VOLUNTEER- Fire-EMS

General Description

General Description: This is a skilled, technical position. The incumbent performs routine and complex tasks to provide emergency services including fire suppression and emergency medical care. Under direct supervision, responds to fire alarms and other emergency calls to protect life and property; combats, extinguishes, and prevents fires; drives emergency apparatus, including a life support unit; participates in rescue extrication operations and provides emergency medical care to the sick or injured;

stocks and distributes firefighting and emergency medical supplies and equipment; and performs related work as required.

• Responds to fire alarms and a variety of emergency calls
• Connects hose to hydrant, and pulls and deploys pre-connected hose lines
• Wearing self-contained breathing apparatus and protective clothing, enters burning buildings with hose lines
• Operates a nozzle and places a stream of water on a fire
• Mounts and operates master stream appliances from an aerial ladder or elevating platform
• Ventilates burning buildings by opening windows/skylights or by opening holes in roofs/floors
• Positions ventilation fans to safely inject fresh air and exhaust heat, smoke, and gases
• Performs salvage operations (e.g., removes fire debris and water, locates hidden fires, and operates shut-off valves for gas, electricity, oil, and water)
• Operates chemical and hand extinguishers
• Raises, lowers and climbs ladders
• Uses radio and computer-aided dispatch equipment
• Drives motorized apparatus in emergency and non-emergency conditions
• Operates fire pumps at proper pressures and flows
• Searches for victims in burning, smoke-filled buildings or other hazardous environments;
  Removes persons from danger;
  Performs heavy rescue operations
• Administers first aid to injured persons
• Takes vital signs and stabilizes patient
• Collects pertinent information for patient assessment, including the patient s medical history
• Conducts assessment for treatment of a patient with trauma-induced injuries
• Performs water rescues from land and boats
• Assists in the search and recovery of drowned victims
• Operates emergency lighting appliances
• Operates self-contained breathing apparatus in hazardous environments and confined spaces
• Identifies and protects flammable or hazardous materials at the fire scene
• Restores apparatus and equipment to service after use
• Refills self-contained breathing cylinders
• Maintains specialized fire equipment and protective gear
• Studies area geography, street names and locations, target hazards, pre-plans, water supply, and other firefighting resources
• Studies building construction to identify structural weaknesses and fire behavior
• Instructs citizens in fire prevention and life safety techniques
• Examines building plans for pre-fire planning purposes
• Pre-plans for fires in residential areas to provide information regarding hydrant locations, exposures, types of occupancy, and areas of high life or monetary loss risk
• Pre-plans for fires in industrial and commercial buildings to provide information regarding the location of hydrants and standpipes, building layout, hazardous material storage, occupancy patterns, and structural information
• Participates in the inspection of businesses and public places for fire and life safety hazards
• Inspects wiring and heating systems, basements, and attics of residences, and recommends ways to eliminate fire hazards
• Inspects storage of hazardous and flammable materials and refers unsafe practices to the Fire Prevention Division
• Inspects heating, cooling, ventilating, and electrical systems in commercial buildings and refers unsafe practices to the Fire Prevention Division
• Inspects exits at public assemblies to ensure they are clearly marked, operate properly, and are clear of obstructions
• Prepares inspection reports;
  Recognizes and preserves evidence on the causes of fires
• Performs public relations duties (e.g., teaching school children about fire safety)
• Drives a Basic Life Support Unit or Advanced Life Support Unit in response to emergency calls, transporting victims to a medical facility
• Conducts primary and secondary patient surveys
• Provides and assists in rendering emergency care, such as opening and maintaining a victim s airway, giving positive pressure ventilation and cardiac resuscitation in a pulseless, non-breathing patient, controlling hemorrhages, treating for shock, immobilizing fractures, bandaging wounds, assisting in childbirth, and initiating poison and burn treatments
• Performs triage assessment in a multi-casualty incident
• Inspects scene of poisoning or drug overdose to determine the nature of poison, and identify antidote or treatment procedure
• Treats a range of injuries requiring emergency care techniques within the scope of an EMT-Basic (EMT-B)
• Assists in the extrication of entrapped victims, using prescribed techniques and appliances for removing the patient safely
• Assures prompt medical care on delivery by reporting via radio, directly to the emergency department or control…