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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGI_Risk Reduction Specialist I_2015Beaumont Fire/Rescue Services Detailed Job Descriptions Grade: I Classification: Firefighter/EMT Section: Planning Assignment: Risk Reduction Specialist I Reports to: Captain—Risk Reduction Group Supervisor FLSA Status: Non -Exempt Distinguishing Features: This position exists to protect life and property through the enforcement of locally adopted fire codes and implementation of targeted prevention and educational activities within the community. Competencies: Competencies are a set of identified behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities that directly and positively impact the success of employees and the organization. Competencies can be observed and measured. When consistently demonstrated, competencies make employees particularly effective in their work. Competencies help lay out a roadmap to career success. Beaumont Fire/Rescue Services' established competencies for all positions include: • Understanding our Business • Achieving Technical and Functional Expertise • Serving our Customers • Getting Results • Working as a Team • Exhibiting Interpersonal and Communication Skills • Demonstrating Leadership and Personal Effectiveness Position Essential Job Functions: • Communicate with individuals/crew while en route to and at the emergency scene to insure appropriate coordination of apparatus and personnel; • Operate within the Incident Management System and departmental standard operating procedures; • If necessary, assume command, direct and coordinate emergency scene activity within the parameters established by accepted incident management principles and department standard operating procedures, until relieved by an Officer of higher rank; • Apply the Risk Management Model to tactical situations; • Provide direct medical assistance to persons requiring emergency attention or assists others in providing medical assistance; • Participate in training classes, skills practice, and drills to enhance job-related skills and abilities; • Stretch line or use extinguisher to deliver water, foam, or other extinguishing agents to emergency scene; • Attend external lectures, seminars, courses, etc. and read external documents (e.g. professional trade publications) to stay current in emergency services operations; • Facilitate the training of personnel so that they are properly trained to carry out their assigned duties— including planning, developing, conducting, or evaluating formal or informal sessions or drills, classes, or skills; • Read internal memos, guidelines, polices, and procedures to keep appraised of new developments in departmental operations and procedures; • Review, complete, file, distribute, forward, and record information in logs, forms, reports, and systems that must be completed as a routine part of the job; • Check, clean, and maintain personal gear and equipment to ensure proper and safe operation; • Perform general maintenance and upkeep to department property; • Tour commercial and non-commercial buildings and sites to gather pre -incident planning information; • Inspect buildings and premises for compliance with fire codes or hazards, to check on complaints, and assist in the investigation of arson cases; • Engage in activities which have an impact on the department's image within the community— public education, assistance, other related initiatives; • Participate as a fire department representative at community events; • Participate in physical fitness activities to maintain physical conditioning; • Resolve problems or questions referred by staff, department or City administrators or employees, City Council persons, or the public. Assignment -Specific Job Functions: • Interpret, enforce, and recommend revisions to locally adopted fire and life safety codes— Inspecting commercial, industrial, residential, and public assembly occupancies for fire hazards; • Inspecting fire protection systems, equipment and devices in new and existing commercial properties; • Inspecting the storage and use of explosives or hazardous materials; • Ordering compliance when violations are discovered through established processes; • Assisting in investigations to determine the causes of fires; • Testifying in court, as required; • Assisting developers, architects, and contractors with code interpretations and plan submission inquiries; • Providing technical advice of minimal complexity to City staff, private developers, and the general public. Participate in prevention, public education and information activities— Providing public assistance; • Conducting station tours or safety programs; • Making presentations and/or performing demonstrations for community groups or interested parties; • Participating in special programs or activities; Page 2 of 5 Projecting a professional image to enhance the public's perception of the department and emergency services; Resolving problems or questions referred by staff, department or City administrators or employees, City Council persons, or the public. Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of... • Current industry standards and best practices of progressive emergency services organizations; • The geographical layout of the City of Beaumont, street names and numbers, and hydrant locations; • Defensive driving practices and procedures; • Maintenance procedures of various types of apparatus and equipment used by the department; • Generally accepted and department -specific practices, procedures, techniques, methods, instruments, and equipment; • Principles, policies and procedures relative to emergency medical operations; • Principles, policies and procedures relative to inspection, public education and information activities; • The laws, regulations, policies, and procedures relevant to emergency services response activities; • Organizational philosophy and ethical policies that direct all personnel in the discharge of their duties; • Structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar; • Human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; • Building construction, design, and materials as related to fire prevention and fire control; • Fire codes and regulations; • Building, electrical, and plumbing codes, where applicable to work; • Fire hazards involved in various types of construction and in the storage of flammable and hazardous materials; • Fire detection, fire alarm, and fire suppression systems. Skill in... • Determining how a system should work, and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes; • Using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems; • Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions; • Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions or situational requirements; • The operation of emergency medical equipment; • The operation of fire inspection equipment and apparatus; • Fire, emergency medical, and hazardous materials practices; • Filling out forms for documentation; Page 3 of 5 Communications and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction; Giving full attention to what people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. Ability to... • Keep current on City ordinances and/or national fire codes; • Enforce laws, ordinances, and regulations with fairness, impartiality, and tact; • Understand and operate within the Incident Management System; • Learn and apply emergency services principles, practices, methods, techniques, and equipment to work situations; • Learn and apply firefighting principles, practices, methods, techniques, and equipment to work situations; • Identify critical incident scene safety factors and address them appropriately; • Observe or monitor people's behavior to assess patient condition; • Observe or monitor objects and persons to determine compliance with prescribed operating of safety standards; • Work at heights greater than ten feet; • Move light objects (20 pounds or more); • Bend, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, and perform repetitive motions repeatedly or continually over time to perform duties; • Travel across wet, slippery, rough, uneven or rocky surfaces; • Tolerate extreme fluctuations in temperature while performing job duties; • Work in a variety of weather conditions with exposure to outdoor elements; • Within accepted safety practices, rely on sense of sight, hearing, touch, and smell to help determine the nature of an emergency and make operational decisions; • Understand apparatus and equipment limitations as related to response and emergency scene activities; • Operate equipment at maximum operating efficiency consistent with needs, safety, and mechanical limitations of the equipment; • Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong— recognize potential problems; • Maintain control under extremely stressful conditions; • Make life and death decisions during emergency situations; • Learnjob-related material through structured lecture, reading, and computer-based instruction, through oral instruction and observation, and through hands-on activities; • Communicate ideas orally and in writing in the English language so that others will understand; • Understand and follow oral and written instructions in the English language; • Comprehend and make inferences from written material in the English language; • Communicate orally with customers, clients, or the public in face-to-face, one-on-one settings; • Work cooperatively with other City employees and the public; • Continue to learn new technical and operational methods to improve effectiveness and efficiency of operations; Page 4 of 5 Exercise a high degree of self-discipline; Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others. Additional Requirements: • Some assignments will require performance of other essential and marginal functions depending on work location, assignment, or shift. • Some assignments require the use of City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid Class B driver's license, and have an acceptable driving record. Minimum Accebtable Exberience_ Training_ and Certification • Work experience as a Firefighter/EMT. • Certified as Structure Firefighter — Basic, by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. • Certified as Emergency Care Attendant, by the Texas State Department of Health Services. Certified at the Operations Level for Hazardous Materials response, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Certified as Fire Inspector — Basic, by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, within one year of assignment. Preferred Experience, Training, and Certification: • Texas Commission on Fire Protection certifications preferred: • Structure Firefighter — Intermediate or above • Fire Inspector — Intermediate or above Texas State Department of Health Services certifications preferred: • EMT — Basic or above Completion of accredited college hours in any of the following areas: • Fire Protection Technology Page 5 of 5