Firefighter/EMT Recruit

Job Description

Job Description

Announcement for those without Fire/EMS experience or certification

Announcement Open Until Wednesday July 1, 2026, at 5pm

Grade 9: Wage while in training: $20.12 per hour

Dept/Div: Fire/N/A ---FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

General Definition of Work

Receives training for eventual role as Firefighter/EMTA and, as training is completed, performs protective service work responding to fire, rescue, and emergency medical service calls, performing fire suppression, basic emergency medical care and hazardous materials handling, maintaining station and equipment, participating in continuing training, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the assigned officer.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

Attends and participates in scheduled classes and meets all minimum requirements as part of final assessments and evaluation; assists with training when required

Attends and successfully completes all physical training and drills as required by the Training Fire Recruit Manual.

Participates and successfully completes group training and individual study of technical material required for eventual role.

Drives and/or operates various medical and fire apparatus; assists with hazardous materials incidents.

Assists in maintaining fire and rescue apparatus, ambulances and equipment and cleaning fire station and grounds; ensures that emergency vehicles are completely stocked and maintained in a safe and efficient operational condition; inspects, cleans and maintains fire hose, pumps, hydrants and related equipment.

Provides basic life support services; performs detailed subjective and objective patient assessments within established protocols, stabilization, and treatment; coordinates emergency care procedures with authorized emergency hospital staff.

Prepares and maintains records and reports related to operations, training and professional development; prepares and reviews quality assurance forms.

Performs collateral duties such as training and certifications records maintenance, quality control, emergency services management, equipment repairs and specifications development, etc., as needed or required.

Responds to alarms and assists in the suppression of fires, including rescue, entry, ventilating, salvage work, hazardous materials incidents and first response in emergency situations.

Maintains physical, mental, emotional health while meeting the physical and special requirements to successfully fulfill all essential duties.

Encourages and promotes a culture of excellent service.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Some knowledge of emergency medical techniques and procedures; some knowledge of firefighting techniques and procedures as applied to fire suppression; general knowledge of the street system and physical layout of the County and surrounding area; some knowledge of hazardous materials and accident extrication principles and technical rescue techniques; some knowledge of basic life support principles and techniques; ability to learn technical firefighting principles and techniques and principles of hydraulics as applied to fire suppression; 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 medical personnel, law enforcement personnel, academy recruits, other fire/ems agencies, associates and the general public.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or GED and minimal experience in emergency services, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements

This work requires regular exertion of up to 100 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 150 pounds of force and occasional exertion of 200 or more pounds of force. Duties require use and wearing of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and firefighter turnout gear weighing up to 60 pounds while lifting, carrying, dragging equipment and/or individuals of varying weights during emergency and non-emergency operations requiring physical agility and body awareness. Work regularly requires speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires standing, walking, running, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions and occasionally requires sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, tasting or smelling and lifting; 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, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to outdoor weather conditions, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock, exposure to vibration, wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is occasionally in a loud noise location (e.g. heavy traffic, sirens, heavy equipment).

Special Requirements

*Favorable background history as determined by review of local, State and Federal records.

*Valid driver's license in the State of Georgia with a favorable driving history and the ability to receive the appropriate endorsement to operate fire apparatus.

*Consideration for this position requires successful completion of a basic skills test.

*Consideration for this position requires successful completion of a physical agility test that may be scheduled after submission of test results meeting minimum standards and favorable review of application.

*Complete the Georgia Basic Firefighter Certification I and II while in CCFR Candidate Training School.

*Complete Emergency Medical Technician Advanced and Hazardous Materials Operations certifications.

Last Revised: 06/02/2026