Firefighter II

Firefighter

Ready to bring your experience to a department that values what you bring to the table and gives you the opportunity to make a real impact every shift? Step into a career built on purpose, teamwork, and service while joining a team dedicated to protecting lives and responding when the community needs help most. This role offers the opportunity to serve through emergency response, public education, and life-saving service in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Under general supervision of the Fire Chief and Division Chief, the purpose of this position is to provide rapid fire-suppression response to protect life and property by controlling and extinguishing fires. Persons in this position also respond to medical emergencies and after-effects of other hazardous conditions. This position also maintains firefighting equipment and provides training to the general public on fire prevention awareness and first aid.

• Responds to fire and emergency calls by completing fire suppression activities for residential and commercial structures, vehicles, rubbish and grass areas, operating apparatus, removing hazards from emergency scenes, rescuing persons from fire and emergency scenes, utilizing fire extinguishing and extraction equipment to suppress fires and documenting actions when appropriate.
• Provides basic emergency medical services by responding to emergency site, assessing the medical needs of patients, determining best immediate basic treatment, administering life support, utilizing trained medical skills, operating life-saving equipment, lifting and moving patients and extricating patients as necessary, assisting patients to emergency centers, completing medical reports, stocking medical supplies and documenting all services provided.
• Maintains fire-fighting equipment and fire station property by performing preventative maintenance on equipment and machinery, ensuring apparatus is operating properly and safely, determining if problematic or faulty parts exist, replacing faulty parts.
• Educates the community about fire safety by responding to citizen inquiries and questions on fire safety, presenting fire safety tips to local schools and businesses, demonstrating appropriate personal actions during fires or emergencies, illustrating proper fire extinguisher use and first aid procedures and assisting with public tours of the fire station when necessary.
• Maintains current medical and firefighting certifications by participating in continuing education related to medical, fire fighting, driving and computer skills and completing appropriate paperwork for training received.
• Maintains fire station property by performing interior and exterior building maintenance such as mowing lawn, assisting with fire station cleaning activities and documenting maintenance actions when appropriate.

Education and experience required:

• High school diploma or GED required
• Candidate must possess the following certifications/credentials: Firefighter Level I and II Certification (IFSAC and/or Pro-Board certification from another state may be accepted based on the candidate's ability to meet the NC reciprocity transfer process)
• Hazardous Materials Responder (Operations Level)
• National Incident Management System (NIMS) Levels IS-100, 200, 700, 800
• Emergency Medical Technician (NC EMT-B)
• Bloodborne Pathogens Training per department policy
• Valid Class C Driver's License (Class B will be required within one year (12 months) of start of employment) and "safe" driving record.

Proof of all certifications must be attached for applications to be considered.

Preferred:

• TR and TR Vehicle Certifications or ability to obtain after employment (IFSAC, ProBoard & DOD)
• Class B Driver's License.