Firefighter (Type 2)

Rural Metro Fire•Escondido, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) serves on a hand crew, engine crew, or helitack crew, performing fire suppression and fuels management duties in adverse climate, fuel, and terrain conditions. Supervised by the Firefighter Type 1, the Firefighter Type 2 will work in the Operations functional area.

Requirements

ICS - 100, Introduction to ICS
IS - 700, NIMS: An Introduction
L-180, Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Services
RT - 130 , Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher
S - 130, Firefighting Training
S - 190, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

Responsibilities

Ensure individual readiness.
Obtain briefing from supervisor.
Acquire, analyze, and use relevant situational information to make more informed decisions and take appropriate actions.
Adjust actions based on changing information and evolving situation awareness. Communicate changing conditions to supervisor.
Establish and maintain the physical fitness level necessary to effectively perform hard physical labor for extended periods under adverse climate, fuel, and terrain conditions.
Perform wildland fire and prescribed fire duties including suppression, preparation, ignition, monitoring, holding, and mop-up. Use standard firefighting tools such as pulaskis, shovels, McLeods, chainsaws, drip torches, and fusees to do this work.
Perform hand crew duties including packing heavy loads of fuel, food, water, and tools for miles over rough terrain in hot and smoky conditions to get to the work site.
Perform engine operations duties including running the pump, deploying hoselays, completing preventative engine maintenance checks, and effectively using water and additives.
Perform portable pump operator duties such as pump site selection, set up, and operation.
Support chainsaw operations.
Apply knowledge of fuels, terrain, weather, and fire behavior to decisions and actions.
Use Incident Command System (ICS) terminology, organization, and command structure.
Use and maintain personal protection equipment (PPE).
Report all accidents or injuries to supervisor.
Follow crew standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Ensure proper refurbishing and resupply of tools, vehicles, food, water and supplies.