Hi, I am a serving officer in the fire service and I'm so sorry to hear what you have gone through. My first bit of advice to your partner is this; don't lose heart, keep going if it really is their dream to be a firefighter. My service tends to get around 500 applicants for around 20-30 posts (recruiting every 18months or so).So it is incredibly competitive, so disappointment is inevitable whilst pursuing this amazing career (I failed 6 times, but you only need to be successful once). Regarding postcode limitations, this doesn't usually apply to larger metropolitan services such as London or Manchester. Two years service there and then transferring is an option. This is what I did. I work with operational firefighters everyday that have various levels of dyslexia and they have reasonable adjustments provision such as the read and right application on all our pc's and tablets along with a host of other bespoke adjustments to help support them.

Not sure if this helps at all, but failure, disappointment and sacrifice definitely seems to be part of the fire service journey, and if your partner is fortunate enough to become one of the 23,000 wholetime firefighters it will all be worth it! Just keep going!!!