Firefighter - Medic

Description

A Firefighter/Medic responds to fires, medical emergencies, and other emergency situations to administer life support care to sick and injured persons and to protect life and property.

Representative List of Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The list is not intended to be all-inclusive nor exclusive but is intended to provide examples of typical duties performed.   

• Responds to calls for medical aid, including fires, traffic collisions, and rescue situations to pro-vide pre-hospital care.  Examples: Vehicle fires, structure fires, commercial fires, brush fires, hazardous materials situations and technical rescues.
• Provides fire safety education for public groups and conducts station tours.
• Performs ALS and BLS on emergency incidents as needed.
• Administers initial treatment at emergency scene and takes and records patient's vital signs.
• Assesses nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures to be followed and/or need for additional assistance.
• Restores and stabilizes heart rhythm on pulseless, non-breathing patient.
• Initiates intravenous fluids to administer medication or drugs, or to replace fluids lacking in body.
• Performs endotracheal intubation to open airways and ventilate patient.
• Administers injections of medications and drugs.
• Assists in extricating trapped victims and transports sick and injured persons to treatment center as needed.
• Observes, records, and reports patient's condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Communicates with physician to receive treatment orders as needed for Category B medications and /or procedures.
• Applies foam and chemicals for fire suppression and control.
• Searches buildings and rescues victims from buildings and motor vehicles using appropriate hand and power tools.
• Contains, controls, and decontaminates hazardous materials spills.
• Performs a variety of salvage and clean-up operations, including removing water, chemicals, and debris.
• Maintains apparatus, quarters, buildings, equipment, grounds, and hydrants.
• Participates in drills, demonstrations, and courses in life support, emergency medical treatment, and firefighting techniques.
• Remains current on treatment techniques, protocol changes, and application of new drugs, mate-rial, and equipment as required by the State of Alabama.
• Prepares required reports and maintains records of activities.
• Requisitions and restocks supplies, material, and equipment.
• Establishes and maintains effective work relationships with others. Competency: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs.
• Team Work - Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Leadership - Inspires respect and trust.
• Ethics - Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures.
• Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions.
• Professionalism - Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.
• Quality - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satis-factorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to per-form the essential functions.

Education/Experience: High School Diploma or GED

Certificates and Licenses: - Valid driver’s license issued by the Alabama Department of Public Safety. - State of Alabama Firefighter I/II - Licensed by the State of Alabama as a Paramedic - Preferred: Foreign Language (must pass competency test) Language Ability: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing soft-ware and Spreadsheet software.

Supplemental Information

Supervisory Responsibilities: May directly supervise employees in the Fire Department when filling the duties of Acting Officer in Charge. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems. 

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); work near moving mechanical parts; work in or near traffic ways; work in high, precarious places; work on sloped, uneven terrain; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outdoor weather conditions; extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather); risk of electrical shock; work with explosives; risk of radiation and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to severe.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and smell. The employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The City of Pelham, Alabama, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy), color, age, national origin, disability, or any other protected status. We base our hiring decisions on a variety of factors, including skills and ability to perform the job, prior employment experience, employment references as to character and willingness to work, willingness to accept the offered salary and personal interviews. The City of Pelham, Alabama, is an equal-opportunity employer.

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page.