Fire Chief

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About the Position: Red River Army Depot (RRAD) is located in northeast Texas, 19 miles west of Texarkana and approximately 170 miles northeast of Dallas.

RRAD is near the corners of 4 states - Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.

The depot's enormous maintenance mission includes the repair, rebuild, overhaul and conversion of tactical wheeled vehicles.

For more information on Red River Army Depot, go to the following web site: www.redriver.army.mil.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) & Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

This announcement is a Direct Hire solicitation. Category rating, veteran's preference, and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do NOT apply for this vacancy.

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.

Click here for more information on SRC for Firefighters (Primary/Rigorous) Continue of Conditions of Employment: Financial Disclosure Statement OGE Form 450 is used to assist agencies and employees to avoid conflicts between duties and financial interest.

This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.

This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.

Must be able to obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance for access to Depot Production Computer System.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Managing the daily operations in the fire division; 2) Leading a crew of firefighters during emergency and non-emergency operations; and 3) Conducting fire protection training for the installation such as fire inspections, fire prevention/protection, hazardous material handling, and emergency medical trainings.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirement above, applicants must also possess Fire Officer I, Fire Officer II, Fire Officer III, Fire Officer IV, Fire Instructor I, Fire Instructor II, Fire Inspector I, Fire Inspector II, DoD Hazardous Material Incident Commander, HazMat Technician, HazMat Operations, HazMat Awareness, First Aid Provider (FAP), Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Driver or Operator Pumper, Driver or Operator Aerial, Driver or Operator Mobile Water Supply, and Wildland Firefighting certified through DoD Fire and Emergency Services Certification System, International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC), or the Fire Service Professional Qualifications System (PRO-Board) in accordance with DoD 6055.06-M AND an Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B), Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic (EMT-P), National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) or National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic (NREMT-P) certification Card indicating a future expiration date when applicable.

DoD and NREMT Certificate Certificates: You MUST submit a copy of the following: Fire Officer I, Fire Officer II, Fire Officer III, Fire Officer IV, Fire Instructor I, Fire Instructor II, Fire Inspector I, Fire Inspector II, DoD Hazardous Material Incident Commander, HazMat Operations, HazMat Technician, HazMat Awareness, First Aid Provider (FAP), Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Driver or Operator Pumper, Driver or Operator Aerial, Driver or Operator Mobile Water Supply, and Wildland Firefighting certified through DoD Fire and Emergency Services Certification System, International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC), or the Fire Service Professional Qualifications System (PRO-Board) AND an Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B), Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic (EMT-P), National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) or National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic (NREMT-P) certification Card indicating a future expiration date when applicable.

If your application package does not contain proof of having these certificates, your application will be marked as incomplete and you WILL NOT receive consideration for this position.

NOTE: Rather than submitting individual DoD certificates, you may opt to use the DoD Lookup System website (http://www.dodffcert.com/), and then save and upload your one/two page individual report.

Rather than submitting your EMT Certification Card, you may print proof of current registration with NREMT from their website (https://www.nremt.org/nremt/about/checkEmtStatus.asp) Selective Placement Factor: This position has selective placement factor which must be met prior to employment and for continued employment.

Maximum Entry Age (MEA): The MEA for Firefighters is 37.

Applicants not appointed by the last day of the month in which that individual reaches their 37th birthday shall not be appointed or assigned to these positions.

Maximum Re-entry Age: An employee who previously served on a covered position may be rehired past the MEA as long as he/she is able to complete 20 years of covered service by his/her mandatory retirement age.

The maximum re-entry age for the individual is calculated by determining the total amount of time he/she has served on a covered position and subtracting that from age 57, if a firefighter.

The employee's current age is compared to the calculated maximum re-entry age to determine if he/she can be rehired into the covered position.

Waivers to Maximum Entry Age: MEA may be waived, but only under specific circumstances and only if approved by the authorized entity: Waivers to MEA for firefighters must be approved by local Command.

Major Duties:

• Plan and direct overall management and supervision of the Fire Protection and Prevention Programs for a large federal installation, including tenant activities, first response to hazardous material incidents,
• and emergency medical treatment and transportation (Advanced Life Support) service for the depot.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement programs, policies, regulations, and procedures, and serves as technical advisors to management on all matters pertaining to fire protection and prevention.
• Direct and supervise through subordinate supervisors, employees in the fire department engaged in all phases of operation and maintenance of fire apparatus, appliances, and fire extinguishing systems.
• Organize work to increase effectiveness, productivity, and job satisfaction.
• Coordinate with technical specialist to design and formulate procedures for operational control of fire-prone equipment and materials.
• Perform initial and on-going focused patient assessment and determines priority of patient care based on assessment findings by physical examination.