Wildland Fire Engine Captain ~ Seasonal

Overview

The Tooele County Fire Department manages a seasonal wildland fire crew. This position acts as the crew's supervisor to ensure the organizational mission, objectives, and management goals are achieved.

Purpose

The primary role of this engine captain position is to direct, lead and supervise the seasonal wildland fire crew. Operational functions include fire suppression, hazardous fuels reduction, public education, equipment maintenance, and lot inspections.

This position may also direct or assist administratively and operationally in structure fire mitigation, emergency medical services, special operations, and may provide coordination of other fire department related activities.

Specific duties are featured herein, but serve only as a general guide, which may be modified by the Tooele County Fire Chief as deemed necessary, based on the needs of the community and knowledge, skills, and abilities of the employee fulfilling the role.

Supervision Received

The engine captain reports to the Tooele County Fire Chief or designee.

Supervision Exercised

Provides direct supervision of the seasonal wildland crew including one lead crew member and two or more firefighters.

The engine captain manages personnel and equipment assigned to the seasonal wildland program. This role ensures readiness for and response to fire suppression assignments, implements fuels reduction projects, maintains equipment, completes administrative tasks, participates in public education events, and performs wildfire risk lot assessments.

• Manage personnel ensuring program effectiveness including fitness for duty, maintaining on-call status, providing training, ensuring the use of safety supplies, time keeping, evaluating performance, addressing employee needs, and initiating corrective or disciplinary actions.
• Planning and scheduling work assignments. Adjusting project schedules and timelines accordingly when they are affected by fire suppression assignments.
• Maintains positive working relationships with partner agencies and the public. Know department policies and standard operational processes. Adhere to chain of command on and off incident command system (ICS) organized assignments.
• Perform and oversee administrative duties, such as purchasing actions, budget management, time and attendance reports, compiling and maintaining records and logs, completing forms, preparing reports, or composing correspondence.
• Ensures proper maintenance, safety, and usage of fire apparatus and equipment. Maintain standards for vehicle and equipment safety, reliability, and readiness.
• Manage and direct moderate to high complexity incidents with various number of resources. Includes: fire management activities, prevention outreach, lead or delegate training, responsible for scheduling, delegating, monitoring and reviewing work.
• Perform wildland firefighting duties.
• Perform and/or develop natural resource projects and improvement tasks to reduce wildfire risk.
• Lead or participate in safety sessions, briefings, and after-action reviews (AAR).
• Maintain knowledge of current firefighting practices by coordinating or facilitating training courses and workshops/drills.
• Educate the public about wildland fire prevention by participating in activities such as exhibits or presentations or by distributing promotional materials.
• Complete inspections, required maintenance, and manage inventory of assigned equipment and assets.
• Evaluate size, location, and condition of wildland fires, protect fire origin(s) to allow for potential investigation, and assess damage caused by fires and prepare reports.
• Responsible for the operation, maintenance, calibration or adjustments of specialized wildland equipment.
• Conduct or represent agency in meetings.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned by the Fire Chief.

Knowledge of:

• County rules, regulations, and procedures.
• County budgeting and purchasing procedures.
• Knowledge of County training standards and emergency medical procedures.
• Federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to fire protection, firefighting, and employee safety.
• Principles and practices of adult vocational training and education.
• Use of computers and computerized programs.
• Incident command and control strategies and tactics.
• Effective Leadership principles.
• Principles and modern methods of fire suppression/prevention, emergency medical service, hazardous material abatement and technical rescue.
• Safety principles and practices associated with County programs and practices.
• Recognized principles of effective Incident Management.
• Principles of employee supervision and personnel management including labor relations, training, disciplining of personnel, and information systems.

Skill in:

• Coordinating multiple priorities and programs.
• Reading comprehension, active listening, writing, speaking, critical thinking, active learning, learning strategies, monitoring, social perceptiveness, coordination, instructing,…