About the role
Duties
As a Firefighter (Intermediate Life Support/Hazardous Materials Technician) your duties will include but are not limited to:
- Respond to fire alarms for all classes of fires, including those involving radioactive and/or hazardous materials, medical emergencies, rescue operations; wildland fires, hazardous material incidents, and aircraft emergencies.
- Analyze a hazardous materials incident to determine the magnitude of the problem in terms of outcome.
- Verify the presence or concentrations of hazardous materials through the use of monitoring equipment.
- Assess fire ground conditions for safety.
- Operate portable and stationary firefighting apparatus. Use breathing and other protective equipment.
- Respond to fires using wildland firefighting equipment to control the spread of fires and to protect property.
- Respond on site to accidents and other emergencies involving injuries and illnesses. Provide advanced or detailed patient assessment by conducting a systematic evaluation of the patient's condition.
- Perform advanced airway techniques including the use of an esophageal or dual lumen airway device and oral intubation using laryngoscopy; utilize pulse oximeter, capnometry, capnography, or other secondary confirmation methods to ensure correct placement of emergency advanced airway devices.
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.
Experience required: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: experience in of all phases of structural firefighting to include fire prevention and protection, chemistry of fire, fire-hazard recognition, characteristics of fuels, propellants, explosives, hazardous materials, basic fire engineering technology and emergency medical and first aid.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
- Knowledge of Intermediate Life Support
- Knowledge of Firefighting Procedures
- Knowledge of Hazardous Materials
- Skill in using Firefighting equipment
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
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