SUPERVISORY FIREFIGHTER

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-08 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Directing the operation of one or more firefighting vehicles and associated equipment of significant complexity to perform firefighting and rescue operations; 2) Applying firefighting techniques to manage fire hazards peculiar to structures with multiple stories or basements, vehicles, large stores or warehouses and hazardous materials; 3) Reviewing the design, construction, occupancy of buildings and installed fire suppression systems to conduct fire suppression pre-plans and emergency actions plans; 4) Employing hazardous materials emergency response procedures, equipment, identification and decontamination procedures; and 5) Controlling and extinguishing fires and conducting rescue operations in structural fire, hazardous material, confined space response, motor vehicle collision and other emergencies. NOTE: This information has to be presented within your resume to be considered for this position. ***This position requires the incumbent to possess the following certifications: Fire Officer I, II; Fire Instructor I; Fire Inspector I; Airport Firefighter; HAZMAT Incident Commander. Also must possess a valid, current license as an Emergency Medical Technician listed in a State or the National Registry (NREMT) to at least Basic Life Support level (EMT-B). These certifications must have been awarded by DoD, IFSAC or ProBoard to meet the requirement. Copies of certifications MUST be submitted at the time of application to verify eligibility. *** Physical Demands: The incumbent must be prepared to work long arduous hours when required. The incumbent is not limited to the office environments. Position requirements demand the incumbent to perform duties at the scene of emergency operations. The operations are in all types of adverse conditions with the possibility of extended exposures to elements, The incumbent as a qualified incident command officer can be exposed to hazardous emergency scene situations including aircraft, structural and wildlife incidents. Hazardous materials, chemicals and radiation, confined space and various rescue incidents. The incumbent must be of sound physical and mental condition to perform in highly stressful situations. Requires maintaining satisfactory physical fitness by participations in a DOD directed physical fitness program during duty hours. Requires to wear a respirator or self-contained breathing apparatus. Must pass annual fire fighter's physical examination. The incumbent, due to the nature of business, must be capable of analytical reasoning, sound judgement, and decisiveness during highly dangerous, stressful and irregular operations involving threat to life, and environment and property. Work Environment: The Battalion Chief's duty hours are established at 72-hours per week at NAS 1. The incumbent is subject to emergency recall during off duty hours regardless of the time of day or inclement weather condition. This commitment to duty can greatly affect in incumbent's use of personnel time and off duty activities in order to provide the Naval Air Station with the appropriate level of life, environment and property protection management authority. The incident Commander can be exposed to hazardous emergency scene situations including aircraft, structural, and wildfire incidents. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/fire-protection-and-prevention-series-0081/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Additional Information Continued: ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Priority consideration will be given to military spouse preference and family member preference eligible residing in the commute area of the duty location for this position. Commute area is defined as the geographic area surrounding the duty location in which people can reasonably be expected to travel back and forth daily. Military Spouses and Family Members may apply 30 days before their anticipated arrival date. However, they will not receive preference until arrival at the foreign location. Additional documentation may be required prior to granting preference. Military spouses and family members who are appointed may not extend longer than 2 months following the transfer of the sponsor from the commuting area of the foreign duty station; 2 months beyond the separation of the appointee's sponsor; or any time beyond the time employee ceases to be a family member. Only Military Spouse Preference/PPP applicants currently occupying positions for which a comprehensive training plan has been developed and authorized are entitled to exercise their priority status for this announcement. The most common formal training positions are apprentices, formal interns, and scientist and engineering interns. Upward Mobility Positions that have equivalent training plans are also included when the positions have been pre-identified in an Affirmative Action or similar plan. You must provide documentation supporting you are in a formal training plan (e.g., SF50 and official signed training agreement between you and your command). Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.