Almería opens a call for one fire inspector position via open competition

The Almería City Council has opened the selection process to fill one position for fire inspector (male or female) via open competition, classified under Group B. The specific call and its rules are published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Almería number 211, dated October 30, 2026, with reference 002966-26, and the deadline for submitting applications will be 20 business days from the day following the announcement of the call in the Official State Gazette.

One executive scale position included in the 2026 employment offer

The announcement, processed by the Area of Economy, Procurement, and Public Service under internal reference 2026/52041F, corresponds to the provision of a career civil servant position within the Special Administration scale, Special Services sub-scale, Fire Extinguishing Service class, executive scale, Inspector category. The position is part of the public employment offer of the Almería City Council for 2026, published in BOP number 119, dated June 23, 2026.

The access system will be a competitive examination (concurso-oposición) via open competition, with a final weighting of 60% for the examination phase and 40% for the merit phase. The call is governed by Law 2/2022, of November 11, on Emergency Management in Andalusia, Decree 36/2025, of February 11, and the general rules of the City Council published in BOP number 57, dated March 24, 2017. The text is signed by the delegated councilwoman Vanesa Lara de la Cruz in Almería, on October 23, 2026.

Deadline, 19-euro fee, and applicant requirements

Applications, addressed to the Honorable Mayoress, shall be submitted preferably through the municipal electronic registry, although they are also accepted via the means provided for in article 16.4 of Law 39/2015. The examination fees amount to 19 euros, in accordance with article 6 of Fiscal Ordinance number 14, and shall be paid via self-assessment.

Among the required requirements are:

• Holding Spanish nationality and having reached sixteen years of age, without exceeding the maximum compulsory retirement age.
• Holding a Higher Technician degree.
• Possessing the functional capacity to perform the duties of the position.
• Not being in a state of disqualification nor having been dismissed through a disciplinary procedure.
• Holding type B and C driving licenses and committing to drive service vehicles.
• Paying the fee within the application submission period.

Five phases: test, practical case, physical tests, and course

The competitive examination begins with a knowledge test consisting of 100 questions with four alternative answers, lasting one and a half hours and being eliminatory in nature, in which one correct answer is deducted for every three errors. Those who pass will then face a one-hour practical case, read in a public session before the Tribunal, along with psychotechnical tests, physical aptitude tests, and a medical examination.

The physical tests include a bench press for thirty seconds with 40 kilos for men and 30 for women, a 1,000-meter run, and 100 meters of freestyle swimming, with minimum marks differentiated by sex and age group. The final stage is an access course of at least 100 hours for firefighting service civil servants and 200 hours for the rest of the applicants, evaluated by the Andalusian Institute of Emergencies and Public Safety (IESPA) or by the local fire school.

Merit scale, tribunal, and calendar

The competition will be valued with a maximum of 40 points: up to 4 for academic qualifications, 15 for experience, 15 for training, 2 for teaching, and 4 for other merits, such as professional certificates in the field of emergencies. The Qualifying Tribunal will consist of a presidency, three members, and a secretariat, with all members having a voice and a vote.

The application period will be activated upon publication in the BOE; subsequently, the provisional list of admitted and excluded candidates will be approved within a maximum period of one month, with ten business days for corrections. The start of the tests is scheduled for December 2026, with at least five business days and a maximum of forty-five between each exercise. An appeal for reversal may be filed against the call within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months before the Court of Almería.

The call comes in a context of adapting the staff of Andalusian firefighting services to the new regional framework and reinforces the command structure of the municipal Prevention, Firefighting and Rescue Service. For the candidates, it represents an opportunity to access a command category with a syllabus of 16 general topics and 56 specific ones, while for the city, it implies consolidating the operational management of the station in a municipality with industrial, port, and urban-forest interface risks.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Almería, No. 211, October 30, 2026, Section I, page 2 (official reference: 002966-26).