Firefighter

Firefighter

Responds to emergency situations and helps control them by fighting fires, performing rescues, controlling leaks and spills, and rendering emergency medical care. Works under the general supervision of the appropriate Captain.

Examples of Duties

Technical Competence : Demonstrates a mastery of skills from current position; these skills include but not limited to EMS; Firefighting and Rescue situations; able to accept tasks and assignments in both emergency and non-emergency situations by your supervisor and have the skills necessary to complete those tasks; continuous self-development in order to maintain skills.; always show positive effort and expertise during training exercises and assist with the development of others; qualified work in position above current job 1 year from date of employment.

Initiative : Takes initiative and ownership of assigned projects; seeks opportunities to improve the service delivery system by proposing new programs and revising existing programs.

Maintenance : Maintains station, grounds, equipment, and apparatuses in a state of readiness; keeps station, equipment, and apparatus presentable at all times; takes initiative to repair discrepancies based on qualifications; promptly reports discrepancies according to established guidelines; teaches others proper preventative maintenance for station, equipment, and apparatuses.

Team-Work : Takes responsibility for own performance - both successes and failures; follows departmental / city policies / procedures; avoids participation in the perpetuation or rumors and speculation; does not share confidential information with peers or the public; consistently projects a positive attitude and professional image through appearance and actions (does not make negative statements about other departments or disparaging remarks about others).

Organizational Consistency : Provides service delivery consistent with City and Department policies, procedures, practices, and expectations; promotes organizational consistency by effectively communicating with internal and external customers; models behavior that promotes organizational consistency; seeks to verify service delivery efforts are consistent with other shifts.

Emergency Response : Performs firefighting activities including laying and connecting of hose lines; holding nozzles and directing fire streams; raising and climbing of ladders; performing forcible entry, salvage, and overhaul; ventilating heat and smoke; extricates victims from burning buildings. Responds to emergencies, including fires, rescues, hazardous material spills and leaks, accidents, medical problems, and other emergencies. Performs rescue activities including operating extrication tools, raising and climbing ladders, and performing firefighting activities related to rescue. Performs hazardous material response activities, including isolating spill site, evacuating potential victims, recognizing and identifying materials involved, extricating victims, decontaminating victims and responders, and confining or containing chemicals involved. Performs emergency medical activities including treating patients with injuries or medical conditions, stabilizing the spine, establishing an airway, assisting with ventilation, performing CPR, providing advanced medical care, extricating patients from dangerous sites, and carrying patients from site of injury or illness to ambulance.

Physical Fitness : Achieve and maintain an acceptable physical fitness level.

Fire Prevention : Performs fire prevention activities, including educating the public through fire prevention classes and demonstrations, inspecting buildings for fire code compliance and the correction of hazards, and assisting in the investigation of fires to help determine cause and origin. Participates in fire drills, attends classes in firefighting, emergency medical, hazardous materials, and related subjects.

Peripheral Duties

Dons protective clothing and self-contained breathing apparatus. Performs other job functions as assigned by the appropriate supervisor.

Typical Qualifications

Education and Experience : High school graduation or GED equivalent and one (1) year experience in firefighting.

Special Requirements :

• A valid State driver's license, Class B or higher.
• Ability to meet the Department's physical standards.
• Basic Firefighter certification by State Commission; Paramedic certification.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to frequently lift and / or move up to one hundred (100) pounds. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, talk, or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Supplemental Information

Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts; and is occasionally exposed to wet and / or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet at the station and loud at an emergency scene.