Firefighter (Basic Life Support) - Fort Novosel, United States - Department Of The Army

Description

Summary

About the Position: Employee serves as a crewmember protecting life and property. Employee performs maintenance, operational, housekeeping, emergency, and standby duties.

This position is included under the provisions of Special Retirement Coverage (SRC) and may have both a maximum entry age and a mandatory retirement date.

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Duties

• Employee serves as a crewmember protecting life and property.
• Responds to fire alarms, natural gas leaks, wildland fires and fights fire requiring performance of firefighting tasks of moderate difficulty involving structures, equipment, facilities; crashed, burning aircraft; fuel, chemical, brush fires.
• Employee performs maintenance, operational, housekeeping, emergency, and standby duties.
• Operates radios, fire reporting systems, and computer modem for hazardous material information and performs maintenance tasks on firefighting apparatus, equipment, and facilities.
• The employee is a first responder to medical emergencies and performs emergency medical procedures that are noninvasive.