Colorblindness
Hello everyone, I was a corpsman for 8 years in the navy and got out to pursue a career as a firefighter in Texas. I have been keeping up with a few fire departments during my last few years in and never once saw that normal color vision was a requirement. Fast forward to now I am now two weeks out of the navy and trying to hit the ground hard looking for hiring opportunities near me. Almost all large departments in my area are closed for hiring until next year except for 1 and I noticed normal color vision was one of their requirements. Long story short I spoke with their recruiter and he told me that most departments are going to require normal color vision but in a round about way said that if I fail I can have my color vision tested elsewhere and basically hinted towards having the person help with my scores. How possible is this to make happen and how big of a hurdle am I looking at here? There is no other job I want to do than firefighting and it is the only reason I got out of the navy.