Full-Time Firefighter/Paramedic

Essential Functions

• Responds to alarms and assists in the suppression of fires, including rescue, entry, ventilating, salvage work and first response emergency situations; provides basic life support service; performs detailed subjective and objective patient assessments within established protocols, stabilization and treatment; coordinates emergency care procedures with physician; prepares and maintains daily operations logs and incident report records.
• Drives and/or operates various medical and fire apparatus; assists with hazardous materials incidents.
• Performs cleanup and overhaul work; performs water rescue, vehicle rescue and confined space rescue; assists with fire inspections and investigations.
• Assists in maintaining fire apparatus, ambulances and equipment and cleaning fire station and grounds; ensures that emergency vehicles are completely stocked and in good running order.
• Inspects, cleans and maintains fire hose, pumps, hydrants and related equipment.
• Presents programs to the community on safety, medical and fire prevention topics.
• Prepares fire awareness kits for area schools; teaches safety awareness classes to students.
• Provides public service including sports stand-by's and blood pressure checks; draws blood for the Virginia State Police and County agencies as requested.
• Provides transport from local hospitals to out of area facilities.
• Participates in continuing training and instruction program by individual study of technical material and attendance at scheduled drills and classes; assists with training when required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough knowledge of emergency medical techniques and procedures; general knowledge of firefighting techniques and procedures as applied to fire suppression; general knowledge of technical firefighting principles and techniques and principles of hydraulics as applied to fire suppression; general knowledge of the street system and physical layout of the County; general knowledge of hazardous materials and accident extrication principles and techniques; general knowledge of advanced life support principles and techniques; ability to work at heights and in confined spaces; ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions; ability to prepare detailed written and/or electronic reports; possession of physical endurance and agility; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, hospital staff and the general public.

Education and Experience
High school diploma or GED and moderate experience in emergency services including experience as a firefighter and emergency medical technician at the intermediate level, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements
This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of over 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires lifting, frequently requires standing, walking, sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions and occasionally requires tasting or smelling; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arms’ length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work frequently requires exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to outdoor weather conditions, exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment and bodily fluids and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock, working with explosives, exposure to vibration and wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus; work is generally in a very loud noise location (e.g. jack hammer work, garbage recycle plant).

Special Requirements

• Possession of Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic, CPR Instructor and Firefighter I certifications.
• Possession of or ability to acquire certification as a Firefighter II within one year of employment.
• Valid driver's license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.