SUPERVISORY FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST

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About the Position:Serves as the Assistant Chief of Fire Prevention for the Fire and Emergency Services Division.

Supervises overall fire prevention program with specific fire prevention responsibilities for the installation.

Supervises subordinate fire inspectors providing daily direction, oversight, and evaluation of work performed.

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Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 Separated Military Members: Resumes will be accepted from members of the Armed Forces who indicate in their applications that they are available for appointment within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Military members may be appointed while on terminal/transitional leave, before the effective date of their military retirement/separation.

Military Retirees: Within the DoD (Department of Defense), including non-appropriated fund positions, the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following the retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326 or 5 U.S.C.

5305. 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.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized experience is defined as: developing training of fire prevention and protection methods and tools; performing troubleshooting and evaluation of life safety systems; and inspecting structure for compliance with fire, electrical and life safety codes.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10).

DOD FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES MINIMUM QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To occupy this position, at the time of appointment the incumbent must possess and then continue to maintain the following DoD Firefighter Certification levels: Fire Officer III Fire Inspector III Fire Instructor II HAZMAT Incident Commander Airport Firefighter You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-10).

Major Duties:

• Assists with plans, organizes and administers the activities of the Fire Prevention Branch in conjunction with the Deputy Fire Chief.
• Formulates overall planning of the fire prevention and protection program of the installation.
• Issues and revises fire bills, fire prevention regulations, training programs, and similar activities designed to eliminate or minimize fire hazards.
• Administers a program to identify, detect, observe and correct causes that contribute to fires and fire hazards, which are considered above and beyond the calculated risks recognized for safety.
• Formulates pre-fire planning and prearranged operating procedures for the control of unforeseen fires in buildings, explosive areas, and other areas, with particular emphasis placed on areas.
• The extremely hazardous nature of many areas of the installation adds materially to the difficulty of incumbent's job, especially in relation to prevention and pre-planning.
• Performs as the Directorate of Emergency Service (DES) Environmental Compliance Officer (ECO).
• Incumbent is responsible for determining the priority of work assignments within the fire prevention branch.