Firefighter

Department: Fire Department

Reports To: Fire Department Captain and Fire Chief

Location: Fire Stations

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Pay Classification: B21-F

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.A without sponsorship.

Summary

While operating in a safe manner, performs skilled firefighting, emergency aid response, rescue operations, fire prevention, addresses hazardous materials, and conducts public education activities to protect life, property, and the environment. Responds to emergency and non-emergency incidents and participates in training, inspections, and station maintenance.

• This is a safety-sensitive position and subject to random drug and alcohol screening.
  
  

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The statements below describe the general nature and level of work the individual(s) assigned to this position perform. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified in this position. The position description is subject to change by the city as the needs and requirements change.

• Regular and timely attendance at work.
• Responds to emergencies, lays hose, performs fire combat, containment, extinguishment salvage, and overhaul tasks.
• Perform emergency response activities, including rescue and medical aid.
• Participates in fire drills and training; attends classes in firefighting, emergency medical, hazardous materials, and related subjects.
• Prepare accurate and concise reports.
• Provide fire station and vehicle housekeeping.
• Inspect and maintain apparatus, equipment, tools, and facilities.
• Drives, inspects, and performs light maintenance on fire apparatus; operates pumps and related equipment.
• Maintains positive relations and works cooperatively with others.
• Lead fire safety classes for the public.
• Assists in department supervisory and administrative activities as assigned.
• Assists in training new employees as assigned.
• Serves as “essential personnel” and must remain available for immediate call-in due to any natural or man-made disaster, or any other event the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, or Fire Chief deems necessary.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

To succeed in this position, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty and responsibility. The requirements below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all personnel, City staff, and the public.
• Ability to think and act quickly, exercising sound technical judgment in emergencies.
• Ability to act effectively under stress.
• Skill and ability to perform emergency medical care through standard methods and procedures.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, face to face, over the telephone, and on the radio.
• Working knowledge of modern firefighting principles, practices, and methods.
• Working knowledge of hazardous materials: identification, containment, and control methods.
• Working knowledge of ICS.
• Ability to drive and effectively operate fire apparatus, fire and rescue equipment, and tools, both manual and power-driven.
• Ability to operate passenger restraint devices; maintain safe following distances; use mirrors and judge vehicle clearance; keep control of a vehicle accelerating, decelerating, and while making turns, given road, weather, and traffic conditions; ability to operate under adverse environmental and driving on all surface conditions; ability to use automotive gauges and controls.
• Ability to deploy, energize, and monitor vehicles and equipment systems and to correct system problems.
• Ability to position pumper, aerial, and mobile water supply fire apparatus to operate at a fire hydrant and a static water source, power transfer from vehicle engine to pump, draft, operate pumper pressure control systems, operate the volume/pressure transfer valves (multi-stage pumps only), operate auxiliary cooling systems, make the transition between internal and external water sources, and assemble hose lines, nozzles, valves, and appliances.
• Ability to operate foam proportioning equipment and connect foam stream equipment.
• Ability to determine the correct position for pumper, aerial, and mobile water supply apparatus.
• Ability to transfer power from aerial ladder vehicle engines to hydraulic systems and operate stabilization devices.
• Ability to raise, rotate, extend, and position to a specified location and lock, unlock, retract, lower, and bed the aerial device.
• Ability to rotate and position to center, unlock, retract, lower, and bed the aerial device using the emergency operating system.
• Ability to connect a water supply to a master stream device and control an elevated nozzle manually or remotely.
• Ability to deploy portable water tanks, connect and operate water transfer equipment, and connect a strainer and suction hose to the fire pump.
  
  

Qualifications And Requirements

The preferred way to obtain the minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform this position's essential duties and responsibilities is listed below. The city reserves the right to allow substitutions if a candidate or incumbent exceeds requirements in one area but may be deficient in another.

Education And/or Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Two (2) years of experience as a firefighter or volunteer firefighter preferred.
  
  

Special Certificates, Licenses, and Designations

• Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) Basic Firefighter and Driver Operator Certification is required within 12 months of employment.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License, Class B or higher.
• No firefighting, structural, wildland, or vehicle work will be performed until the selected candidate has completed the TCFP certification.
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this position successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform these functions.

Frequent

• Standing, sitting, and walking for extended periods
• Repetitive motion that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Reaching and overhead reaching
• Climbing and balancing
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods
• Ability to ascend and descend stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, ladders, and similar surfaces
• Moving about multiple worksites
• Working in confined or tight spaces
• Communicating information and ideas to others will help them understand. Must be able to share accurate information face-to-face, over the telephone, and by radio; must be able to communicate while wearing a helmet and a face shield.
• Hearing and listening on a telephone or radio device
• Ability to taste and/or smell
• Ability to use a self-contained breathing apparatus and respirator
• Working from heights required
• Operation of handheld tools, power tools, motor vehicles, and heavy equipment
• Lifting to 25 lbs.
• Pushing and pulling up to 10lbs
• Twisting, turning, bending, stooping, crouching
  
  

Occasional

• Lifting to 75 lbs.
• Pushing and pulling to 20 lbs.
  
  

Specific Visual Ability

Close, distance, color vision, and peripheral vision; must have depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here represent those encountered by an employee while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals to perform these essential functions.

Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; smoke, fumes, or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; tight or confined spaces; near total darkness; and ladders, scaffolding, and heights.

Occasionally exposed to extreme heat, shaking, rocking, vibrating, explosives, and radiation risk.

The noise level in the work environment may range from moderate to loud.

• The employee in this position must remain available for immediate call-in due to any natural or man-made disaster or any other event the Fire Chief or City Manager deems necessary.
  
  

The City of Angleton is an Equal Opportunity Employer.