What are the responsibilities and job description for the Firefighter Paid-on-Call position at City Of Rosemount?
Position Summary
The City of Rosemount is now accepting applications for Paid-on-Call Firefighters! Applications will be accepted through March 31, 2025.
See our Recruitment Flyer Here: Paid-on-Call Firefighter
A Firefighter serves the City of Rosemount by responding to a wide variety of incidents, including fire suppression, prevention, rescues, hazardous materials mitigation and other emergency calls as required. The position also administers fire protection through public education and inspection and maintains fire equipment and protective clothing.
Essential Duties
- Performs firefighting activities including, driving fire apparatus, operating pumps, laying hose, and performing fire suppression techniques.
- Gives emergency medical aid and assistance as required
- Performs rescue operations, high level rescue, extrication, and search
- Participates in building inspections and public fire prevention education.
- Protects the public from hazardous materials, power utilities, etc.
- Attends and participates in fire drills and meetings.
- Attends classes on firefighting, emergency medical, hazardous materials, and related subjects as required.
- Receives and relays fire calls and alarms. Operates two-way radios.
- Maintains fire apparatus and equipment. Performs minor repairs to apparatus and equipment. Hangs, dries, and tests hoses.
- Assists in developing plans for emergency preparedness, training programs, firefighting, hazardous materials, and fire prevention.
- Presents programs to the public on safety, medical, and fire prevention issues.
- Performs salvage operations such as covers, water damage prevention, removing debris, etc.
- Communicates clearly, calmly, and confidently in oral and written communications.
- May assist to coordinate, instruct, or supervise work of other firefighters.
- Working knowledge of driver safety.
- Learn the operation of fire suppression and other emergency equipment.
- Learn and apply standard firefighting, emergency aid, hazardous materials, and fire prevention techniques.
- Perform strenuous tasks during emergency, training, or maintenance activities for prolonged periods of time under conditions of extreme height, intense heat, cold, smoke, or confined areas.
- Function, work and communicate effectively under emergency and stressful situations
- Follow verbal and written instructions.
- Exceptional communication skills orally and written
- Work effectively with other employees, agencies and members of the public.
- Ability to take command at fires, medicals, or rescues when no other senior firefighters are present.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- High School diploma or GED equivalent.
- Valid MN Driver’s License
- Resident of Rosemount or live within a five-mile driving distance of a Rosemount fire station.
- Successful completion of departments training academy.
- Must possess or obtain State Certifications in Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Haz Mat Op’s, and Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) by end of probationary period. Training and testing provided.
- Successful completion of a two-year probationary period.
- Must respond to a minimum number of emergency calls, training, meetings, and special events.
Working Conditions
Physical Requirements and Activity
This work requires frequent lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds of force and occasionally lift and/or move up to 125 pounds of force; work regularly requires lifting and frequently 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, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions.
Sensory Requirements
Work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for 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.
Sensory Utilization
Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and tools and observing general surroundings and activities.
Environmental Conditions
Regularly requires work in outside weather condition. 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 extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock, working with explosives, 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 generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
The statements in this class description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by incumbent(s) assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The City of Rosemount is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Supplemental Information
City of Rosemount Pre-employment Process for Paid-on-Call Firefighter
Successful completion of the following:
- Physical Agility Test
- Background Investigation
- Physical Examination
- Drug Test
- Psychological Evaluation
