What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reserve Firefighter position at North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District?
- Volunteer
Position Description
Supervisory Responsibilities
Essential Functions
- Work involves training for and participating in duties of protecting life and property by firefighting and rescue activities usually under close supervision.
- Employees of this class are required to learn and participate in the operations of apparatus and may require strenuous exertion under such handicaps as smoke and cramped surroundings.
- Although firefighting and rescue work are the most difficult and responsible area of activity, the major portion of the time is spent drilling and studying methods, techniques and organization and in routine duties in the care and maintenance of fire department property and equipment.
- Specific orders and directions are given by superior officers, but the work requires initiative and a thorough individual understanding of firefighting methods.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must possess a valid State of Florida Firefighter Minimum Standards Course (Firefighter I & Firefighter II) Certificate.
- Must possess a valid State of Florida Emergency Medical Technician Certificate (EMT).
- Must possess a valid State of Florida Driver’s License.
- Possess an (EVOC) Emergency Vehicle Operator Course Certificate (Preferred).
Additional Functions
- Attends training courses.
- Reads and studies assigned material related to firefighting and prevention.
- Responds to fire alarms with a company and may perform the following duties: Operates auxiliary pumps and auxiliary equipment; Lays and connects hose; Holds nozzles; Directs fog or water streams; Raises and climbs ladders; and Uses chemical extinguishers, bars, hooks, lines and other equipment.
- Ventilates burning buildings by opening windows and skylights or by chopping holes in roofs and floors.
- Removes persons from danger, administer first aid to injured persons.
- Performs salvage operations such as throwing salvage covers, sweeping water and removing debris.
- Participates in fire drills and attends classes in firefighting and first aid.
- Performs general maintenance work in the upkeep of fire department property including cleans and washes walls and floors; makes minor repairs to property and equipment; washes, hangs and dries hoses and washes, cleans, polishes apparatus, and tests auxiliary apparatus.
- Relays instructions, orders and information; gives location of alarms received.
- May perform assigned fire inspections, checking fire escapes, building exits and related structures for compliance with fire prevention ordinances and codes.
- Performs related work as required.
- Some knowledge of the street system and physical layout of the District.
- Ability to climb ladders and work at considerable heights.
- Ability to learn a wide variety of firefighting duties and methods within a reasonable length of time.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Skill in operating an emergency vehicle.
Performance Aptitudes
Data Utilization
Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
Human Interaction
Requires the ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others in a supervisory capacity.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization
Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and/or rapid adjustments.
Verbal Aptitude
Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude
Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
Functional Reasoning
Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.
ADA Compliance
North Collier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
Physical Ability
Tasks require the ability to exert heavy physical effort in heavy work, with greater emphasis on climbing and balancing, but typically also involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials (up to 100 pounds).
Sensory Requirements
Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, toxic agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.