Firefighter (Basic Life Support/Hazardous Material Tech)

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Serve as a fully trained member of a firefighting crew engaged in a full range of emergency response to include fire, emergency medical, hazardous materials, specialized rescue, and natural disasters.

Perform fire suppression, emergency medical, hazardous material, and specialized rescue response.

Control and extinguish fires, operates hose lines, performs fire ground operations to include forcible entry, ventilation, search and rescue and salvage and overhaul. Use various response tools and equipment to perform fire ground operations.

Drive and operate a full range of complex vehicles and apparatus to include fire engines, ladder trucks, technical rescue apparatus, medic units, and response trailers operating onboard systems.

Perform Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) duties to include initial and on-going patient assessment and physical examination.

Serve as a Hazmat tech reacting to spills and releases or potential spills and releases of hazardous materials for the purpose of control, containment and confinement using materials such as brooms, sand, absorbent pads, and over-pack containers.

Perform decontamination of victims and response personnel using various specialized equipment, to include but not limited to, chemical detection and monitoring devices.

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.