Fire Fighter

SUMMARY

Under supervision, responds to all-risk emergency and non-emergency calls for service and performs prevention and administrative shift duties as trained and assigned.    SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Receives direct supervision from assigned Company Officer and administrative supervision from assigned Battalion Chief, Division Chief and the Fire Chief. ## ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.  Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Respond to fire alarms, emergency medical calls and other requests for assistance to protect life and property in accordance with departmental policies, procedures and chain of command. 
• Drive fire department vehicles; operate pumps and apparatus. 
• Use ladders, hoses and other fire suppression equipment. 
• Use power and hand tools to perform fire suppression, prevention, rescue, inspection, equipment/facility maintenance and other related subjects. 
• Participate in drills and training classes in fire-science, emergency first-aid, medical emergency techniques and response, hazardous material handling, fire station/equipment maintenance and other related subjects. 
• Assist in performing inspections of commercial, industrial and specified residential facilities in accordance with state and local fire safety codes and occupancies. 
• Participate in presentations before local organizations and groups in support of fire prevention and fire safety. 
• Provide administrative support to the Company Officer as assigned. 
• Perform routine maintenance of equipment, tools, vehicles and fire facilities. 
• Promote and maintain safety in the work place. 
• Firefighters may be called upon to work temporarily at the next highest rank

• Perform related duties as assigned.  After the evaluation of minimum qualifications, examination parts for this recruitment may include, but are not limited to the following: written exam, performance exam, oral appraisal interview, physical ability test, oral presentation, project assignment, etc. If moved forward, candidates will be notified via email of the type of examination required for this recruitment.

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  The following generally describes the knowledge and abilities required to enter the job and/or to be learned within a defined short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties. Knowledge of:

• Fire suppression and emergency medical care procedures. 

• Basic building construction, modern technical firefighting principles and techniques. 
• Federal, State and local laws and regulations governing fire prevention and safety.
• Fire chemistry, basic math, writing and reading comprehension.     Ability to:
• Exercise common sense, practical judgment to learn and perform technical fire suppression, prevention and related duties within a structured group work setting. 
• Learn Federal, State and local laws and regulations governing fire safety and basic medical emergency in-field treatment. 
• Learn the correct use of equipment and apparatus used in the performance of duties. 
• Learn and perform accurate recordkeeping and report writing relating to fire prevention/suppression activities. 
• Understand, follow, and issue oral and written instructions. 

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co- Education, and Experience Any combination of experience and education that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

  Education:   Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by college level course work in fire science or a related field.   Experience:   No directly related work experience is required. However, volunteer or paid Firefighter experience is highly desirable.   License or Certificate: ·Possession of, or the ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver's license;

• A firefighter endorsement to the Class C license is required by the end of probation. 
• An EMT-1 (CA) Certificate and valid C.P.R. (AHA) certificate is required along with ICS 100, ICS 200, NIMS 700 NIMS 800. 
• Graduation from an accredited California fire academy is desired. 
• A California Firefighter 1 certificate will be required before the end of the probationary period. ## PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USE Requires frequent use of a wide variety of apparatus necessary in the performance of fire fighter work; personal computer, including word processing, database and spread­sheet programs, telephone, copy and fax machines, and all tools and equipment necessary to successfully perform the essential and important duties of the position.   PHYSICAL DEMANDS CPAT:  JOB-SPECIFIC PHYSICAL ABILITY TESTING:  " _Introduced in 1999, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and the International Association of Fire Chief's (IAFC) Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) set an international standard for effectively measuring whether a firefighter is up to the physical demands of the job."  The Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) is the acknowledged standard in California for high-quality, job-specific physical ability testing. _ Physical mobility to climb stairs in full protective clothing while carrying heavy equipment on shoulders, dragging hose lines from fire apparatus to the fire occupancy and pulling an uncharged hose line around obstacles while remaining stationary, carrying power tools to and from fire apparatus, placing a ground ladder at a fire structure and extending the ladder to the roof or window, using force to open a locked door or to breach a wall, searching for victims with limited visibility in an unpredictable area, removing a victim or injured partner from a fire scene, breaching and pulling down ceiling to check for fire   WORKING CONDITIONS A firefighter is required to wear protective gear, carry appropriate tools, and utilize self-contained breathing apparatus, weighing a combined total of 100 pounds, while performing many of the emergency related duties.  Firefighters work in a variety of very hot and very cold temperatures, and often in a wet environment.  The firefighter must be able to respond physically to alarms and/or calls for help and be in a full brisk walk from a standstill or sleep, in a matter of seconds.  While performing emergency aid, a firefighter may lift and carry victims and move equipment requiring the use of stomach and back muscles.  It is required that they be able to hear a variety of warning devices and alarms, gas leaks or calls for help.  Tools used by a firefighter require precise arm-hand positioning movements such as when operating a chain saw or using emergency medical equipment.  The operations of said equipment often requires the coordinated movement of more than one limb simultaneously.  Emergency situations may require work to be performed in small cramped crawl spaces, areas where vision is limited, and/or heights including roof-tops and ladders.  Balance is required working in slippery wet conditions, maneuvering on beams and other structural parts of buildings, hillsides, and fences.