firefighter (bls/hazmat)

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• You will respond to alarms and combat fire in an industrial setting requiring the full performance of a firefighting tasks involving structures, equipment, and facilities. Alternates as a firefighter and driver operator.
• You will pull and connect hose, lay hose lines, operate charged lines; place and raise ladders; operate portable and stationary firefighting apparatus; ventilate buildings.
• You will administer emergency medical care; use chemicals, axes, bars, hooks, Self Contained Breathing Apparatus, and other firefighting equipment to extinguish or mitigate fires and protect life and property.
• You will serve as a driver-operator of major motorized firefighting equipment, exercising a thorough knowledge of equipment capabilities and physical characteristics.
• You will operate all equipment connected with an apparatus in accomplishing rescue and fighting fires.
• You will provide emergency medical care based on assessment findings; treat conditions based on the specific symptoms observed or described by the patient.
• You will perform initial and on-going focused patient assessment and determine priority of patient care based on assessment findings physical examination.
• You will open and maintain oral airways, give positive pressure ventilations, control hemorrhage; treat for shock, immobilize fractures, assist in childbirth, manage behavioral emergencies, and provide care for poison and burn patients.
• You will assist in loading, transporting, and unloading the sick and injured patients.
• You will collect and interpret hazard and response information from transportation emergency information centers, shippers, manufacturer contacts, printed an online databases, and technical resources, as well as monitoring equipment.
• You will inspect quarters, office buildings, shops, warehouses, etc., to identify hazards and to maintain familiarization of the facilities.
• You will perform daily preventive maintenance tasks and inspections on firefighting apparatus, equipment and facilities.