FIREFIGHTER (PARAMEDIC)

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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-09: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-08 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 emergency operations; 2) performing emergency medical service at the paramedic level; 3) performing hazardous materials responses; 4) performing airfield fire control, disaster response/control and recovery; and 5) driving and operating an ambulance.

***Certification Requirements for GS-09: Current National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic certification (NREMT-P); Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Airport Firefighter issued by DoD, ProBoard, or IFSAC.

Copies of Certifications MUST be submitted upon selection to verify eligibility*** GS-08: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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 pre-hospital emergency medical services care at the paramedic level to injured and/or ill patients; 2) maintaining appropriate reports, forms and documents utilizing medical charting and medical terminology; and 3) driving and operating an ambulance.

NOTE: *** Entry-level parenthetical medical firefighters (Paramedic) levels must successfully complete any and all required training, to include being DoD certified at the Firefighter I and II levels and Airport Firefighter level, if applicable within a maximum of 24 months.

Entry-level parenthetical medical firefighters (Paramedic) who fall into this category are one grade less than the target GS grade.** 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 analyze the environment (e.g., relationship between fuels, topography wind, humidity) in the fire environment to ensure use of the correct firefighting apparatus.
• You will control and extinguish a fire during firefighting operations.
• You will establish initial on-scene control during hazardous materials incidents.
• You will administer medications and solutions orally or intravenously under the direction of standing orders or of an off-site physician.
• You will interpret an electrocardiogram (EKG) for a patient with an unstable heartbeat to determine future medical treatment.
• You will provide invasive airway procedures (e.g., needle or surgical cricothyrotomy, pleural decompression, endotracheal intubation, nasal intubation).
• You will enter confined spaces to perform patient care, rescue and recovery.
• You will extract a trapped patient to prevent further harm during removal.
• You will maintain proficiency in search and rescue techniques (e.g., auto extraction, high or low angle rescue, confined space rescue, building collapse).