Fire Rescue Lieutenant

City of Deerfield Beach • Usa, FL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This is an opportunity to help establish a department’s culture, traditions, standards, and future. As a Founding Team Member, you will join during a defining moment and help shape the department for years to come. You will bring your experience, ideas, and perspective to an organization being built around professionalism, service, accountability, and teamwork. Your work will directly influence how the department serves the community. You will help establish practices, traditions, and standards future members will inherit and grow with the department as part of its development. You will work alongside a team committed to excellent service. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work directly with residents, businesses, and City departments, manage projects and responsibilities that have a direct community impact, solve problems and recommend practical solutions, collaborate with a diverse team of professionals, and use your expertise while continuing to develop professionally. The purpose of this position is to provide first-line supervisory, technical, and emergency response leadership for Deerfield Beach Fire Rescue. The Fire Lieutenant may be assigned to Operations or to a departmental Bureau and is responsible for supervising personnel, supporting emergency medical and fire-rescue service delivery, ensuring compliance with Department policies and medical protocols, and performing operational or administrative functions based on assignment. This class works under general supervision and exercises independent judgment within established policies, procedures, protocols, and the scope of the assigned Operations or Bureau function.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of four (4) years of progressively responsible fire-rescue experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience as determined by the City.
• Valid State of Florida Driver License.
• Current State of Florida Firefighter Certificate of Compliance.
• Current State of Florida Paramedic Certificate.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) card.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) card.
• Knowledge of fire suppression, emergency medical services, rescue operations, incident command, applicable laws, regulations, Department policies, procedures, and medical protocols.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles, employee development, training, documentation, safety practices, and performance management.
• Ability to provide effective leadership and make sound decisions during emergency, operational, and administrative situations.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, and to prepare accurate reports and records.
• Ability to operate fire-rescue apparatus, emergency equipment, communications equipment, computers, and standard office equipment as required by assignment.
• Ability to organize work, manage multiple priorities, solve problems, and perform independently within established guidelines.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with City officials, employees, partner agencies, vendors, and the general public.
• Employees must remain capable of performing emergency duties when required.
• In the event of a disaster, such as hurricane, or other emergency situations, all City employees are automatically considered emergency service workers and are expected to perform emergency service duties as assigned.

Nice To Haves

• Associate's degree or higher in Fire Science, Emergency Medical Services, Public Administration, Emergency Management, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• Florida Fire Officer certification and other specialized certifications related to the assigned Operations or Bureau function.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned personnel and promotes accountability, teamwork, professional development, and compliance with Department policies, procedures, and safety practices.
• When assigned to Operations, responds to fire, emergency medical, vehicle accidents, and other emergencies; performs and supervises fire suppression, search and rescue, and advanced life support activities.
• Provides advanced life support patient care within the scope of certification and Department medical protocols; evaluates EMS performance, patient care documentation, equipment readiness, and compliance with quality standards.
• Evaluates performance of Paramedics and EMTs during medical emergency calls, drills and other EMS functions; monitors and evaluates performance of trainees and makes recommendations as appropriate.
• Evaluates EMS service delivery to the public and recommends changes to the program as appropriate.
• Plans, conducts, and participates in training, drills, continuing education, and performance evaluations; provides coaching, instruction, and recommendations to improve employee and service delivery performance.
• When assigned to a Bureau, performs supervisory, administrative, project, program, training, logistics, EMS, community risk reduction, planning, or other specialized functions consistent with the Bureau assignment.
• Prepares, reviews, and maintains reports, records, inventories, logs, correspondence, training documentation, and other Department records; ensures accuracy and timely completion.
• Inspects and monitors assigned apparatus, vehicles, equipment, medical supplies, facilities, and/or program resources to ensure operational readiness and compliance with Department requirements.
• Maintains radio communications with dispatch center, hospital personnel and other public safety agencies to receive and to transmit instructions involving patient care.
• Determines the need for back-up assistance.
• Participates in the operation of department communications systems when so directed.
• Monitors EMS telemetry communications between rescue units and hospital.
• Responds to emergency medical calls, providing basic, intermediate and advanced life support treatment to patients as well as transportation to appropriate medical facilities.
• Assesses the condition of patients and makes decisions regarding proper courses of action.
• Performs such duties as CPR, medication calculation and administration, immobilization of body, wound treatment, control of bleeding, monitoring and relaying of vital signs, oxygen and IV therapy administration, sterile suctioning, intubation, defibrillation, ECG monitoring and the management of cardiac arrest and severe trauma patients.
• Performs extrication of victims from wreckage as necessary.
• Requisitions medical equipment and supplies as needed; conducts continuous evaluation of the condition and operation of rescue vehicles, equipment and personnel.
• Reviews controlled drug records, temperature logs, station log books, and apparatus inventory logs to ensure proper sign-off.
• Assists Medical Director as required.
• Keeps abreast of new technology, methods and regulations for EMS and fire operations; attends meetings, conferences and continuing education classes as required and/or appropriate.
• Prepares and/or processes accident/incident reports, EMS medical reports, exposure reports, inventory records, patient billing reports, vehicle daily check-off, work orders, controlled substance inventory records, supply order forms, EMS training reports, EMS Daily Evaluations, etc.
• Maintains effective working relationships and coordinates activities with Department personnel, City departments, hospitals, law enforcement, partner agencies, vendors, community organizations, and the public.
• Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Benefits

• The salary range listed for this position reflects the full range of the applicable salary step schedule.
• The City of Deerfield Beach values the service veterans and their family members have given to our country and supports the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED