Battalion Safety Officer

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Leadership
• Strategically guide and manage employees to meet common goals
• Create a climate of tolerance and civility
• Be a positive role model and mentor
• Engage in active followership and respectfully leading up
• Be a resource in the development of for those within your purview
• Be a champion of City policy, strategic objectives, thrusts, and mission
• Foster a positive culture, make sense of, unite and transmit the organizational culture
• Align individual goals with those of the goals and objectives City, Department, and Fire Chief
• Manage your time and be engaged in matters which pertain to the role of Battalion Staff Officer
• Operational
• Immediately act to stop any actions outside the risk management profile
• Function as a command team, together with their assigned Battalion Chief
• Serves as the Incident Safety Officer under the direction of the Incident Commander
• Provide incident scene reconnaissance using direct sight, GIS mapping and aerial technology
• Define, evaluate, challenge, and recommend changes to the Incident Action Plan
• Provide intelligence regarding tactical priorities, specific critical fire ground factors, and safety
• Evaluate the need for additional resources
• Assigned to on-scene incident logistics responsibilities
• Aid with the tactical worksheet for control and accountability
• Evaluate the fire ground organization and span of control
• When assigned to a Sector / Tactical level of operation, the Chief Officer and the BSO will function together to accomplish the tactical objectives
• Administrative
• Challenge the Status quo
• Find innovative solutions to be applied to present-day challenges
• Ensure that the City's Future Planning Thrusts (Objectives) drive the day-to-day operations of the shift
• Understand the importance of management perspective, personnel management, and leadership, documentation
• Collaborate with the Administrative Captain to develop, review, and revise Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the successful training program
• Use KPI to evaluate training data and identify performance weaknesses and strengths
• Responsible for exposure reporting for fire operations and EMS incidents and tracking for shift
• Responsible for shift coordination of peer support, CISM, mental health, and wellness needs
• Collaborates with and serves as the field liaison to the EMS Coordinator to provide feedback and the needs of the shift for EMS services
• Complete root cause investigation of accidents and/or injuries within their assigned battalion
• Participates in the development of the department's strategic plan
• Point of contact for fleet and facility issues for field staff to ensure proper coordination with the Deputy Chief of Logistics and respective department
• Executes the maintenance and repair schedule as set by the Deputy Chief of Logistics and coordinates with the field crews the needs
• Facilitates after-action reviews (AAR) and analysis of significant incidents with the Battalion Chief
• Help develop and deliver Safety Training Topics (i.e., 6 Minutes for Safety)
• Works with staff across all the City's departments to enhance department data collection and analysis
• Facilitates the complete on-duty injury documentation
• Coordinates the Occupational Health return to work status paperwork with HR for respective staff
• Plans, organizes, evaluates and carries out specific projects that support the implementation of the Fire Department's goals and objectives
• Reviews, develops, and makes recommendations for policies and procedures for existing and newly developed programs
• Collaborates with other City departments to develop interdepartmental trainings relationships
• Responsible for NFIRS reporting and compliance for shift
• Conducts research and prepares reports as directed by the Chief Staff
• Collaborate with the Administrative Captain in the development and tracking of training programs
• Incorporate emergency scene observations into follow-up education modules and makes recommendation to the administrative Captain for training to the shift and across the department