Firefighter
Job Description
This position description is subject to change at any time as needed to meet the requirements of the program or company.
Responsibilities
- Participates as a positive team member and understands and conforms to the LOGCAP V contract Performance Work Statement.
- Actively participates and maintains a safe workplace, ensuring safety is the highest priority.
- Complies with all Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements and goals.
- Maintains documentation as necessary to meet these requirements.
- Ensures emergency equipment is operational and in a state of readiness as required by NFPA or other industry standards.
- Maintains and clean personal protective equipment and works as an effective team member in cleaning equipment and facilities.
- As part of a team conducts fire inspections, pre-incident planning and ensures that facilities are safe and documentation is recorded and tracked.
- Operates computerized digital fire alarm receiving equipment including two-way radio communications equipment.
- Performs additional property control and logistical duties in support of fire department operations to include, maintaining accountability of equipment, scheduling maintenance of equipment, coordinating appointments of subordinates, and other administrative duties as needed.
- Serves as a team member on a rescue unit, ladder truck, engine company, water tender, or airport ARFF apparatus.
- Enters burning or contaminated structures, vehicles, and other immediately dangerous to life and health areas to fight fires and/or perform rescues while wearing required personal protective equipment.
- Acts as a crew member for structural fires, aircraft fires, rescue operations, medical emergencies, hazardous materials responses and other emergency events as directed in accordance with process and procedures identified in the department, standard operating procedures.
- Performs duties in support of organizational metrics. Adequately and honestly tracks all data related to metrics.
- Provides direct support to the achievement of all metrics related to the LOGCAP V.
- Attends meeting in the absence of the supervisor or as needed.
- Communicates professionally both orally and in writing with team members and others, as needed, to relay information necessary for job success.
- This includes, but is not limited to, performance appraisals, job requirements, division metrics, projects, quality standard procedures, and safety practices.
- Performs other duties as required.