Overview

Position Title:Firefighter

Company:City Of Kingman

Location:City of Kingman, AZ

Job Description:

This is a part time position. Personnel will be scheduled or called in to provide minimum staffing levels.  Duties will include protecting life and property through emergency incident intervention; performing fire suppression and fire prevention duties, and providing basic life support emergency medical care is given at a minimum of the Basic EMT Level in the pre-hospital setting to assist victims of illness or injury. Works in support of a 24/7 operational environment and is subject to call in/call back to support the operational needs of the department.

Responsibilities:

  • Answers calls; directs calls; takes messages; answers questions pertaining to departmental functions, programs, policies and procedures.
  • Maintains calendars by setting up meetings, special events, determining locations and notifying applicable parties.
  • Transcribes recorded reports, investigations, and interviews.
  • May act as secretary to a Board or Commission.   Takes minutes and/or transcribes minutes.
  • Answers questions and resolves problems or discrepancies relating to departmental/office functions.  Provides community resource information.  Researches and maintains program records.
  • Plans and coordinates events and activities to include:  making travel arrangements; scheduling attendance at conferences, teleconferences and trainings; creating brochures, flyers, tickets and banners for functions; developing agendas and posting meeting notices.
  • Compiles and organizes data for report generation such as status reports, expenditure reports, comparison reports, incident reports and monthly statistics.  Develops and runs queries and reports.
  • Tracks work orders, fixed assets, revenues, expenditures, and balances.  Assists in purchasing supplies, equipment and uniforms to include calling for quotes and availability, verifying accuracy of orders, processing packing slips and verifying invoices.
  • Assists in creating and maintaining a variety of specialized databases such as program utilization, logs, inventories, histories, and statistics.
  • Assists in creating and maintaining file systems to include development, organization, maintenance, and purging of files and records.

Requirements:

  • Graduate from high school or GED;
  • Arizona State Certification at a minimum of EMT Basic Level; Certified Paramedic preferred.
  • Course work showing educational requirements meeting NFPA 1001.
  • Possession of valid Arizona Driver’s License;
  • Certification as an EMT at a minimum of Basic Level in the state of Arizona;
  • Arizona State Certification at the Firefighter II Level or equivalent;
  • Ability to read and write the English language.
  • May be required to be a Certified Emergency Paramedic.
  • May be required to be a Certified Hazardous Materials Technician.