MILWAUKEE – The City of Milwaukee has opened its application process for the hiring of Milwaukee Fire Department firefighters.

A news release says the examination process may include a basic knowledge test, structured oral interview, CPAT or other physical ability test, and background investigation. All phases of the examination must be successfully completed in order to continue in the selection process. Failure in any segment of the examination disqualifies a candidate from continuing in the selection process.

Officials say the current annual salary range is $38,412.60 to $85,240.27. Appointment is at the beginning of the range. After academy training is complete, the salary increases to $51,216.80 annually with benefits.

Who is eligible?

Candidates who successfully complete all phases of the examination will be placed on an eligible list for consideration for employment. Eligible lists are good for 2 years unless abolished or extended by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners.

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Candidates offered employment must successfully complete a background investigation, medical examination, psychological evaluation, and drug test as a condition of employment.

Final appointment to the position of Firefighter is contingent upon passing all pre-employment components, the number of vacancies, State of Wisconsin EMT licensure, and approval by the Fire and Police Commission.

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It is anticipated that this list will be used for hire of candidates in August 2025.

The time has finally come for Robert Gasser.

Gasser, the Milwaukee Brewers’ top pitching prospect is expected to make his major league debut Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field.

“We told (Gasser) in spring training, even before the injury, that you’re going to pitch in the major leagues, so prepare for your debut,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Thursday ahead of a 7-1 victory over the Cardinals.

Gasser’s debut comes nearly two years after he was acquired by Milwaukee as part of the deal that sent closer Josh Hader to the Padres in July 2022. He had gone 4-9 with a 4.18 ERA in 18 starts for San Diego’s High-A affiliate at the time of the trade but the Brewers promoted him to Double-Biloxi where he went 1-1 with a 2.21 ERA in four starts before earning a promotion to Triple-A Nashville, where he went 2-2 with a 4.44 ERA in five starts to close out the season.

He was named the Brewers Co-Minor League Pitcher of the year in 2023 after going 9-1 with a 3.79 ERA in 26 appearances (25 starts) for Nashville. Gasser might have had a chance to make the Opening Day roster this season had bone spurs in his throwing elbow not sidelined him during the final days of Spring Training.

Gasser opened the season on the injured list but made his debut with Nashville on April 24 and compiled an 0-1 record and 5.25 ERA in three starts while striking out 17 batters over 12 innings.

“They were happy with how I was in spring, what I was bringing to the table,” Gasser said. “It was more so just making sure I was sharp when I got back and getting my pitch counts up.”

The Brewers’ starting rotation was already a work in progress heading into the season but has become a makeshift operation thanks to a rash of injuries, including a season-ending UCL tear for veteran left-hander Wade Miley.

Freddy Peralta’s decision to drop his appeal of a five-game suspension led to another opening, setting the stage for Gasser to get his shot.

“Being in Triple-A, you’re always one step away, one call away,” Gasser said. “I was throwing the ball well last year and felt really good this spring and I knew they had a lot of faith in me.”

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rhys Hoskins, Jake Bauers and Joey Ortiz each homered to cool Sonny Gray as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the slumping St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Thursday night.

It was the fifth straight loss for the Cardinals, who opened a four-game series with the NL Central-leading Brewers.

William Contreras and Christian Yelich each went 3 of 4 for the Brewers. Jared Koenig (4-1) earned the win after pitching two scoreless innings of relief and working his way out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the fifth.

Gray (4-2) has been one of the last-place Cardinals’ few bright spots since signing a three-year, $75 million contract in the offseason, but the 2023 Al Cy Young Award runner-up couldn’t stop St. Louis’ slide.

Through his first five starts, Gray allowed a total of six runs, and only three were earned. His 0.89 ERA was the lowest since 1910 by any Cardinals pitcher in his first five appearances with the organization.

The Brewers scored six runs off Gray on Thursday during his five-inning stint. Gray had given up just one homer all year before the Brewers went deep against him three times.

Milwaukee took the lead for good by scoring three runs in the first inning. It was the first time this season Gray had allowed a run before the fifth.

A two-out wild pitch from Gray brought home Contreras, who singled earlier in the inning. Hoskins, whose dog was watching from the stands as part of the Brewers’ “Bark at the Park” promotion, followed with a two-run homer over the wall in right-center field.

Bauers extended the lead to 4-0 by leading off the second with a 417-foot shot into the second deck of the right-field stands. After St. Louis’ Lars Nootbaar homered in the third, Ortiz made it 5-1 by delivering a 408-foot drive to center with two outs in the fourth.

Ortiz, who didn’t play in the Brewers’ 6-4 loss at Kansas City on Wednesday, has homered in each of his last two games.

The Cardinals wasted a couple of chances to get back into the game.

St. Louis brought the tying run to the plate with no outs in the fourth while trailing 4-1, but Dylan Carlson grounded into a double play and Masyn Winn struck out. The Cardinals then loaded the bases off Tobias Myers to start the fifth, but Koenig came out of the bullpen and got the next three outs without letting anyone score.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said “everything went well” in catcher Willson Contreras’ surgery Wednesday. Contreras broke his left forearm Tuesday when he was hit by a swing from J.D. Martinez in the Cardinals’ 7-5 loss to the New York Mets. Contreras is expected to return sometime after the All-Star break.

UP NEXT

LHP Robert Gasser is expected to make his major league debut for the Brewers on Friday. RHP Lance Lynn (1-0, 3.28) is pitching for the Cardinals.

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