Lead Firefighter (Basic Life Support / Hazardous Materials Technician)

Lead Firefighter (Basic Life Support / Hazardous Materials Technician)

Serve as a Lead Firefighter (Basic Life Support / Hazardous Materials Technician) responsible for the following leader duties and responsibilities : distribution and balance the workload among employees; check on work in progress. Resolve simple, informal complaints and refer others to supervisor; report to supervisor on performance, progress and training needs. Serve as a fully trained member of a firefighter crew engaged in a full range of emergency services. Perform offensive and defensive hazardous materials technician duties. Drive and operate a full range of complex vehicles and apparatus to include fire engines, ladder trucks, technical rescue apparatus, ambulance, and response trailers, operating onboard systems. Perform Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) duties to include initial and on-going patient assessment and physical examination. Participate in an extensive on-going training program designed and modified routinely to prepare firefighter personnel for all areas of emergency response.

To qualify for a Lead Firefighter (Basic Life Support / Hazardous Materials Technician), your qualifications must include :

• One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To be creditable, specialized experience must be at the GS-06 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.
• SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SPF) : Incumbent must possess a current state EMT-Basic certification or National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician EMT-B (Incumbent will have 1 year to challenge and obtain through challenging or reciprocity a state EMT-B certification) and must possess DoD certificates and / or equivalent International Fire Service Accreditations Congress (IFSAC) or Pro-Board certifications or in : Fire Officer I, Fire Inspector I, and Fire Instructor I. Firefighter II, Driver operator (pumper) and Hazardous Materials Technician. Incumbent must also possess a valid state driver's license.
• Have not yet reached 37th birthday, OR have passed the maximum entry age limit (37) but meet the following : previously served as a Firefighter in the Federal service and may be reinstated to a Firefighter position if you will be able to complete a total of 20 years of covered service as a Firefighter by the last day of the month in which you reach your 57th birthday.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills and abilities) in the following areas :

Physical Demands : The work involves extended periods of heavy moving and lifting. Generally, the work requires recurring bending, lifting, stooping, stretching, and positioning of patients, victims, fire hoses, fire extinguishers, and other equipment. Must be able to wear protective clothing and equipment weighing up to 100 pounds, while working in extreme heat and cold under adverse conditions, such as fire and smoke.

Work Environment : The employee works outside in all @types of weather conditions. Employee is exposed to out-of-control fires, emergency medical scenes, and other dangerous situations. Is also exposed to the possibility of burns and other effects of smoke inhalation, heat, falling materials, explosions, toxic materials, infections, and contagious diseases, and other dangerous substances.