280 – £36,363

Locations: Countywide 

Hours: 37 hours per week 

Contract: Permanent 

Closing Date: Friday 10^th July 2026

Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 20^th July 2026
 

* This post requires a Standard DBS Check 

* Adjustments – we strongly encourage any candidate who needs adjustments to make us aware as soon as possible, either using the section on the application form or by contacting the Resourcing Team directly (email below). We will have a confidential discussion with you and we take the approach of ‘you tell us what you require, and we will do our best to facilitate’. Where we are unable to make the adjustment, we will share this asap.

Resourcing Team email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk  

Guaranteed Interview scheme 

CFRS has a Guaranteed Interview scheme for those whose most recent employer is the armed forces, for care leavers, and for those who consider themselves disabled. If you consider yourself eligible, please include this information when submitting your application to the Resourcing team, who will handle this confidentially. We encourage candidates to let us know so we can provide the best support and access throughout the process.

TO APPLY

• Please complete the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service Application Form, linked here: https://forms.office.com/e/X2pc2y6sDR (Microsoft Forms)
• Please ensure you have properly submitted your application. You will not receive an email confirmation, however you will be taken to a page that confirms it has been submitted.
• We do not accept CVs

If you have any queries at all, please contact the Resourcing and Talent team via email: Recruitment@cumbriafire.gov.uk