CITY OF FLINT Position Description

Class Title: Firefighter/EMT Job Code Number: 01-Q-011 Effective Date: 6/27/2012 Bargaining Unit: Fire 352

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Protects life and property by combating, extinguishing, and preventing fires; Maintains Fire Department property, equipment, apparatus, and quarters in good condition; performs related work as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the direct supervision of a Sergeant or a Fire Officer of higher rank who assigns and reviews work for conformance with departmental orders and regulations.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Responds to alarms with fire company. 2. Enters burning buildings with hose lines, operates nozzles and sprays a stream of water on a fire as directed. 3. Operates chemical hose, hand fire extinguishers and similar equipment as required. 4. Raises, lowers, and climbs ladders; ventilates burning buildings to carry off smoke and gases. 5. Removes persons from danger by individual or team methods, or by holding life nets. 6. Participates in overhauling operations to insure that fire is completely extinguished. 7. Performs salvage operations such as placing salvage covers, sweeping water and removing debris, gathering and returning ladders, hose, and other fire-fighting equipment to trucks. 8. Assists in all work in returning apparatus to service. 9. Administers first aid; operates aspirator, inhaler and resuscitator. 10. Takes part in training sessions on fire-fighting evolutions and techniques and fire prevention. 11. Assists in maintaining, testing and drying of hose. 12. At a fire station, stands regular house watch for receiving fire or other emergency alarms and dispatching fire apparatus. Assists in communication center as required. 13. Participates in cleaning fire-fighting apparatus, hose and firehouse; participates in all tests of equipment to maintain it in immediate working condition. 14. Performs routine household duties in the upkeep on the station by cleaning, cooking, making beds; caring for heating plant, caring for grounds around station; painting and minor repairs. 15. Inspects commercial and residential establishments for fire hazards; participates in fire prevention programs and activities.

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Proof of successful completion of the State of Michigan Firefighter I & II. 2. Ability to perform a wide variety of Fire-fighting and Emergency Medical Technician duties within a reasonable period of time. 3. Ability to understand and to follow oral and written directions. 4. Ability to get along with others. 5. Aptitude for mechanical work. 6. Good physical condition, strength and agility. 7. Ability to meet the physical, mental and visual standards of the job. 8. Ability and willingness to work in a manner that will not needlessly endanger the safety to one's self, other persons, and equipment.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. Possession of a valid State of Michigan Driver's license. 2. Possession and maintenance of a valid Michigan Department of Public Health Emergency Medical Technician License within one (1) year of appointment. 3. Possession and maintenance of a valid State of Michigan Department of Public Health Advanced EMT License within four (4) years of appointment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; sit; walk; talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle or operate objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; taste or smell. The employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electric shock and vibration. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, except during certain Fire-fighting or EMT activities when noise levels may be loud. NOTE: Any person hiring on as a Firefighter after January 24, 1977, will be required to take First Aide and Emergency Medical Technician Training, and can be required to act as a member of a "E" unit ambulance crew.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.