If you want to become a firefighter for the city of Vacaville, it's never been easier.

The Vacaville Fire Department (VFD) no longer mandates a major requirement to join their firefighting crew: the Firefighter 1 certificate.

Vacaville Fire recruitment flyer, 2025

Candidates usually have to first go to a community college or fire academy to complete the training and get the certificate before applying. That step is now eliminated in the effort to recruit more candidates.

However, it doesn't mean the VFD firefighters are any less qualified.

"We've raised the bar in this department over the last few years. We are actually able to give them that same certificate they'd get somewhere else, and give them that here," Captain Matt Moreno said.

The reason they can drop the requirement is tha

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