About This Role
This position responds to fire and other emergency incidents to suppress fires, rescue victims, provide emergency medical care, and perform other duties as required. The role involves operating a variety of equipment, completing reports and training, and maintaining certifications.
Responsibilities
- Operate a variety of pumps, ladders, hoses, and other equipment at the scene of fire, rescue and other emergency incidents
- Complete required reports detailing fire, emergency medical, and other incident responses
- Complete required training and maintain required certifications
- Inspect equipment to ensure that it is in proper working order
- Wash and clean equipment on a regular basis
- Repair and perform routine maintenance on equipment
- Ensure the proper functioning of all equipment and vehicles
- Maintain an adequate inventory of supplies aboard vehicles
- Conduct regular inspections
- Provide fire prevention information to the public
- Assist in teaching fire safety classes
- Provide tours of the fire station
- Perform housekeeping, grounds keeping, and building maintenance duties
- Conduct station and apparatus tours for school and other community groups
- Participate in public education events
- Conduct pre-incident planning on commercial and residential structures as requested
- Inspect and service fire hydrants
- Assist with fire investigations to determine cause and origin of fires
- Perform related duties
- Respond to fire calls and use firefighting skills to evaluate and carry out actions to control the emergency most efficiently at hand (Firefighter, Firefighter/EMT, Firefighter/Paramedic)
- Assist with the fighting of structural fires (Firefighter, Firefighter/EMT, Firefighter/Paramedic)
- Assist other personnel in providing emergency medical care at emergency and non-emergency scenes (Firefighter)
- Provide emergency medical care at emergency and non-emergency scenes at the EMT level (Firefighter/EMT)
- Provide emergency medical care at emergency and non-emergency scenes at the Paramedic level (Firefighter/Paramedic)
Requirements
- Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with completion of specialized training in the field of work, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education
- Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Florida for the type of vehicle or equipment operated
- Ability to meet current requirements set forth by the Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training