Shire Jobs

All applicants must possess current State of Florida Firefighter/Paramedic certification and meet all qualifications outlined on 64J-1.008 and 1.009 Florida Administrative Code at time of application.

Job Duties:

• Answer calls for assistance
• Render medical care and transportation
• Operate an emergency vehicle, medical equipment and communication equipment
• Assist at sporting events or other mass gatherings
• Make sure emergency vehicles are clean, stocked and operating
• Keep station clean and orderly
• Request supplies
• Attend all mandatory in-services and meetings
• May be requested to provide talks and training to organizations that request it
• Search burning buildings to locate fire victims.
• Rescue victims from burning buildings, accident sites, and water hazards.
• Administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to injured persons.
• Dress with equipment such as fire-resistant clothing and breathing apparatus.
• Assess fires and situations and report conditions to superiors to receive instructions, using two-way radios.
• Move toward the source of a fire, using knowledge of types of fires, construction design, building materials, and physical layout of properties.
• Respond to fire alarms and other calls for assistance, such as automobile and industrial accidents.
• Create openings in buildings for ventilation or entrance, using axes, chisels, crowbars, electric saws, or core cutters.
• Drive and operate fire fighting vehicles and equipment.
• Inspect fire sites after flames have been extinguished to ensure that there is no further danger.
• Take action to contain hazardous chemicals that might catch fire, leak, or spill.
• Lay hose lines and connect them to water supplies.
• Position and climb ladders to gain access to upper levels of buildings, or to rescue individuals from burning structures.
• Select and attach hose nozzles, depending on fire type, and direct streams of water or chemicals onto fires.
• Complete run reports
• Additional duties maybe assigned by the E.M.S. Director or Shift Supervisor.

Full-time Firefighter/Paramedics will work (48 hours on/96hours off)

Employer does drug testing, background check, and motor vehicle records check.