Fire ; Fire Department

• Base Pay $53,606.00 / Year
• Job Category Fire, Recruit
• Employee Type Fire Dept Non-exempt
• Required Degree High school
• Manage Others No

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• Attends classroom training to learn Firefighter duties, responsibilities and skills; attends physical training classes as directed.
• Learns to maintain SAFD facilities, vehicles, equipment, apparatus, and tools; learns to inspect and repair equipment after use, and restock medical supplies; notifies supervisors of equipment problems beyond the scope of authority or skills.
• Assists with the inspection and maintenance of personal protective equipment.
• Learns to operate emergency, fire, rescue, medical and life saving tools and equipment.
• Learns to mitigate hazards, emergency situations and hazardous materials incidents, and perform clean-up activities at fire and emergency scenes.
• Performs station maintenance; maintains station living quarters and grounds as directed.
• Learns City geography, traffic patterns, streets, landmarks, building locations, and special hazards of designated facilities, to ensure that firefighting activities are accomplished quickly and effectively.
• Learns to conduct public education sessions; participates in fire prevention, pre-fire planning and safety programs; assists with training of citizens and volunteer staff as assigned.
• Regular and timely attendance is required.
• Other duties as assigned.

The fire service of the City of San Angelo is under the State's Civil Service Statutes for Municipal Government (Texas Local Government Code Chapter 143). Each applicant must meet certain requirements to become a fire fighter. The City of San Angelo has a nondiscriminatory policy which states:
The City will not discriminate in its personnel selection or hiring, training, or promotions with regards to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin as defined in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.

• AGE: Eighteen (18) is the minimum age and thirty-five (35) is the maximum age to be hired.
• EDUCATION: All new hires must have the equivalent of a high school education and be able to intelligently read and write the English language.
• CHARACTER & BACKGROUND: All applicants must be of good moral character with temperate habits. Applicants with a felony conviction will not be accepted under the state laws nor will applicants who were former civil service employees dismissed for misconduct or disciplinary reasons.
• DRIVING RECORD: During the last five years, an individual must not have:
  1) a DWI conviction;
  2) more than three moving violations; or
  3) more than two moving violations and one chargeable accident.
• EYESIGHT: Eyesight must be correctable to 20/30 in each eye binocularly. The maximum visual acuity is 20/200. Must be able to successfully pass the Ishihara color-blind test.

All items listed above must be completed and turned in before your application will be accepted. Applications once filed remain the property of the City and are not returned under any circumstances. Do not submit original documents - copies will suffice or bring the original and have Human Resource staff make copies.

• A copy of your high school diploma or GED certificate.
• A copy of your high school transcript(s).
• A copy of your college degree(s).
• A copy of your college transcript(s).
• A copy of your technical school certificate(s).
• A certified copy of your birth certificate (must have a seal from the Bureau of Vital Statistics) or naturalization certificate.
  
  NOTE:
  
  The copy from the hospital with footprints on the back will not suffice.
• Copy of shot record showing the following shots up to date:
  Tdap, MMR (2 doses), IPV, Bacterial meningitis (if under 22 years of age), Chickenpox (2 doses or blood test),…