FIREFIGHTER (BLS/HAZMAT TECHNICIAN)

Full Job Description

You will serve as a FIREFIGHTER (BLS/HAZMAT TECHNICIAN) in the Fire and Emergency Services, Commander, Navy Installations Command (N30) of NAVSUPPACT SOUDA BAY in Souda Bay, Greece.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Controlling or extinguishing fires as a member of an organized military, industrial, volunteer, or governmental fire department brigade; 2) Performing rescue operations; 3) Detecting, reducing, or eliminating potential fire hazards; 4) Controlling hazardous materials incidents; 5) Driving and operating firefighting vehicles; 6) Performing non-invasive emergency medical procedures; and 7) Performing work at airfields handling aircraft carrying large volumes of fuel, sometimes nuclear weapons or highly flammable or explosive cargo.

NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for this position.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/fire-protection-and-prevention-series-0081/ This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications: Fire Fighter I & II, Airport Firefighter, HAZMAT Technician, Driver/Operator-Pumper, and Driver/Operator-ARFF, National Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) certification.

These certifications must have been awarded by DOD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirements. Copies of certifications MUST be submitted at the time of application to verify eligibility.

Requisite Firefighter Certifications for the position are published in DoDI 6055.6 F&ES.

Certifications are determined based on application of the published DoDI commensurate with position mission-related duties.

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

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Souda Bay is a location that is a without the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) support normally associated with an overseas assignment.

Choosing the educational option that will be most effective for your child will be a critical decision you will have to make.

Options are limited to boarding school, DOD virtual school, home school and 2 international schools.

The participating International schools located on the Island of Crete are not conducive for High School Students preparing for College and most high school students attend boarding school.

Choosing the educational option that will be most effective for your child will be one of the most critical decisions you will make.

For additional information, please visit the NDSP website https://www.dodea.edu/nonDoD/ Only Military Spouse Preference/PPP applicants currently occupying positions for which a comprehensive training plan has been developed and authorized are entitled to exercise their priority status for this announcement.

The most common formal training positions are apprentices, formal interns, and scientist and engineering interns.

Upward Mobility Positions that have equivalent training plans are also included when the positions have been pre-identified in an Affirmative Action or similar plan.

You must provide documentation supporting you are in a formal training plan (e.g., SF50 and official signed training agreement between you and your command).

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher.

ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location.

Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate.

For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Work Environment: Employee is exposed to out-of-control fires, HAZMAT spills, or possible explosions.

May suffer from burns, dehydration, and other effects of heat; smoke inhalation, heavy protective clothing, falling materials, or explosions.

Subject to physical injury and sensory damage from firefighting activities, exposure to HAZMAT and high noise levels.

Must deal with victims in emergency situations that may be in varying stages of fright, panic, injury, and shock. May be exposed to infectious disease.

There may be hazards while operating or riding fire trucks at high speeds under adverse conditions. The employee works outside in all types of weather conditions.

Physical Demands: The duties of this position are physically demanding and require a physically able employee.

Ability to lift and move heavy objects, such as charged fire hoses, fire extinguishers, equipment, incapacitated persons, and litter patients.

Must be able to wear protective clothing, such as firefighter ensembles weighing 50 - 60 pounds. Climbs ladders and works at various heights. The work requires above average agility and dexterity.

To meet these demands, physical fitness training is required on more than a weekly basis as reflected in department guidance and instruction.

Required physical training will be completed during duty hours and on each available shift. Major Duties:

• You will position firefighting vehicles in consideration of external factors (e.g., wind direction, sources of water, hazards from falling structures, location of armament on aircraft).
• You will inspect hazardous material equipment and supplies for operational readiness.
• You will perform structural firefighting and rescue duties in buildings, housing units, or confined spaces to eliminate and control fires.
• You will survey an incident from a safe location to identify whether hazardous materials have been released.
• You will establish communication with an ambulance or hospital to relay patient information.