1st Class Firefighter/AEMT

·        Respond to emergency and non -emergency calls such as (but not limited to); fires, vehicle crashes, water rescues, bomb threats, hazardous materials incidents, severe weather, medical emergencies such as those requiring EMS or ambulance response . Employee may be assigned to different stations, work locations and apparatus including but not limited to firefighting apparatus and medical response units (tankers, brush unit, engines, aerial units, watercraft, ambulances ……etc.)

• Perform firefighting techniques including, but not limited to, extinguishing, ventilation, rescue, salvage, overhaul, and forcible entry.
• Move injured, sick, or unconscious away from danger and provide prehospital emergency medical care including transportation on an ambulance.
• Attend, participate in and/or lead presentations to civic, school, neighborhood, industrial or business organizations. Topics include but are not limited to fire prevention, fire station tours, safety, or other public training exercises as directed.
• Attend and participate in various educational, technical, and other training exercises as directed by the Chief and/or designee which could include but not limited to extrication, HAZMAT, ice/water rescue, rope rescue, EMS and confined space.
• Clean and maintain all equipment, buildings, and grounds; perform regular maintenance and repair on equipment, buildings, grounds as directed, to ensure proper function and upkeep of all Fire department equipment, grounds, buildings; maintain uniforms to standard.
• Maintain personal physical fitness levels, necessary to perform the essential functions of the position (a yearly fitness-for-duty evaluation may be required, and firefighters must be fit for duty, with or without reasonable accommodation. consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)). This fit-for-duty evaluation will be administered by a health care professional specializing in Occupational Medicine. Fit for duty evaluation will be provided at no cost to the firefighter.
• Department requires daily workout and conditioning while on duty and may require annual agility testing.

Requirements

·       High School Diploma/ GED

·       Valid Driver’s License

·       Must be 18 years of age but not older than 40 by the date of employment

·       Must meet requirements for Fire and Police IN Fund 1977 Pension

·       Valid CPAT at date of written test and date or hire

·       Acceptable background check to meet department requirements.