Castelló announces two firefighter positions through a mobility competition.

The Local Government Board of the Castelló de la Plana City Council approved on 6 August 2026, in an extraordinary session, the general rules to fill two firefighter positions of the SPEIS in ownership through the mobility route, by competitive examination. The call has been published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Castellón number 96, of 11 August 2026, with reference 03643-2026-U.

The positions, vacant on the municipal staff and included in the 2026 public employment offer, belong to the special administration scale, special services subscale, basic scale, group C, subgroup C1. The process is governed by Law 7/2011, of 1 April, of the Generalitat, on fire prevention, extinction and rescue services of the Valencian Community, and by Decree 163/2019, of 19 July, of the Consell, which establishes the selection, promotion and mobility rules for SPEIS staff. The rules were signed on 7 August by the delegate of the Government Area for Economic Promotion, Employment and Human Capital, Juan Carlos Redondo Gamero.

Requirements of applicants

Career civil servant firefighters of the SPEIS of the Valencian Community who meet, as of the day on which the application submission period ends, the following requirements may apply:

• Be career civil servant staff of the called category, integrated into the special services subscale of a fire prevention, extinction and rescue service of the Valencian Community.
• Have remained at least five years in the category from which they are applying.
• Have more than five years remaining before reaching retirement age.
• Not suffer from any illness or physical defect that prevents the performance of duties, not be in second activity (except pregnancy or breastfeeding) nor be suspended, disqualified or sanctioned for a serious or very serious offence without having had the sanction cancelled.

The number of positions called may be joined by vacancies arising until the end of the selection process, with the reserve for mobility established in Annex III of Decree 163/2019 of the Consell.

Applications, deadline and examination fees

Applications must be formalised with the self-assessment document printed from the municipal website (www.castello.es) and submitted through the electronic office (sede.castello.es), after payment of the fees:

• Submission period: ten business days from the day following publication of the announcement of the call in the Official Gazette of the State.
• Examination fees: €33.00, which are only refunded to those who are not admitted.
• The provisional list of admitted and excluded applicants will be approved by decree of the Delegate Councillorship for Human Resources, with ten business days for claims, and will be published in the BOP.

Merit assessment scale: 15 points

The contest values merits, with no eliminatory tests, with a maximum of 15 points in accordance with Annex VI of Decree 163/2019 of the Consell:

• Professional experience: up to 5.5 points (0.1 per month in the category and 0.05 per month in the immediately lower category).
• Academic qualifications and training: up to 6 points.
• Knowledge of Valencian: up to 1 point.
• EU languages: up to 0.7 points.
• Curriculum interview: up to 2 points.

In the event of a tie, the highest score in training will be considered and, failing that, the greatest seniority in the SPEIS of the Valencian Community.

Selection and publicity

The technical selection body shall be collegial and composed of a president, a secretary and members, including a representative of the Valencian Agency for Security and Emergency Response and four career civil servants, with alternates and a balanced composition. The rules are published in full in the BOP, in extract in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana, and the call announcement in the Boletín Oficial del Estado; its full text shall be communicated to the Valencian Institute of Public Security and Emergencies.

This call opens a channel of inter-administrative mobility for career firefighter civil servants of the fire-fighting services of the Valencian Community, who may consolidate their post in the SPEIS of the capital of la Plana without undergoing a competitive examination process. For the City Council, it is a further step in strengthening the staffing of the fire-fighting service within the 2026 public employment offer.

Source: BOP of Castellón, no. 96, 11 August 2026, Local Administration Section / City Councils (official reference: 03643-2026-U).