Forty candidates admitted to the Albacete Fire Officer exam

The Albacete City Council has approved the final list of admitted and excluded persons in the open competition for a position as Fire Service Officer and has set the date for the first exercise. This is done through resolution number 9142/2026, dated November 5, issued by the Delegated Councilor for General Coordination of Municipal Government Operation, Communication between Areas, Councilorships, Services, and Departments. The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete number 131, dated November 11, 2026, in the third section (Local Administration), pages 10 and 11.

The called position is a vacancy for Fire Service Officer via open competition, included in the 2024 Public Employment Offer. The specific rules were approved by agreement of the Local Government Board on March 12, 2026, and were published in the BOP number 41, dated April 10, 2026, with a subsequent announcement in the Official State Gazette number 211, dated August 27, 2026. The resolution is signed using the delegation granted by the Local Government Board via agreement on June 22, 2023.

The provisional list of admitted and excluded persons was published in the BOP number 117, dated October 7, 2026, with a single and non-extendable period of ten business days to correct defects. Once that process was closed, the Qualifying Board, in a session on November 4, 2026, agreed to approve the final lists and set the date, time, and place of the first exercise, according to the minutes appearing in the file; the resolution is issued based on the report from the Human Resources and Occupational Risk Prevention Service.

Forty admitted and two exclusions

The first section of resolution 9142/2026 approves the final list of admitted persons, consisting of 40 applicants identified by partially hidden ID (DNI), surnames, and first name. The complete list is reproduced on pages 10 and 11 of the provincial gazette.

40 persons admitted in the final list.
2 persons excluded, both due to failure to pay the examination fees: Patricia López Muñoz and Javier Matesanz Martín.
The resolution does not record any other cause for exclusion among the applicants who do not appear as admitted.

Date, time, and place of the first exercise

The third section sets the celebration of the first test with the following details:

Date: December 15, 2026 (Tuesday).
Time: 17:00 hours.
Place: premises of the Employment Service of the Albacete City Council, Carmen Street, number 4, Albacete.

The text presents a difference in terminology between sections: the third finding refers to the “first exercise (theoretical)”, while the ruling calls it the “first exercise (theoretical-practical)”. Candidates must adhere to the theoretical-practical nature set forth in the agreement of the qualifying Tribunal.

Deadlines for appeal

The resolution may be optionally appealed for reversal within one month or challenged directly before the contentious-administrative jurisdictional order within two months, both periods counted from its publication in the BOP. The applicable regime is articles 112, 123, and 124 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, and article 46 of Law 29/1998, of July 13, regulating Contentious-Administrative Jurisdiction.

The announcement directly affects the 40 candidates competing for the position and the municipal Fire Service itself, which will fill a middle management position in its operational structure through this process. The publication of the final list closes the correction phase and opens the testing calendar: from now on, the process enters the selection phase proper, with the exam scheduled for just over a month after the publication of this announcement.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete, number 131, November 11, 2026, Third Section. Local Administration, pp. 10-11 (official reference: resolution no. 9142/2026).