SUPERVISORY FIREFIGHTER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Supervisory Firefighter in the Navy Fire and Emergency Services of NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NORFOLK NSY.

For Outside applicants claiming VEOA (i.e., those without current or prior Federal competitive or excepted service): Your resume must 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 is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Responding to emergency incidents and directing fire suppression, rescue operations, and emergency medical resource, (EMS) in immediate mitigation actions; 2) delivering accurate, effective, and professional oral and written communications, internal written communications, briefs, procedures, explanatory papers, correspondence, and investigative/fire/EMS reports and; 3) planning and leading company- or station-level training classes, skills practice, and company drills.

NOTE: YOUR ANSWER MUST BE FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE EXPERIENCE DESCRIBED IN YOUR RESUME.

For Applicants who are current or prior Federal competitive or excepted service employees: Your resume must 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) Responding to emergency incidents and directing fire suppression, rescue operations, and emergency medical resource, (EMS) in immediate mitigation actions; 2) delivering accurate, effective, and professional oral and written communications, internal written communications, briefs, procedures, explanatory papers, correspondence, and investigative/fire/EMS reports and; 3) planning and leading company- or station-level training classes, skills practice, and company drills.

NOTE: YOUR ANSWER MUST BE FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE EXPERIENCE DESCRIBED IN YOUR RESUME.

This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications: HAZMAT Incident Commander, National Registry Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (NREMT-Basic), CPR (Healthcare Provider), Emergency Vehicle Operations Certification (EVOC), Fire Officer II, Fire Inspector I, and Fire Instructor I.

These certifications must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirement.

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 oversee and direct all fire protection operations.
• You will be responsible for assigning work based on priorities and difficulty of assignments and capabilities of employees.
• You will ensures all subordinates are proficient in their expected roles relative to their position descriptions.
• You will demonstrate a complete, thorough knowledge of fire ground operations, size up, tactics, and the correct deployment of emergency personnel and equipment.
• You will demonstrate organizational ability to properly and completely set up and manage an incident command post and Incident Management System.
• You will perform Basic Life Support emergency medical services and respond to all types of emergencies on all types of Navy assets to include buildings, ships, aircraft as well hazardous material, technical rescue and radiological emergencies.