Recruit - Firefighter​/AEMT

Overview

Summary:

A successful candidate will play an active role in the City of College Park’s existing operational success. The purpose of the position is to protect lives and property through fire suppression activities, fire prevention, safety activities, and education. Successful performance results in increased public safety and decreased property loss.

• Responds to fire alarms and other emergency calls such as medical emergencies, traumatic emergencies, and motor vehicle accidents.
• Extinguishes, controls fire, and protects property from smoke damage.
• Places equipment, lays and connects hose, operates high-capacity pumps and directs water streams; raises and climbs ladders; uses safety belts, lines, and hooks.
• Participates in training drills; attends school and departmental classes on firefighting, hydraulics, first aid, fire equipment, and apparatus construction and operation.
• Services and operates all department equipment and apparatus; performs necessary maintenance, testing, and care of fire hoses, trucks, ladders, and auxiliary equipment and apparatus.
• Provides operating and procedural information to the public and school groups; performs incident activity data entry in computers.
• Responds to hazardous materials incidents; provides necessary support activities; performs related work as required.
• Attends required training programs; reads necessary manuals and materials; practices skills and techniques; completes required proficiency tests; participates in regular classes on firefighting emergency medical techniques, rescue, equipment maintenance, and related subjects.
• Responds as part of the team when an incident occurs; operates assigned equipment at fire scenes, including laying and connecting hoses, holding nozzles and detecting fire streams, raising and climbing ladders, and using chemical extinguishers, lines, and other equipment.
• Provides emergency medical assistance at incidents.
• Creates openings for gaining access to patients in unusual situations and positions.
• Administers basic life support care, including bleeding control, automatic external defibrillation, intravenous therapy, oxygen therapy, and CPR.
• Performs pre-fire planning of assigned establishments.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that logically relate to the position.

Most firefighting work is performed in various indoor settings including living quarters and office areas. Varying work schedules are required. Hazardous tasks performed under emergency conditions may require strenuous exertion with exposure to limited visibility, hazardous or toxic chemicals or gases, extreme temperatures, cramped surroundings, and contact with death, emotional stress, trauma, contagious disease, and terminal illnesses. Firefighters are exposed to extreme heat, contaminated environments, emotionally upset people, noise, physical hazards from traffic, fire and falling objects, and atmospheric conditions such as smoke, fumes, odors, and gases.

Protective equipment may be required (hard hat, face and ear protection, breathing apparatus, fire protective gloves and clothing, etc.).

• Knowledge of City Fire Codes and related ordinances.
• Knowledge of modern firefighting principles, practices, and methods.
• Knowledge of firefighting equipment including personal protective equipment.
• Knowledge of hazard identification and correction including escape route planning.
• Knowledge of behavior and mechanics of various types of fire.
• Knowledge of principles of hydraulics applied to fire suppression.
• Knowledge of the Incident Management System.
• Knowledge of the street system and physical layout of the City.
• Knowledge of emergency care methods, techniques, and equipment.
• Skill in operating heavy emergency equipment.
• Skill in the use of tools, equipment, and apparatus to fight fires, rescue, or provide emergency medical care.
• Skill in performing various manual labor assignments as needed.
• Ability to perform general equipment/tool maintenance duties.
• Ability to interpret instructions and efficiently carry them out with…