EMT/MEDIC

Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC•Narrows, VA

About The Position

The EMT/Medic performs skilled fire control and suppression work, provides medical care within their level of proficiency, and transports sick or injured people to medical facilities. The role drives, operates, and routinely maintains fire apparatus and other specialized department vehicles, and operates and maintains medical equipment. Duties also include fire safety inspections, station and equipment maintenance, plant education and safety programs, and other assigned plant duties. This position works a 24-hour shift rotation, with 16 hours paid and 8 hours designated as bunk time. Calls during bunk time are paid at one and a half times the normal rate; if call-out time exceeds 3.5 hours, the full 8 hours of bunk time is paid. The schedule varies but is planned for the year, typically totaling about 10 shifts per month, with workweeks of two or three days. The employee must be willing to work all shifts, weekends, and holidays as required. The work involves physically hazardous and mentally stressful tasks in adverse conditions. Hazards and conditions include limited visibility, electrical currents, moving mechanical equipment, infectious diseases, hazardous chemicals, fumes, odors, mists, dust, gases, and poor ventilation, both indoors and outdoors. Wearing self-contained breathing apparatus is required for portions of the job. The position may also perform duties outside firefighting and medical work, including snow removal, deliveries, gate checks, eyewash inspections, locomotive work, security gate guarding, and brush hogging.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Possess and maintain, at minimum, Virginia EMS-recognized EMT-B certification.
Possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
Possess and maintain EVOC certification recognized by the Virginia Office of EMS.
Pass an in-depth background check, including fingerprinting through Virginia DCJS.
Obtain and maintain a Virginia unarmed security license.
Be physically able to perform the duties and pass a physical examination, including a DOT examination.
Be willing to work all shifts, weekends, and holidays as required.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, operating and maintenance instructions, and department correspondence.
Ability to write detailed reports.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of peers and plant personnel.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, areas, and volumes.
Ability to make sound judgments under stressful conditions.
Ability to apply training and skills to practical situations using written, oral, diagrammatic, or other instructions.

Nice To Haves

Possess and maintain a recognized Structural Firefighter I certification.
Possess and maintain a Hazardous Materials Operations Level.

Responsibilities

Respond to fires and emergency medical calls.
Determine the nature and extent of emergencies and arrange adequate response resources.
Drive and operate fire apparatus and other specialized department vehicles.
Perform routine maintenance on fire apparatus and maintain medical equipment.
Operate power tools and task-specific equipment, including saws, ventilation fans, and extrication devices.
Perform firefighting tasks such as laying hose lines, adjusting water and pressure streams, placing and climbing ladders, ventilating buildings, rescuing people, placing salvage covers, and conducting cleanup.
Access, package, extricate, and transport sick or injured patients from varied environments, including burning buildings, wrecked vehicles, confined spaces, water, wilderness areas, and high- and low-angle areas.
Provide appropriate basic or advanced first aid treatment in accordance with Virginia EMS protocols and practices.
Prepare and maintain records and reports concerning fire alarms, medical calls, fire prevention inspections, plant education activities, and supplies.
Communicate clearly from emergency scenes using portable radios and digital communication devices.
Participate in drills, classes, and continuing education on firefighting, emergency medical practices, hazardous materials, and special rescue techniques.
Conduct fire safety inspections in plant access buildings.
Participate in fire safety inspections, training, station and equipment maintenance, plant education programs, and other plant safety programs or projects.
Perform other assigned duties, including tasks such as snow removal, deliveries, perimeter gate checks, safety eyewash inspections, locomotive engineer or brakeman work, security gate guarding, and brush hogging.