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US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Law, Public Safety, & Security
occupation category
First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Rescues victims from burning buildings, accident sites, and water hazards
- Documents observations of the effects of fire on fire behavior and spread, evidence preservation methods and burn patterns
- Determines type of ventilation for a given situation
- Identifies the effects of fire and fire suppression activities on common burning materials
- Practices proper ventilation
- Inspects buildings for fire hazards and compliance with fire prevention ordinances, testing and checking smoke alarms and fire suppression equipment as necessary
- Disposes of biohazard materials following approved guidelines
- Describes fire inspection practices and procedures including hazard recognition and correction
- Identifies various hoses, nozzles and other equipment used during fire extinguishment
- Performs the tactical objectives associated with modes of operation
- Gives tours of assigned facility, demonstrate fire equipment and apparatus, and participate in other educational programs for various groups and general public pertaining to a variety of life safety topics
- Receives an emergency call and dispatching a response to a reported emergency
- Implements fire ground safety procedures
- Completes approved forms in accordance with policies and procedures
- Provides a risk assessment of incident scene operation using the incident action plan (IAP)
- Identifies/Marks entry and or exit points, items of potential evidence, and post fire indicators
- Confines and extinguishes fire
- Analyzes the relationship of flashover to room volume and ceiling height and location of fire in the compartment
- Identifies the process of combustion
- Secures the general area of origin to protect evidence and restrict access
- Extricates victims trapped in a motor vehicle
- Assures the establishment of safety zones, hot zones, collapse zones, and other hazard areas
- Administers first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to injured persons or provide emergency medical care such as basic or advanced life support
- Applies the epidemiological principles to develop prevention strategies for all injuries
- Identifies the NFPA hydrant color code
- Operates numerous types of rescue, emergency and fire suppression equipment and apparatus as necessary; operate, inspect, repair and perform other technical tasks related to maintaining the apparatus, equipment, and facilities in the area of assignment
- Uses self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) in emergency situations
- Identifies water supply, apparatus placement and exposure protection
- Monitors radio transmissions
- Identifies fire spread characteristics of interior finishes
- Identifies signs of building collapse
- Moves toward the source of a fire, using knowledge of types of fires, construction design, building materials, and physical layout of properties
- Orients self in relation to fire, using compass and map, and collect supplies and equipment dropped by parachute
- Complies with two in two out rule (CFR 1910.134, etc.)
- Tests water hoses, fire extinguishers, and pumps
- Intervenes in a preventive manner in appropriate patient situations
- Identifies the role of EMS in local municipal and community health education programs (CPR, health fairs, child safety seat, immunizations, etc)
- Identifies the precautions necessary when rendering emergency medical care to victims of hazardous materials incidents
- Conducts fire drills for buildings and make a report regarding on the training and drills that occurred
- Identifies factors that can influence smoke movement in a building
- Marks and preserves items of potential evidence
- Assigns an incident safety officer
- Maintains power plants, power tools, and lighting equipment based on manufacturer’s instructions
- Performs salvage activities to conserve property
- Informs and educates the public on fire prevention
- Operates as part of a team at an emergency incident
- Presents fire and life safety information to small groups
- Ensures that an adequate inventory of supplies is aboard emergency vehicles through regular checks
- Reviews all reports and documentation
- Testifies in court when violations occurred and when required
- Explains the removal of injured persons from hazardous environments
- Participates in a variety of fire prevention operations, activities and programs including training, fire investigations; code enforcement and equipment operation and maintenance; participate in activities and operations in response to natural disasters, major accidents, incidents involving hazardous materials, and other emergency situations; identify, analyze and avoid hazardous and dangerous situations
- Identifies methods of heat transfer
- Maintains proper handling and preservation of evidence
- Identifies low/high-rise firefighting tactics
- Decides where ventilation is needed
- Identifies the different methods of frame construction and the fire protection concerns associated with each (i.e., balloon, fire stops, etc.)
- Identifies the stages of a compartment fire
- Implements fire ground strategy and tactics
- Applies regulations and standards as it relates to hazardous materials
- Operates protective signaling systems and how these systems are used to control and support other fire protection systems
- Describes the ways hazardous materials could cause harm
- Identifies the types of specialized marking systems found at fixed facilities and on modes of transportation that indicate hazardous materials
- Locates information in departmental documents and code materials
- Describes the building construction and condition
- Operates systems, standpipe systems and special extinguishing systems
- Determines smoke and fire spread by utilizing knowledge of Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system components
- Preserves all evidence properly
- Cleans and maintains fire stations and fire fighting equipment and apparatus
- Identifies the functional components within the NIMS
- Identifies the apparatus, equipment, and appliances required to provide water at rural locations by relay pumping or water shuttle
- Selects appropriate personal protective equipment as related to hazardous materials response
- Recognizes hazardous conditions involving equipment, processes, and operations
- Follows process of emergency decontamination
- Operates pumps connected to high-pressure hoses
- Operates "special agent" fire extinguishing systems
- Collaborates with other firefighters as a member of a firefighting crew
- Protects property from water and smoke, using waterproof salvage covers, smoke ejectors, and deodorants
- Assesses traffic hazards and apparatus placement
- Participates in physical training activities to maintain a high level of physical fitness
- Patrols burned areas after fires to locate and eliminate hot spots that may restart fires
- Studies street and occupancy locations in assigned district; study building plans and fire prevention systems in buildings in assigned district
- Identifies the construction assemblies and their characteristics as related to fire spread
- Identifies the DOT hazardous materials classes
- Positions and climbs ladders to gain access to upper levels of buildings, or to rescue individuals from burning structures
- Identifies the various types of apparatus for a specific tactical assignments
- Prevents unauthorized entry
- Identifies and defines causes and prevention of fires and typical fire hazards in and around a structure
- Identify national standards that apply to hazardous materials (i.e., NFPA 47, 472, 473, etc.)
- Identifies sources, distribution networks, piping and hydrants
- Uses lights and portable generators to illuminate an emergency scene
- Connects a fire department pumper to a water supply
- Recognizes and identifies hazardous materials labels and placards
- Utilizes risk management techniques
- Creates openings in buildings for ventilation or entrance, using axes, chisels, crowbars, electric saws, or core cutters
- Cleans, inspects, and returns fire hose to service
- Prepares and monitors written reports on emergency incidents, status of condition, hazards and risks to be submitted to the incident commander
- Assesses a patient's need for preventive information and direction applying general and specific environmental parameters that should be inspected
- Understands chemical reactions of hazardous materials in contact with water and/or other hazardous materials
