Firefighter (Lateral)

• How to use and maintain personal safety gear.
• Basic building construction standards, materials, and techniques.
• Basic life support emergency medical procedures.
• Advanced life support emergency medical procedures.
• Vehicle, building, and rough terrain rescue/extrication procedures and hazards.
• Basic firefighting tactics and strategies.
• Fire behavior and control in buildings, grass lands, and wild land.
• First responder requirements at hazardous materials incidents; fire behavior control involving chemicals and hazardous materials.
• Search and rescue techniques.
• Tools and equipment (e.g. appliances, hoses, ladders, apparatus, etc.)
• Apparatus types, uses, and operating procedures; readiness and maintenance requirements for apparatus, equipment, and tools (e.g., knowledge of how to prepare for emergency responses).
• What information must be passed on to others on the fire crew.
• Transportation procedures for EMS victims.
• Department standards for training and drill requirements.
• Personal records maintenance procedures; department standards for training and drill requirements.
• Incident Command System (ICS).
• Departmental policy and procedures regarding personnel management (employee conduct, complaints, assignments, performance, training, scheduling, etc.).
• Operation of a computer using common applications such as MS Teams / MS Office

• Verbally communicate with other members of a fire crew; follow verbal instructions.
• Read and understand materials or instructions in order to apply this information during emergency conditions (e.g., IFSTA Manuals, etc.); learn technical information in a classroom setting and transfer this knowledge to actions.
• Learn by doing and acquire more skill through practice and feedback. 
• Work with others on a team, contributing to an overall effort; work closely with other people; establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, and the public.
• Apply mechanical principles (e.g., how pulleys, gears, levers, etc. work).
• Visualize spatial arrangements and 3-dimensional characteristics of structure (e.g., visualize entry and exits to structures in smoke-filled rooms).
• Analyze simple cause and effect principles with regard to the physical environment (e.g., if this happens, it will lead to ...).
• Requires a willingness to work in unpleasant, hazardous, and stressful conditions; perform undesirable, routine, or monotonous duties; work irregular hours; wear protective clothing and equipment; work effectively in confined areas; tolerate offensive sights and smells.
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities
• Communicate over a radio system; speak in front of groups or business people for basic demonstrations, tours, inspections, etc.; complete written documentation of personal activities, schedules, etc.; and develop written statements of observations.
• Read and interpret basic maps in order to apply this information during emergency activities (e.g., finding most direct route).
• Read and understand simply technical or mechanical diagrams, blueprints of structures, building plans, floor plans, etc. in order to apply this information during emergency and non-emergency activities (e.g., pre-fire planning, location of victims in structures, etc.)
• Read and understand reference materials such as Building Codes as needed for pre-fire planning, inspections, etc.
• Perform basic mathematical calculations to compute pump requirements, hose and hydrant requirements, etc. (e.g., volume, flow, capacity, etc.) and to compute the size of a building or room or determine the distance from one location to another (e.g., area, square footage, distance, size).
• Inductively solve basic problems (i.e., to induce means to infer general principles from specific or particular points, such as knowledge of fire behavior applied to a specific fire).
• Deductively solve basic problems ( i.e., deduce means to infer specific or particular points from a general principle; such as observation of water hammer to actions being taken at the hydrant or pump).
• Estimate size, quantity, distance and slope (e.g., estimate size and spread of a fire).
• React in an emotionally appropriate manner during routine and emergency situations. 
• Operate and use department Records Managements Systems.
• Work extra shifts when needed including overtime, mandates, and emergency callbacks.  Commit to working on out-of-town assignments on an engine or as overhead for as many as 14 days on short notice for planned or immediate need requests through the mutual aid system.

• Must be 18 years of age at time of application.
• Currently employed as a full-time Firefighter within the public sector with a minimum of one (1) year of consecutive full-time “all risk” public sector firefighting experience AND completion of a probationary period. Experience in “all risk” firefighting includes structural firefighting, EMS Response, HazMat response, Fire Prevention, and Wildland response.

• High school diploma or G.E.D.

• A valid CA EMT certification OR valid CA Paramedic License
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid CA Class A, B or C Driver’s License.
• American Heart Association or approved accredited certification in CPR- Heath Care Provider level
• S-190 Introduction to Fire Behavior certificate
• Diploma of Accredited California Firefighter 1 Academy OR California Firefighter I Certificate OR IFSAC Pro Board equivalent to include completion of the following testing:
  • Fire Fighter 1A: Structure 
  • Fire Fighter 1B: HazMat FRA/FRO 
  • Fire Fighter 1C: Wildland
• A valid Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) or Biddle certification is required as part of the application process. Candidates must provide a passing certificate obtained within the past 12 months with their application OR at the time of the interview. CPAT schedule

• CA Class C or greater Driver’s License with Firefighter endorsement (required within 1 year of employment)
• HazMat FRO certificate
• USAR courses, including but not limited to:
  • LARRO
  • Rescue Systems 1- certificate or equivalent training
  • Rescue Systems 2- certificate or equivalent training
  • Confined Space Rescue- certificate or equivalent training
  • Trench Rescue- certificate or equivalent training
  • Swiftwater Rescue- certificate or equivalent training
• S-215 Urban Interface in the Fire Operations certificate 
• Ability to speak Spanish

• Oral Interviews: Week of 3/17/2025
  
• Interview with Fire Chief: Week of 3/24/2025 
  
• Background Process: 4/1/2025-5/9/2025 
  
  • Background Investigation / Live Scan Fingerprinting
    
  • Psychological Evaluation
    
  • Polygraph
    
  • Medical Examination and Controlled Substances Screening
    
• Start Date: 6/1/2025, four (4) week in-service academy
  

Salary : $85,128 - $103,474