Job Details

Firefighter

Columbus Consolidated Government is seeking a dedicated firefighter to join their team. This position offers a competitive salary range of $42,925.00 - $69,719.29 annually and is located in Columbus, GA. The job type is full-time regular.

The primary duties and responsibilities include:

• Conduct salvage and overhaul operations to protect property.
• Identify and contain hazardous materials safely.
• Improve department operations through continuous effort.
• Inspect, inventory, and maintain apparatus and equipment.
• Interact with supervisors and the public effectively.
• Maintain and expand job knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Perform emergency medical services and first aid.
• Execute high-rise rescue and firefighting operations.
• Perform various hose operations.
• Perform industrial rescue and firefighting operations.
• Perform routine station chores.
• Perform structural firefighting operations.
• Protect exposures to fire or other dangers.
• Report for duty as assigned.
• Respond to non-emergency calls.
• Respond to various emergency situations.
• Search for and rescue victims.
• Suppress fire at the scene of an emergency.
• Temporarily assume a higher rank.

The knowledge, skills, and abilities required include:

• Acceptance of diversity
• Appearance and demeanor
• Attention to detail
• Awareness and alertness
• Compassion and sensitivity
• Computer skills
• Conflict resolution skills
• Courage and assertiveness
• Creativity and resourcefulness
• Decision making and decisiveness
• Dependability and reliability
• Effectiveness under stress
• Emotional maturity and stability
• Ethics, integrity, and honesty
• Fairness and objectivity
• Fire apparatus knowledge
• Fire extinguishment systems knowledge
• Firefighting equipment knowledge
• Firefighting tactics knowledge
• First aid and emergency care knowledge
• Flexibility and adaptability
• General physical characteristics, strength, and endurance
• Hazardous materials knowledge
• Hydraulics principles knowledge
• Incident command system knowledge
• Interpersonal skills
• Judgment, reasoning, and common sense
• Learning and memory
• Manual dexterity
• Mathematical ability
• Mechanical comprehension
• Motivation and initiative
• Oral communication skills
• Personal influence and responsibility
• Policies, procedures, and organization knowledge
• Positive attitude
• Reading comprehension
• Respect for rules and authority
• Response area knowledge
• Safety consciousness
• Service orientation
• Teamwork and cooperation
• Water supplies knowledge
• Work ethic

Minimum educational and training requirements include knowledge and competency associated with specialized training in the occupational field, basic skills typically associated with a high school education, sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, and ability to meet current requirements set forth by the National Fire Protection Association and the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Act.

Physical requirements include standing, walking, bending, crouching, or stooping; frequently lifting light and heavy objects; climbing ladders; using tools and equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity; and distinguishing between shades of color. The employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, and machinery with moving parts, contagious or infectious diseases, irritating chemicals, and cold or inclement weather. The work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, gloves, etc.

Minimum requirements include being at least 18 years of age, a United States citizen, not having been convicted of a misdemeanor within three years, successfully passing both the background check and physical examination, having visual acuity, being of sound physical and mental health, successfully completing the Candidate Physical Apptitude Test (CPAT), and not having been convicted of a felony.