Firefighter​/Paramedic

Summary of Job

The Town of Beloit Fire Department is seeking motivated and service-driven professionals to join our team as a Firefighter/Paramedic
. In this position, you'll provide critical fire suppression and emergency medical services across a broad coverage area, helping to protect life and property through skilled, professional response. The department serves the Town of Beloit, the City of Beloit, the City of South Beloit as well as the Towns of Rock and Newark. With approximately 1,500 EMS calls and 335 fire calls annually, the work is varied, impactful, and essential to the safety and well-being of our residents.

Work Schedule:
Firefighter/Paramedics work a 48
hours on / 96 hours off rotation, averaging approximately 56 hours per week. This equates to roughly 2,912 hours per year.

Compensation:

• Minimum starting salary: $59,374 annually

  • Assumes base rate of $56,547 (2,756 regular hours) plus 5% Paramedic incentive.
    Actual earnings are typically higher due to additional overtime opportunities
    

• Holiday pay: 10 paid holidays per year.

• Benefits:

  • Medical Insurance: Up to a $10,000 opt out if medical insurance is declined
  • Dental Insurance: Premium-free for all employees
  • Vision Insurance: Premium-free for all employees
  • Life Insurance: Two policies provided, with options to purchase additional coverage for yourself and your spouse or dependents
  • Retirement Savings: Participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), a state-managed pension plan, along with access to a 457(b) deferred compensation plan
  • Vacation time: Vacation time begins to accrue upon hire. Accrue up to 6 days in your first year.
  • Shift trades allowed to help support flexibility
  • Uniforms provided
  • And more!

The Firefighter/Paramedic provides both emergency medical services and firefighting duties to protect life and property. This dual role requires responding to emergency situations, including fires, medical emergencies, hazardous material incidents, and rescue operations. The position involves operating and maintaining firefighting and medical equipment, engaging in fire prevention and safety activities, administering advanced life support, and performing other related tasks under potentially hazardous conditions.

Considerable independence of judgement and action may be necessary in circumstances of extreme urgency where referral to a supervisor for instruction is not possible.

• Provides general duty firefighting work in combating, extinguishing and preventing fires and operating firefighting apparatus, and responding to a wide variety of emergency alarms, including fires, medical emergencies, and other incidents requiring immediate attention.
• An employee in this class is responsible for the protection of life and property through firefighting activities, rescue operations; fire prevention activities, inspections and administration of emergency medical care in emergency situations.
• Administers advanced life support (ALS) care to sick and injured patients, including airway management, cardiac monitoring, IV/IO insertion, and medication administration.
• Lays and connects hoses, holds nozzles, and directs fire streams; raises ladders, cuts holes in roofs, forces doors, operates fire extinguishers, hand tools, power tools, bars, hooks, lines and other firefighting equipment as needed on firefighting and emergency medical scenes.
• Responds to vehicle accidents which may require vehicle extrication, stabilization, and fire suppression.
• Enters premises for firefighting, rescue and salvage operations.
• Drives fire apparatus and rescue vehicles, operate pumps, aerial ladders, and auxiliary fire rescue equipment.
• Performs salvage/overhaul operations by opening walls and ceilings to look for fire extension/hot spots, deploying salvage covers, removing water, and clearing debris.
• Performs fire prevention inspections (if qualified).
• Participate in regular fire and rescue training sessions and drills, and attends classes in firefighting, emergency medical care and related subjects to enhance firefighting and medical skills.
• Attends public gatherings as assigned to ensure observance of fire safety regulations and requirements.
• Perfor…