Firefighter (Basic Life Support)

Air Education and Training Command • Lackland AFB, TX

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About The Position

Serves as a Firefighter (Basic Life Support) on a crew engaged in airfield, structural firefighting, and crash-rescue operations. Drives and operates complex firefighting vehicles, assists in reducing or eliminating potential fire hazards to protect people, property, and the environment, and performs non-invasive emergency medical procedures. The position requires a 72-hour workweek on a 48-hours-on/48-hours-off schedule, including weekends and holidays, and may involve recall, work in adverse environmental conditions, and assignments in the Fire Alarm and Communications Center or on Hazardous Materials teams.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-06, including experience in fire suppression, rescue operations, fire-hazard detection or mitigation, fire communications equipment, hazardous-materials incidents, or fire-protection training.
• For merit-promotion applicants, one year at GS-06 is required to meet the GS-07 time-in-grade requirement when applicable.
• For initial appointments, must not have reached age 37 by the appointment date, subject to the stated provisions for prior covered federal firefighter service.
• Current certifications: Airport Firefighter (including Firefighter I and II); HAZMAT Awareness; HAZMAT Operations; Apparatus Driver Operator—Pumper; Apparatus Driver Operator—ARFF; Apparatus Driver Operator—Aerial; Apparatus Driver Operator—Mobile Water Supply (MWS); and current National Registry-Emergency Medical Responder (NREMR) or higher.
• Appropriate, valid driver’s license.
• Ability to discern colors, contrast, and depth.
• Knowledge of complex firefighting vehicle operation and hydraulics; airfield and structural firefighting equipment, techniques, and procedures; building design, construction, and occupancy; relevant aircraft features and emergency mechanisms; basic life support; and applicable safety standards.
• Skill in operating communications equipment.
• Ability to apply basic life-support techniques and protocols, maintain good working relations, communicate orally and in writing, and lift and carry heavy loads.
• Must participate in the mandatory physical fitness program and use safety equipment and clothing provided by management.
• Subject to random drug testing.
• Must work under adverse environmental conditions and participate in respiratory-protection and hearing-conservation programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic life support and initiate established medical protocols.
• Drive and operate firefighting vehicles, including pumpers, aerial ladder trucks, and Airport Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.
• Perform crash-rescue and firefighting duties involving air traffic or support operations in high-risk conditions.
• Perform structural firefighting in facilities that may include multistory buildings, industrial areas, and base storage facilities.
• Maintain firefighting equipment and fire station facilities.
• Help detect, reduce, and eliminate potential fire hazards.
• Follow health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and work in a manner that promotes workplace safety.
• Operate communications equipment as required; may work in the Fire Alarm and Communications Center.
• May participate on Hazardous Materials teams.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on employment status and eligibility.
• Special retirement provisions for federal firefighters under FERS and CSRS.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed