2 EMS/Fire Lieutenant Jobs in Estancia, NM
Torrance County, NM is Hiring an EMS/Fire Lieutenant Near Estancia, NM
Location: Fire Admin, Estancia, NM 87016
Department: Fire
Job Status: Full-Time
Rate of Pay: $21.25/hour - $44,200/annual
Status: Accepting Applications
Job Description
Under general supervision from the Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chief. Manages the daily operation and maintenance of assigned EMS or Fire personnel, apparatus, and equipment; supervises career personnel associated with the Torrance County Fire Department. The EMS Lieutenant performs skilled work in performing advanced emergency care including the administration of life sustaining treatment. Is responsible for performing in accordance with established emergency medical procedures and techniques and departmental policies and procedures.
The Lieutenant’s perform administrative, technical, and supervisory work functions in directing the activities of subordinate members. Duties and responsibilities include supervising assigned staff; assisting the Fire Chief or Deputy Chief with planning, coordination, and control of all aspects of shift/department operations; maintaining readiness for emergency call response; responding to fire, medical and related emergency calls when dispatched and taking proper action; educating staff and public on fire safety/prevention; and performing other tasks related to Fire District activities.
The Lieutenants attends regularly scheduled training in company level supervisory practices, basic and advanced firefighting methods, apparatus operation, triage, treatment, and transport, fire code enforcement, and prevention practices, salvage operations, public relations, public education, physical fitness, and associated topics. The Lieutenant will play an active role in preserving and protecting life and property by performing and directing firefighting activities, basic and advanced emergency medical care, hazardous material response, fire prevention and public education, and other associated job performance requirements.
The Lieutenant is responsible for performing as a supervisor at the company officer level. A Lieutenant may be required to perform the functions of a Firefighter as the need arises. To meet this requirement, Lieutenants are expected to possess sufficient technical knowledge and skills to function in this capacity. The Lieutenant must successfully complete the one-year probationary process to continue in this classification.
SUPERVISION
Lieutenants are directly responsible to the Fire Chief or Depuy Fire Chief of the Fire Department. Lieutenants receive general direction and guidance in performance of their duties from the Fire Chief or the Deputy Chief of the Fire Department. Lieutenants consult with The Fire Chief or Deputy Chief regarding day-to-day operations, emergency operations, and unusual events regarding personnel, apparatus, equipment, etc. Lieutenants may also consult with the Fire Chief or Deputy Chief regarding station policy issues and other aspects of normal Station operations. Lieutenants directly supervise EMT’s, Firefighters, and volunteer personnel.
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Lieutenants interact with Fire Department staff (e.g. subordinates, peers, supervisors, etc.) and representatives of other agencies (e.g., law enforcement, members of other fire departments, public works, etc.). Lieutenants also interact with citizens and the general public (e.g., homeowners, business owners, motorists, etc.) on a regular basis, and conduct activities related to the Fire Departments mission statement. These interactions occur during routine day-to-day operations, emergency operations, training classes and exercises, inspections, and educational or informational presentations.
JOB PERFORMANCE COMPLEXITY
A Lieutenants job involves very complex emergency scene tasks and social interactions, which must be accomplished correctly without taking the time to reference procedures and policies, or to repeat tasks once they have been accomplished. Errors could lead to life safety hazards, property loss, or customer complaints.
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Lieutenants live and work in a fire station assigned to a platoon. The work environment includes many of the same amenities of a home, including kitchens, showers, bed, etc. In this environment, Lieutenants will perform routine day-to-day activities, such as maintaining equipment and apparatus, meeting with supervisors and co-workers, planning and scheduling work, etc.
Lieutenants perform routine daily activities, such as training subordinates, meeting with supervisors, and planning and scheduling work. Outside of the fire station, Lieutenants perform essential job functions in all-weather, noisy conditions, and under extreme emergency conditions, such as fires, hazardous materials, motor vehicle collisions. etc. The Lieutenant is exposed to sirens and hazards associated with firefighting and rendering emergency medical assistance, including infectious substances, smoke noxious odors, fumes, chemicals, liquid chemicals, solvents, and oils. The Lieutenant 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, radiation, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL JOB FUNTIONS
The following is a representative list of dimensions and tasks and may not include all functions.
Respond to Alarms
- Ensure personnel are properly equipped and safely on apparatus before responding to an alarm.
- Ensure that the apparatus is driven safely and that proper warning systems are used.
- Ensure the route is safe and be aware of other responding units.
- Check maps to determine routes, building and water supply locations, etc.
- Ensure that apparatus is properly equipped before responding.
- Ensure the appropriate location for spotting aerial or pumping apparatus, or other vehicles.
- Provide situational and status reports (sitstat) via radio while approaching fire or emergency scenes.
- Receive and interpret additional information from the dispatch center.
- Size up potential fire or emergency while enroute.
- Evaluate the accuracy of alarm information.
- Put on turnout gear while receiving an incoming alarm.
- Select the best route to the alarm scene or evaluate/assist the fire equipment operator’s selection.
Conduct Initial Size-up at an Emergency Scene
- Adapt strategies to changing conditions at an emergency scene.
- Analyze the situation to determine proper protective gear, equipment, and extinguishing agents.
- Assess the effects of weather, wind, humidity, and other conditions on a fire.
- Evaluate hazards to occupants, personnel, exposed buildings, and property.
- Locate hydrants or other water sources and determine the adequacy of water supplies.
- Locate the seat of fire and any fire extension in the involved structures.
- Determine adequacy of initial response and call for additional alarms or resources if necessary.
- Determine if electric and gas utilities need to be disconnected and ensure that they are.
- Determine the need for other agencies (e.g., Law Enforcement, ambulance, utility companies) and alert dispatch.
- Determine types of hazardous materials that might be present at incidents.
- Assess navigational problems, such as narrow alleys, at a fire or rescue scene and determine solutions.
- Report to the incident commander.
- Assume command as the first company officer on the scene.
- Utilize information previously obtained during inspection or pre-plan regarding fire protection system(s), fire alarm and detection system, compartmentalization, etc. to develop strategies.
- Determine false or accidental alarms.
- Plan for traffic control.
- Identify property owners or managers to obtain additional information.
- Transfer command of the incident to a ranking officer.
Direct and Perform Rescue Operations
- Determine the best rescue methods, equipment, and personnel needed for the rescue.
- Determine the need to rescue victims, and order necessary searches of buildings or areas.
- Oversee the extrication of victims trapped in buildings, confined spaces, vehicles, trenches, or other hazards.
- Oversee the rescue of victims overcome with hazardous chemicals and/or gas.
- Ensure that individuals in need of rescue are located, and guided, carried, or dragged to safety.
- Perform rescue activities that are essential firefighter functions.
- Determine if ventilation efforts will help or hinder rescue.
- Direct the application of water to assist rescue efforts.
- Alert dispatch to arrange for transportation of rescued victims.
Direct and Perform Emergency Medical Services and First Aid
- Assess a patient's condition and provide basic and advanced life support based upon medical and trauma protocols, and assessment of patient condition to include interpreting EKG's, defibrillation, administering medications, including controlled substances, endotracheal intubation, cricothyrotomy, and chest decompression, and any other life saving measures in accordance with current TCFR EMS Protocols.
- Ensure that personal protective equipment is used properly by company personnel.
- Ensure primary assessment of victims and assign crew members to specific tasks.
- Assess the need for advanced life support and/or medical direction.
- Supervise the activities of assigned personnel at emergency scenes.
- Perform emergency and non-emergency EMS activities and duties.
- Performs basic and advanced emergency medical care upon notification.
- Inspects emergency medical equipment to ensure serviceability and compliance with safety and infection control regulations and standards.
- Responds to instructions from emergency dispatcher and/or medical control.
- Enforces and follows all EMS rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures.
Manage Company Activities at Emergency Scenes
- Ensure that personal protective equipment is used properly by company personnel.
- Assign personnel to emergency scene tasks based upon need.
- Correct improper or unsafe actions by assigned personnel at emergency scenes.
- Evaluate whether assignments at emergency scenes adequately meet objectives and modify as necessary.
- Observe assigned personnel at emergency scenes for signs of fatigue and provide relief for them if possible.
- Perform emergency scene tasks that are essential job functions for a firefighter.
- Supervise the activities of assigned personnel at emergency scenes.
- Determine the status of fire protection system(s), fire alarm and detection system, smoke management system, etc. and record that information on the incident report.
- Ensure control of elevators in involved buildings.
- Direct company in carrying out orders from superior officers at emergency scenes.
- Function in assigned positions within the Incident Management System (e.g., Safety Officer, Staging. etc.).
- Maintain proper radio communications during emergency incidents.
- Work with assigned personnel and personnel from other agencies at emergency scenes.
- Ensure the safety of all on-duty personnel under your supervision.
Direct and Perform Exposure Protection
- Direct the application of water to protect life, equipment, and property.
- Recognize possible avenues of fire spread and assign personnel to watch for fire spread.
- Determine life and property hazards of exposures.
- Direct the application of water to inside walls of involved structures to prevent fire spread.
- Recognize internal exposures such as false ceilings.
- Direct the application of water to exposures.
- Ensure that apparatus or other vehicles are parked in a safe and appropriate location.
- Order or direct the evacuation of people from exposed structures.
- Perform exposure protection activities that are essential firefighter functions.
- Determine the need for closing of doors, windows, and other openings in involved buildings and adjoining structures.
Interact with Subordinates, Superiors, and Other Department Members
- Listen and respond to verbal orders from incident commander at fire or emergency scene.
- Maintain good working relationships with assigned crew, superiors, and other co-workers.
- Respond to orders and directives from members of higher ranks.
- Exchange information with other shifts.
- Keep the Fire Chief and/or the Deputy Chief informed of matters relevant to company operations.
- Relay verbal reports of conditions at emergency scenes to appropriate personnel.
- Work and get along with others in a community living situation.
- Participate in analysis or critique of firefighting or other emergency activities.
- Communicate suggestions and concerns from assigned crew upward through the chain of command.
- Contact supervisory personnel to discuss problems or obtain information.
- Discuss department goals, policies, and procedures with assigned crew.
- Interact with members of other shifts and Staff in the department.
- Interview members of assigned crew to obtain facts, suggestions, opinions, and reasons for actions.
- Participate in developing and implementing goals, policies, and procedures.
- Lead company staff meetings and discussions.
- Make formal presentations to members of the department.
Direct and Perform Pumping, Hose, and Extinguishment Operation
- Recognize problems with pumping operations and communicate the need for corrective action.
- Determine the appropriate nozzle and type of stream to be used.
- Determine the areas where water or other extinguishing agents should be used.
- Identify the appropriate extinguishing agent for special fires (e.g., automobile, chemical, electrical, etc.).
- Perform hose and extinguishment activities that are essential firefighter functions.
- Determine additional pumping requirements (e.g., relay pumping, multiple hydrants, etc.).
- Determine the need for master streams.
- Coordinate pumping operations performed by apparatus operators.
- Monitor the operation of hose lines and order shut down of hose lines when necessary.
- Determine the need for foam and its proper application.
- Determine the number, size, and length of hoselines to be laid.
- Recognize damaged hose sections and ensure that they are repaired or replaced.
- Determine that proper hose appliances are used.
- Determine the need for portable extinguishers.
- Perform and direct wildland and interface firefighting operations (e.g. LCES, line construction, structure triage, structure protection, firing out, etc.)
Direct and Perform Ladder Operations
- Recognize problems with aerial apparatus operations and ensure corrective action is taken.
- Check for electrical hazards and other unsafe obstacles in the path of aerial and ground ladders.
- Ensure that the aerial apparatus is properly stabilized.
- Ensure that all safety measures are adhered to when ladders are used.
- Direct the deployment of personnel on aerial and ground ladders.
- Ensure the appropriate placement of aerial and ground ladders.
- Determine the need for ladders and select the appropriate ladders to be used.
- Perform ladder activities that are essential firefighter functions.
- Determine the need for the aerial platform bucket.
- Direct the use of ladders for special purposes.
- Direct the use of generators for appropriate purposes.
Direct and Perform Ventilation
- Evaluate the possibility of backdraft, flashover, and fire spread prior to ventilation efforts.
- Determine the best timing of ventilation in relation to other efforts.
- Determine the need for ventilation, and the most appropriate methods and equipment to be used.
- Perform ventilation activities that are essential firefighter functions.
- Determine the best method to access the area to be ventilated.
- Direct ventilation utilizing roof, floors, ceilings, or natural openings in involved buildings.
Direct and Perform Handling of Hazardous Materials
- Ensure that assigned personnel use appropriate protective equipment when dealing with hazardous materials.
- Determine the level of required response to hazardous materials incidents.
- Direct the proper use of detection equipment to verify the presence of hazardous materials.
- Perform hazardous materials activities that are essential firefighter functions.
- Ensure that hazardous materials are handled according to department policies and government regulations.
- Direct the containment of small quantities of hazardous materials using appropriate methods and equipment.
Interact with the Citizens, Public and Other Agencies
- Coordinate and cooperate with other agencies (e.g., police, ODOT, public works, etc.) responding to an incident.
- Listen and respond appropriately to citizen complaints.
- Refer citizens to appropriate public agencies or services.
- Interact and work with community agencies and citizen task forces.
- Attending neighborhood and community meetings and other functions as directed.
- Calm upset victims, witnesses, or family members at emergency scenes.
- Interact with business owners.
- Coordinate and cooperate with fire departments of other jurisdictions.
Direct and Perform Forcible Entry
- Determine the best timing of forcible entry in relation to other efforts.
- Ensure that opened doors and windows remain open when appropriate.
- Determine the need for forcible entry, and the most appropriate methods and equipment to be used.
- Perform forcible entry activities that are essential firefighter functions.
- Direct the use of equipment used for forcible entry.
- Identify the type of construction of doors, windows or other entries being forced.
- Dismantle hardware or construction to make an entry without force.
Maintain and Expand Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Learn locations and limitations of connections, hydrants, and other water sources in response area.
- Be familiar with capabilities and limitations of equipment and apparatus.
- Maintain knowledge of current fire codes, new firefighting techniques, and new equipment.
- Maintain knowledge of local conditions (e.g., street closures, new construction, etc.).
- Maintain knowledge of Fire District organization, procedures, protocols, regulations, etc.
- Maintain knowledge of emergency medical and first aid techniques.
- Cross-train with other shifts and mutual aid agencies.
- Participate in classroom training, station or company drills, and emergency simulations.
- Participate in physical fitness training to maintain adequate condition.
- Study maps and pre-incident plans related to assigned fire district.
- Temporarily assume responsibilities that are usually handled by members of a higher rank.
- Serve on administrative committees or in other special functions as assigned by the department.
Direct Company Back into Service
- Address any injuries to assigned personnel and document as required by Fire Department policy.
- Identify and address possible exposures to assigned personnel.
- Notify the dispatcher of return to service.
- Report any difficulties encountered with specific hydrants to the Fire Marshal.
- Note equipment and supplies in need of repair or replenishing prior to future use.
- Ensure that equipment is inventoried and placed on apparatus before leaving fire or emergency scenes.
- Ensure that equipment is cleaned and prepared for future use (e.g., hoses and appliances are drained and washed).
- Ensure that borrowed equipment is returned and properly checked in.
Direct and Perform Equipment and Apparatus Inspection and Maintenance
- Report lost or stolen equipment and ensure that it is replaced.
- Ensure that damaged or malfunctioning equipment and apparatus are turned in for repairs.
- Ensure that supplies (e.g., medical supplies, oxygen tanks, extinguishing agents) are regularly replenished.
- Review reports regarding the condition of equipment and apparatus.
- Supervise inspections of equipment and apparatus.
- Ensure that equipment and apparatus are regularly cleaned and maintained.
- Manage the inspection and minor repair of equipment and apparatus.
- Conduct hose tests according to department procedures.
- Ensure that equipment is properly stowed on apparatus for storage and transport.
- Make inspection, inventory, and maintenance assignments.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must meet the following qualifications:
- Valid NM Driver’s License class E, A, or B required.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- New Mexico EMT certification (Intermediate license or above) required.
- Basic Life Support CPR certificate.
- ICS 100, 200, 300, 700, 800 required within 6-months of hire/promotion.
- ICS 300 and 400 required within 9 months of hire/promotion.
- Meet requirements of EMS apparatus driver’s operator within one 6 months of hire/promotion.
- FF I and FF II within 9 months of hire/promotion.
- Fire officer I and II within 9 months of hire/promotion.
Functional Analysis
- Work is performed outdoors and indoors at emergency incident sites, and fire station facilities.
- Administrative work is performed primarily in a standard office environment, with additional work performed in vehicles, remote locations or facilities and outdoor settings.
- Requires strenuous physical effort, and ability to lift and move items weighing up to one hundred (100) pounds.
- Regularly exposed to large or working machinery, environmental allergens, gases, fumes, hazardous chemicals, communicable diseases, potential physical harm, and extreme weather conditions.
- Work regularly requires speaking, hearing, and utilizing a two-way radio and cell phone when working in the field.
- Essential and supplemental functions require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time, stooping.
- Work frequently involves extended periods of time viewing a computer monitor and operating a keyboard.
- Must be able to work in uniform during weekdays, weekends, and holidays on any assigned shift.
Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to perform daily duties with moderate supervision following established procedures, guidelines, and deadlines. Depending on experience, may make decisions in non-routine situations requiring judgement.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of inner department functions and practices.
- Ability to perform essential functions and adapt to working conditions.
- Ability to manage stress and stay composed in all situations.
- Ability to think strategically.
- Able to work independently and in a team.
- Excellent Oral and written communication skills.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Ability to apply safety guidelines and regulations to specific emergency and non-emergency situations on the job.
- Ability to deliver and follow orders under stressful conditions.
- Ability to assess emergency medical needs, evaluate injuries, stabilize patients, and provide emergency medical care.
- Ability to provide Advanced Life Support, stabilize victims, and provide transport to the appropriate hospital.
- Ability to operate and perform maintenance of apparatus, equipment, and facilities.
- Ability to maintain physical condition required for the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and outside agencies.
- Ability to operate and maintain computer and communications equipment.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
Disclaimer
We conform to all the laws, statues, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, Protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or otherwise oppose discrimination.
Job Summary
Full Time
$55k-79k (estimate)
04/18/2024
06/17/2024
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