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17 Jul
2023
Fire Assistant Fire Chief, Springville UT
Job Description
The City of Springville Utah is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Assistant Fire Chief.
Under the direction of the Assistant Public Safety Director/Fire Chief, the Assistant Fire Chief is the midlevel manager for the Fire Department. Is responsible for assisting the Fire Chief with the department’s staffing, administration, equipment, training, risk management, fire-fighting, prevention activities and emergency medical response.
Pay range is $38.26 to $55.88 per hour, based on 2080 hours per week annual work schedule.
Qualifications
- Must be a high school graduate. Must have an associate’s degree, but prefer bachelor’s degree or greater in fire science or related management degree. Must possess a valid Utah Driver’s license.
- Must have at least 8 years’ experience as a fire fighter with at least 4 years of supervisory experience.
- Must be EMT Basic, CPR, Firefighter II certified in the State of Utah
- Must be a certified Fire Officer l in the State of Utah
- Preferred Hazardous Materials Technician in the State of Utah
- Must be proficient in reading, understanding and administering the International Fire Code.
- Must live within five (5) miles of Springville City limits (within twelve months of hire date)
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Ability to apply standard firefighting emergency medical aid, and fire prevention techniques.
- Ability to respond to and apply standard hazardous materials handling and emergency rescue procedures.
- Ability to function well under pressure and to deal effectively and courteously with others in all situations.
- Ability to observe situations analytically and objectively, using common sense, maturity and ethical decision making to direct employees in the safe performance of their duties.
- Ability to perform all of the duties that a regular firefighter and ambulance member performs, such as fire suppression, hazardous materials handling, rescue activities and emergency
medical responses. - Ability to select, train, motivate, and lead the Fire Department personnel.
- Ability to evaluate the performance of subordinates, analyze weaknesses, and take corrective action or recommend discipline when necessary.
- Ability to handle stressful situations and make split second decisions in life-or-death situations
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees, the public and/or media representatives.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, policies and procedures, blueprints and operating and maintenance
instructions. - Specific physical requirements for this job include being in good physical shape as described above. Also, the ability to speak clearly and concisely, hearing in the normal range for an adult
so that radio and spoken conversation can be heard and understood in emergency situations. - Vision abilities for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
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