Firefighter

Responsibilities

• Serves as a member of a firefighting crew by operating apparatus, hose lines and/or turrets, aircraft and building evacuations, forced entries into aircraft or vehicles, raises and climbs ladders, and uses chemical extinguishers, bars, power tools, and other equipment in performing fire fighting and rescue duties.
• Responds to a variety of aircraft related emergencies including standby details for in-flight situations including aircraft equipment problems and homeland security threats, crash of commercial, civilian, or military aircraft, in-flight or ground hazardous materials incidents, fuel spills, and special maintenance or other safety related requirements.
• Responds to a variety of medical emergencies, including sudden illness, personal injury accidents, accidents with machinery, and motor vehicle accidents; administers cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automated external defibrillation, and uses other medical equipment and procedures in providing emergency medical care in accordance to level of training and local protocols.
• Cleans, washes, paints, and tests fire hose, and cleans and maintains fire apparatus and equipment.
• Provides periodic staffing of the Airport Communications Center which includes receiving incoming telephone calls and visitors, answering questions as appropriate and/or directing them to the appropriate party.
• Serves as backup to the Telecommunications Team by answering emergency phone lines and dispatching staff and crew as appropriate, requesting mutual aid assistance as appropriate, maintaining station logs and radio dispatch logs, and operating the Access Control System and cameras.