FIREFIGHTER (HAZMAT OPERATIONS)

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

GS-07: 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) Providing fire prevention, fire protection, and/or fire suppression services to ensure public safety; 2) Operating a wide variety of firefighting vehicles, apparatus, and equipment to combat fire or hazardous material incidents; 3) Responding to hazardous materials incidents to mitigate damage; and 4) Providing emergency medical care to perform basic life support measures.

**In addition, this position at the GS-07 level, requires possession of the following certifications: 1) Firefighter I & II; 2) Hazmat Awareness; 3) Hazmat Operations; 4) Driver Operator Pumper; 5) Driver Operator Aerial; NREMT; These certifications must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirement.

Also, the following certifications are required, Emergency Medical Technician; Emergency Vehicle Operators; and CPR certification.

NOTE: If you do not possess all of the above certifications, and provide verification with your application, you will be rated ineligible.

GS-06: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 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) Providing fire prevention, fire protection, or fire suppression services to ensure public safety; 2) Operating firefighting vehicles, apparatus, or equipment to combat fire; 3) Responding to hazardous materials incidents to mitigate damage.

**In addition, this position at the GS-06 level, requires possession of the following certifications: 1) Firefighter I & II; 2) Hazmat Awareness; 3) Hazmat Operations; 4) Driver Operator Pumper; 5) Driver Operator Aerial; These certifications must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirement.

Also, the following certifications are required, Emergency Medical Technician; Emergency Vehicle Operators; and CPR certification.

NOTE: If you do not possess all of the above certifications, and provide verification with your application, you will be rated ineligible.

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/ 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. Major Duties:

• You will administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillation (AED) for a patient.
• You will operate firefighting equipment (e.g., pumps, foam generators, boom, ground sweep nozzles) to control or eliminate fires.
• You will establish on-scene control procedures (e.g., zone control, decontamination) in a hazardous material incident.
• 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).