Supervisory Firefighter

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.

About the Position: This position is located with the Directorate of Emergency Services, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA.

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 (Secondary) 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.

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

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1) Directing the work of firefighting crews engaged in various activities to include, but not limited to, fire suppression, technical rescue, hazardous material response and containment, emergency medical response, facility fire risk surveys and public education campaigns; and 2) Directing operational activities for multiple fire stations; and 3) Instructing firefighter personnel in classroom and hands-on training exercises.

Selective Placement Factor: In addition to the specialized experience required to qualify for the GS-12 level you must also possess and maintain ALL the following Department of Defense (or reciprocal equivalent) certification, 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.

Must possess and maintain DoD Firefighter Certifications: Fire Officer III Fire Instructor II Fire Inspector II HAZMAT Incident Commander Airport Firefighter NOTE: You MUST attach a copy of ALL the required certificates to your application package.

Major Duties:

• Interpret regulations, technical manuals, and information contained in professional publications relative to fire prevention and protection.
• Study and analyze the installation's activities to develop fire prevention and protection programs to meet the needs of the installation.
• Advise the Fire Chief of the need for and recommend ways in which both operations and the physical environment may be rendered less liable to damages of fire.
• Supervise the Assistant Chief of training and the Assistant Chief of Fire Prevention.
• Review and approve contingency plans to effectively handle operations and programs.
• Assign work to subordinates and supervise and direct subordinates' actions when participating in emergency responses, exercises, and routine day-to-day operations.