Fire Control Dispatcher

Supervisory Fire Control Dispatcher

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Division of Forestry is recruiting for a Supervisory Fire Control Dispatcher who serves as the Assistant Center Manager at the Elko Interagency Dispatch Center. This position performs the supervisory functions for the state employees in the dispatch centers, such as scheduling, approving timesheets, updating work performance standards and completing performance evaluations for the Fire Control Dispatcher 1 and 2s, as well as acting as the floor supervisor to help facilitate and coordinate the emergency dispatch response during Wildland Fire Season.

This position is also responsible for performing building steward duties, ensuring that the state facility is being properly maintained, fire safety systems are operational, and safety issues are being addressed.

Fire Control Dispatchers operate communication equipment at an assigned interagency communications center, and dispatch personnel, supplies, aircraft, and mobile equipment to fire scenes, medical emergencies, law enforcement incidents, hazardous materials incidents, and other emergency situations.

This recruitment may close without further notice depending on the number of applications received. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

The essential qualifications for this position include graduation from high school or equivalent education and five years of emergency dispatching experience, two years of which must have been in a fire control or public safety agency; or two years of experience as a Fire Control Dispatcher II in Nevada State service; or an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

The job duties include dispatching emergency response personnel and equipment to incident scenes, receiving calls and obtaining pertinent information regarding the problem, location, person reporting and telephone number; determining the nature and extent of equipment and personnel required for the situation and dispatching nearest available units to provide protection for life, property and natural resources during medical emergencies, vehicle accidents, structural or wildland fires, and other emergency situations.

The position also involves maintaining communication with responding units, reporting parties and Division office; establishing priorities and coordinating and updating information concerning the incident; mobilizing and dispatching additional resources and logistical support as appropriate or as requested by the incident commander; contacting and advising other agencies, special response teams, and other interested parties of pertinent information. The position also requires operating computers, radios, and other communications equipment;

maintaining records, logs and files related to incidents, personnel and equipment activated, billing information for cooperating agencies, controlled burns, and other data; tracking out of state and out of district assignments. The position also involves monitoring multiple radio frequencies and answering telephones including business and emergency lines; relaying information to and from units in the field; responding to questions or referring callers to appropriate office;

broadcasting routine announcements regarding meetings, training, weather forecasts and other notices. The position also requires maintaining current information and advising the Division office concerning the status of available personnel and equipment including Division and volunteer firefighters, emergency vehicles, aircraft and other apparatus; maintaining duty rosters of personnel on duty and on call; tracking status, location and activities for responding units.

The position also requires maintaining updated information regarding the policies of the Division and other cooperating agencies, jurisdictional maps, mutual aid agreements and telephone directories; typing fire and incident reports and preparing financial summary sheets. The position also performs related duties as assigned. In addition to the full range of duties outlined above, positions allocated to this class either supervise and evaluate the performance of Fire Control Dispatchers employed by the state and other agencies;

or oversee and direct dispatching activities in a complex interagency communications center such as the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center on an assigned shift; establish and revise the priorities in emergency incidents, adjust dispatcher work assignments as needed, and make decisions regarding the deployment of personnel, equipment and support services to emergency scenes.

This job specification lists the major knowledge, skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge, skills and abilities from a previous level. General knowledge of: practices, strategy and equipment used in an all-risk emergency response communications center; basic principles of supervision and…