Deputy Chief of Operations

Tooele County•Tooele, UT

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Tooele County Fire Department operates with two deputy chief positions. While similar in nature, each position is unique with respect to a primary and secondary role, with specific responsibilities to ensure the organizational mission, objectives, and management goals are achieved. Each deputy chief reports directly to the emergency services director /fire chief. Each deputy chief may support the other with their respective portfolios - administratively and operationally. The primary role of this deputy chief position is to represent Tooele County on all operational activities related to training, preparedness, and emergency response. This position may also direct or assist administratively and operationally in fire mitigation, emergency medical services, special operations, and may provide supervision and coordination of other fire department related activities within the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County. This role may act as an administrative liaison between various County jurisdictions. Specific duties are featured herein, but serve only as a general guide, which may be modified by the Tooele County Fire Chief as deemed necessary, based on the needs of the community and knowledge, skills, and abilities of the employee fulfilling the role.

Requirements

Graduation from High School or GED equivalent; valid Utah Driver's license.
Three years of fire management experience, including experience with structure and wildland fire suppression and prevention.
Certified Fire I & II with the state of Utah.
Certified in basic wildland firefighting as required by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Licensed EMT or paramedic within the state of Utah.
Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising judgment in determining time, place, or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine the necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.
Requires the ability to function in a director capacity for a major organizational unit requiring significant internal and external interaction.
Requires the ability to operate, maneuver, and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and/or rapid adjustments.
Requires the ability to utilize consulting and advisory data and information, as well as reference, descriptive and/or design data and information as applicable.
Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include the ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include the ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include the ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or synthesis functions; deal with several concrete and abstract variables, and analyze major problems that require complex planning for interrelated activities that can span one or several work units.
Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control, and planning of an entire program or set of programs.
Tasks require the regular and sustained, but not constant, performance of physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that generally involves lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (25-50 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials (100 pounds or more).
Requires the ability to perform these functions while wearing personal protective equipment and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
Must meet and maintain physical requirements specified by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group for wildland firefighting at the line position.
Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals.
Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, smoke, temperature and noise extremes, hazardous materials, fire, unsafe structures, heights, confined spaces, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, bright/dim lights, toxic agents, animal/wildlife attacks, animal/human bites, explosives, water hazards, disease, pathogenic substances, or rude/irate individuals.
While performing the duties of this job, an employee is regularly required to talk and hear; use hands or fingers to handle and feel; and frequent use of the telephone and computer while communicating with internal and external customers; requires manual dexterity and visual acuity to operate personal computer or other standard office equipment, job site inspections and investigations.
Employee may sit for several hours each day but will also need mobility and ability to stand and walk continuously for long periods of time.
Employee may seldom lift, push, or pull up to 50-100 pounds during an investigation.
Work may occasionally require the employee to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
This position may require the employee to work under stressful conditions due to deadlines and time constraints.
This position may require the employee to perform strenuous work on occasions for extended periods of time, while performing some or all the following: Wear a respirator (SCBA) Wear and/or carry over 50lbs of protective clothing/equipment Work in overheated, extreme cold, or wet environments Work under adverse or stressful conditions

Nice To Haves

Associates Degree (A.S.) from an accredited collage is preferred.
Fire Officer I & II certification preferred.
May be required to complete training from the following: Tooele County Emergency Management, Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Utah State Comprehensive Emergency Management Division and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Forest Service, United States, Bureau of Land Management.

Responsibilities

Represents the County for all fire department-related matters on unincorporated land (except for the North Tooele Fire District and Department of Defense properties), including vehicle accidents, medical calls, hazmat situations, wildfires, structure fires, vehicle fires, fire alarms, etc.
Maintains positive working relationships with non-county agencies that provide fire department-related services, including but not limited to; review and maintain all mutual aid and automatic aid agreements, ensure timely and adequate responses, ensure minimum levels of training are met, ensure safe and effective equipment is used, ensure necessary reporting and tracking is completed, etc.
Creates, maintains, distributes, and trains county and non-county agencies on set Standard Operating Guidelines for responses to the areas mentioned above.
Ensures proper maintenance, safety, and usage of fire apparatus.
Set standards for vehicle safety and reliability for County and outside agency responses to fire calls.
Ensures County and partnering agencies have adequate communication equipment, to include mobile and portable radios, and that the County communication plan works for all agencies at all responses.
In conjunction with the Fire Marshal, ensures pre-plan maps, mapping/navigations/data collection applications, and County mobilization guides are available to all partnering agencies.
In conjunction with the Fire Marshal, is trained and proficient to administer the Tooele County Fire ariel and submersible drone program.
Ensures logistical capacity and support are available from the County and meets the needs of all agencies for all incidents.
Works collaboratively with the county fire warden to manage fire suppression and financial match agreement with the state, ensuring the County meets requirements in wildfire mitigation, preparedness, and prevention annually.
Meets with citizens, HOAs, and other parties living within the wildland-urban interface performing education and outreach regarding home-hardening, defensible space, and other wildfire mitigation and preparedness strategies; ensures completion of appropriate red card training and maintaining certifications.
Ensures compliance with fire related agreements/MOUs with outside agencies.
As the operations fire chief, and in partnership with the state of Utah, enforces fire-related state and county codes regarding wildland urban interface, building code, etc.
Works collaboratively with the fire warden to create, implements, and maintains County CWPP (County Wildfire Preparedness Plan).
Reviews, enforces, and recommends ordinance updates.
Conducts investigations of wildland incidents and requisite suppression activities.
Works with the Deputy Administration Chief and Station Chiefs to ensure that NERIS reports for all incidents are completed in the relevant databases.
Monitor all active grants to ensure compliance with applicable requirements, including reporting deadlines, performance measures, financial tracking, and audit standards.
Performs other duties as required or assigned by the Emergency Services Director/Fire Chief.