Salary : $69,328.91 Annually
Location : Augusta, GA
Job Type: Full Time Permanent
Job Number: 201203345
Department: FIRE ADMINISTRATION
Division: FIRE SUPRESSION
Opening Date: 10/06/2023
Closing Date: 10/20/2023 11:59 PM Eastern
DESCRIPTION
This position is responsible for the management, direction, coordination, and evaluation of personnel assigned to a group of fire stations on a particular shift Responsibilities include assuming the role of Incident Commander on large scale, moderate to complex emergencies, determining risk to people and property, selection of proper strategies and implementation of appropriate tactics in the mitigation of emergency incidents, and is accountable for the safety and well-being of firefighting personnel and civilian throughout such incidents.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manages, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals. Implement the policies, procedures, and programs of the fire service in the community’s emergency management plan; coordinate planning and operations with local, state, and national emergency management agencies.
- Establish procedures for assigning personnel to stations and encouraging professional development of subordinates. Develop programs that improve and expand service and build partnerships with other city departments, external agencies, and surrounding jurisdictions. Prepare a divisional budget, develop a budget management system, solicit bids, plan for resource allocation and work with records management systems.
- Performs incident command functions at fire and emergency scenes: responds to calls involving fire, hazardous materials, natural and manmade disasters, evacuation and/or sheltering, rescue, and other critical incidents; assumes incident command of fire/emergency scenes until relieved by commanding officer; assesses and evaluates on-scene conditions; determines strategy and tactics; provides direction and coordination of manpower and resources; directs firefighting and/or rescue activities; ensures utilization of proper methods to suppress/control fires and preserve evidence; and supervises fire communications.
- Develop and conduct a post-incident analysis, given a multi-agency incident and post-incident analysis policies, procedures, and forms, so that all required critical elements are identified and communicated and the appropriate forms are completed and processed in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Plans, schedules, conducts and records staff training: ensures personnel receive adequate training and maintain an adequate level of physical fitness to perform job duties; monitors certification and recertification requirements for assigned personnel; and ensures assigned personnel maintain current knowledge, skills and abilities in the application of fire science technologies.
- Participates in the department’s administration activities: attends management meetings; disseminates written communications; participates in policy development; and assists with budget development and administration.
- Evaluate inspection and pre-fire planning programs at the station level to determine effectiveness and develop public safety plans for large facilities. Manage multi-agency planning, deployment, and operations. Manage, and evaluate a departmental health and safety program.
- Maintains a comprehensive, current knowledge and awareness of applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures: maintains an awareness of new equipment, trends and advances in the profession; maintains professional affiliations and required certifications; coordinates and participates in multi-jurisdictional training; and attends shift meetings, workshops and seminars as appropriate.
- Assist in the preparation of community awareness programs to enhance the quality of life by developing nontraditional services that provide for increased safety, injury prevention and convenient public services.
- Prepares, reviews, and evaluates all administrative and operational records and reports: compiles data and information regarding response calls, incidents, inspections, statistical details, staff training, resource allocation, post-incident analysis and related records and data; analyzes, assesses and develops strategies to meet current and future issues and concerns regarding emergency response; and prepares and submits reports and recommendations regarding the same.
- Analyze and interpret records and data so that validity is determined and improvements are recommended. Perform other duties of a similar nature or level.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: Associate degree (in Fire Science or related field preferred).
Experience: Five (5) years as a Captain or above (experience as a Battalion Chief preferred).
Licensing/Certification:
- Possession of a valid driver’s license with good driving history. If State license is other than Georgia or South Carolina, applicant must obtain a license in Georgia or South Carolina within 30 days of employment.
- Must possess and maintain the following certifications:
- Georgia EMT Intermediate or Advance (Paramedic preferred),
- CPR Certified, NPQ Fire Inspector 1 and NPQ Fire Instructor I
- AFD Incident Safety Officer, and NPQ/GFSTC Hazmat Operations
- Possess or have ability to meet current requirements set forth by the Georgia Firefighters Standards and Training Act.
PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:
- Data Utilization: Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.
- Human Interaction: Requires the ability to act as a first-line supervisor, including instructing, assigning and reviewing work, maintaining standards, coordinating activities, and evaluating employee job performance.
- Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
- Verbal: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
- Math: Requires the ability to perform moderately complex algebraic and geometric operations; ability to utilize principles of basic probability and statistical inference.
- Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
- Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control and planning of an entire program or set of programs.
- Physical Abilities: Tasks require the ability to exert heavy physical effort in heavy work, with greater emphasis on climbing and balancing, but typically also involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials. Possess or have the ability to meet current fitness requirements set forth by NFPA 1582.
- Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
- Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, fumes, smoke, temperature and noise extremes, hazardous materials, fire, unsafe structures, heights, confined spaces, machinery, vibrations, traffic hazards, bright/dim lights, toxic agents, explosives, disease, pathogenic substances, or rude/irate customers.
OTHER
This position require staff call up in an emergency situation.
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.
Augusta-Richmond County’s comprehensive benefit package includes:
Vacation
Holiday
Sick
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Long-Term Disability Insurance
Pension
For a more detailed overview of our benefit package, please visit our website below:
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The answers you provide to the supplemental questions will be used to conclude if you meet the minimum qualifications and requirements for this position. Responses relating to your specific work experience and education MUST clearly reflect the requirements shown in the areas for work history and education on your application. Your application must be completed in full before it is submitted. Additional information may not be accepted after your application has been submitted. Do you accept these terms?
- Yes
- No
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Are you a current employee of Augusta Richmond County?
- Yes
- No
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If you are a current Augusta Richmond County employee, have you received a written reprimand, disciplinary probation, or suspension in the last twelve (12) months? (Informal warnings excluded)
- Yes
- No
- This question does not apply to me.
04
To be eligible to apply for a posted position, a current employee must have performed competently for at least six (6) months in his/her current position. If you are a current employee of Augusta Richmond County, have you been in your current position at least six months?
- Yes
- No
- This question does not apply to me.
05
This position requires an Associate degree (in Fire Science or related field preferred). Do you meet this requirement? If YES, please be sure to list your degree in the “Education” section of the application.
- Yes
- No
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This position requires five (5) years as a Captain or above (experience as a Battalion Chief preferred). Do you possess the required experience?
- Yes
- No
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This position requires the incumbent to possess and maintain the following certifications: Georgia EMT Intermediate or Advance (Paramedic preferred), CPR Certified, NPQ Fire Inspector 1 and NPQ Fire Instructor I AFD Incident Safety Officer, and NPQ/GFSTC Hazmat Operations. Do you meet all the certification requirements? Please upload the required certifications to your application.
- Yes
- No
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This position requires the incumbent to possess or have the ability to meet current requirements set forth by the Georgia Firefighters Standards and Training Act. Do you meet this requirement?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record? (If State license is other than Georgia or South Carolina, applicant must obtain a license in Georgia or South Carolina within thirty (30) days of employment.)
- Yes
- No
Required Question