Firefighter(Paramedic)

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

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)

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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialize experience which includes responding to fire and rescue incidents such as brush, forest and structural fires, hazardous material spills, release and containment and decontamination; work providing intermediate life support treatment to patients within the pre-hospital environment performing such duties as patient assessment and intervention which includes circulatory assessments; cardiac monitoring and monitoring of cardiac arrest; performing Advance Life Support (ALS) employing a variety of established emergency techniques, methods, and equipment.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

Selective Placement Factor: In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirement above, applicants must also possess: Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Driver Operator-Pumper Driver Operator- Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) Firefighter I and II HAZMAT Operations Airport Firefighter 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.

NOTE: You MUST attach a copy of ALL the required certificates to your application package. 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.

Major Duties:

• Administer emergency care for injuries at accident sites.
• Provide medical care as a Paramedic.
• Perform preventative checks on trucks and equipment on a daily basis.
• Maintain tools and equipment for the organization.
• Provide advanced or detailed patient assessment by conducting a systematic evaluation of the patient's condition and selects from a variety of prescribed protocols the one that he/she considers appropriate under the given circumstances.
• Operate telephone and radio-communications equipment and systems to communicate with receiving facility.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools and works in all phases of firefighting/rescue operations.
• Use a variety of light rescue tools and equipment for removal of victims/patients.