Firefighter

The purpose of this position is to provide fire protection, rescue, and emergency medical services to the public.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs firefighting and medical emergency services by extinguishing fires from structures and vehicles, effectively operating equipment, evaluating emergency scenes, delivering medical care to victims, and assisting in hazardous material operations.
• Participates in required training classes and physical fitness.
• Performs daily station activities by completing incident reports and daily logs, entering records of equipment checks and repairs, and maintaining the station house and grounds.
• Provides community services by assisting citizens with questions and fire protection issues, participating in school safety programs, conducting station tours and equipment demonstrations, and educating the public.
• Serves on employee team by assisting in improvements of existing city and departmental policies and functions.

Supplemental Functions

• Performs other similar duties as required

Knowledge

Job Specifications and Qualifications

• Fire safety and education
• Geography of city
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations
• Firefighting standards

Licensing And Certifications

• Ability to obtain North Carolina Firefighter Failure to obtain by the completion of recruit training may result in termination.
• Ability to obtain North Carolina Emergency Medical Technician certification. Failure to obtain by the completion of recruit training may result in termination.
• Ability to obtain Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations Level Certification. Failure to obtain by the completion of recruit training may result in termination.
• Valid state of residency Driver’s License preferred.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must meet the City criteria for an acceptable driving record.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements

• Positions in this class require: standing, fine dexterity, walking, lifting, carrying, sitting, reaching, handling, kneeling, crawling, pushing/pulling, climbing, vision, foot controls, balancing, bending, crouching, hearing, twisting and talking.
• Very Heavy: Exerting over 100 pounds occasionally, 50-100 pounds frequently, or from 20 up to 50 pounds constantly.
• Incumbents are subject to extreme temperature, wetness and/or humidity, respiratory hazards, noise and vibration, and physical hazards.
• Incumbents are required to pass the annual Job Performance Requirements (JPR) skills evaluations with a return to duty status, which includes but is not limited to crawling, carrying 50 pounds or more, dragging 170 pounds or more, pushing and pulling 75 pounds or more, climbing 24-foot ladders and exerting 100 pounds of force.

Required Skills

• Mechanical repairs
• Using computers and applicable software applications
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction

Required Experience

High school diploma or equivalency and be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Please be sure to complete the application in full. Resumes may be uploaded with your application but will not be accepted in lieu of a fully completed application and will not be considered for qualifying credit. "See Resume" or "See Attachment" will NOT be accepted.

If multiple applications are submitted to an individual position, only the most recent application received prior to the posting closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM on the closing date.

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The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of the positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Fair Labor Standards Act (exempt/non-exempt) is designated by position. The employer actively supports Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations.