Assistant Fire Chief

JOB
Whether you are joining our team for three years or twenty, you will have the opportunity to grow your career with us! Our employees are offered the opportunity to enhance their skill set by attending training courses, working on special projects, and becoming a member of one of our many City Teams. De Pere, consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in Wisconsin, is a safe, warm, and friendly community located right along the Fox River less than ten minutes from Green Bay and 25 minutes from Appleton and the Fox Valley. De Pere is an integral part of the Green Bay metro area, which was ranked as the #1 place to live in the United States for 2023. As an employer, the City of De Pere is a positive, team-oriented organization with a commitment to providing exceptional customer service to its community. The City of De Pere provides an engaging work environment focused on collaboration and team building. De Pere strives to attract, develop, and retain diverse talent by promoting a diversity of thought, valuing differing perspectives, and empowering employees to share their authentic viewpoints at all levels and functions within the City. The City of De Pere is seeking an Assistant Fire Chief to protect life and property by implementing, directing, delegating, supervising, and evaluating the performance of firefighting, rescue, emergency medical care, hazardous materials, and fire prevention duties through preparation, maintenance, and response of fire department personnel, equipment, apparatus, and facilities.About our department: The typical work schedule is Monday - Thursday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. plus additional hours for emergencies and meetings. However, the City of De Pere recognizes the importance of its employees having a proper work-life balance and supports alternative work arrangements which include alternative work schedules, flexible scheduling, and remote work to help meet your lifestyle needs. In addition, new employees receive three weeks of vacation and four floating holidays per year beginning on the first day of work (prorated the first year).Compensation: The anticipated starting salary is $103,854 - $124,612, depending on qualifications, plus an excellent benefits package. The full salary range for this position is $103,854 - $148,366. The City of De Pere rewards employees for exceptional work performance with a pay for performance incentive program. Employees may be awarded a salary increase, bonus, or paid time off for exceptional work performance. Employees will be automatically enrolled in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), a pension plan to help provide for financial security during retirement, which consists of employer and employee required contributions.The City of De Pere is a qualifying employer under the Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Application Deadline: Applications must be received by 7:00 am on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.The City is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with state and federal law, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Employees needing reasonable accommodation should discuss the request with the employee’s supervisor or Human Resources.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
The following duties are essential for this position. However, they are not to be construed as exclusive or all–inclusive. To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other duties may also be required or assigned.Assist in the development, creation, and management of fire department policy, operational procedures, and standard operating guidelines. Coordinate, instruct, delegate, direct, and supervise the work of subordinate officers (including Battalion Chiefs, Lieutenants, and outside contractors).Assist the Fire Chief in planning, coordinating, administering, and directing the department budget and long-range planning. Establish goals for the department and personnel. Assume command at emergency incidents. Implement an incident management system. Assign, direct, and supervise firefighting, medical care, life safety, and property conservation activities. Ensure the safe operation of fire personnel, equipment, and apparatus. Participate as the assigned on-call Duty Chief. Respond to working structure fires, medical emergencies, or other calls for service requiring a Chief Officer response. Respond to requests and support the on-duty officers and staff. Develop and coordinate fire prevention programs. Identify corrective actions necessary to bring properties into compliance with applicable fire codes, laws, regulations, and standards. Conduct fire code compliance follow-ups to ensure that corrective actions have been taken in cases where violations were found. Review reports of fire inspections, fire code violations, and corrective recommendations offered.Review plans for new or remodeled buildings to ensure the structures meet with appropriate laws, codes, ordinances, regulations, and standards. Inspect and test fire protection and/or fire detection systems to verify that such systems are installed in accordance with appropriate laws, codes, ordinances, regulations, and standards. Conduct acceptance testing of newly installed fire protection systems.Capable of performing the requisite skills detailed in the Battalion Chief job description.Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned for community public education, public relations and general promotion of an environment of public safety within the community. Develop and assist in training, motivating and evaluating assigned personnel; work with subordinate personnel to correct deficiencies.Assume the duties of the Fire Chief in their absence. Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Fire Science or related field.Minimum Experience: Ten years fire service experience, including five years experience in a supervisory/command position performing fire and/or EMS service responsibilities. A combination of education and experience may be considered.Minimum Certifications: Firefighter II Fire Inspector I or the ability to obtain within two years of hireFire Officer II or ability to obtain within two years of hireNational Registry or State of Wisconsin Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification; EMT-Paramedic certification preferred.Other Requirements: Valid unencumbered Wisconsin driver’s license and safe driving record.PHYSICAL AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Work is performed in both indoor and outdoor settings.Work is performed in dangerous situations under an inordinate amount of stress.Work is performed in an environment in which the employee is subject to potential personal danger.This work requires the continuous exertion of up to 100 pounds of lifting/moving or force and continuous push/pull of up to 100 pounds or more while performing essential functions of the job.Work regularly requires the ability to stand, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and speak and hear.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Acceptable verbal and conversation skills to effectively communicate with others in English.Ability to read and write English and interpret documents such as safety rules, material safety data sheets, operation and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and so forth.Work may include outdoors in seasonal weather extremes.Exposures could include toxic chemicals, seasonal temperature extremes, and other possible unknown hazardous materials.Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions and following directions. May require interactions with persons who are hostile or aggressive, posing threatening conditions.