The Madison Fire Department on Tuesday hosted a job fair aimed at recruiting military veterans to fill the department’s vacancies.
Assimilating into civilian life can be a challenge for veterans, but working for the fire department allows them to continue serving their community. Becoming firefighters is not just a seamless transition, but veterans are often the best candidates the department can find, Fire Chief Chris Carbon said. “There’s really no bigger group out there that knows more about service than the military, so it’s such a natural transition to go from that aspect to serving the city of Madison… in the military, it’s already a selfless aspect of service, and so when you take that and combine it with people that are already dedicated to being selfless, serving the country over so many years it’s just such an easy transition,” Carbon said.