Firefighter Recruit jobs in Akiak, AK

Under the direction of the Fire Captain, provide fire, rescue, and emergency medical care services. As an emergency medical technician or paramedic, examine, treat, care for, and transport sick and injured patients. Complete reports and maintain records. Prevent, combat, and extinguish fires. Provide rescue services. Perform apparatus and station maintenance duties. Complete professional training and study programs. Stand-by for emergency response. Perform other related duties as assigned or required.

Firefighter positions require:

• Operating both as a member of a team and independently at incidents of uncertain duration.
• Spending extensive time outside exposed to the elements.
• Tolerating extreme fluctuations in temperature while performing duties. Performing physically demanding work in hot (up to 400 F), humid (up to 100% humidity) atmospheres while wearing equipment that significantly impairs body-cooling mechanisms.
• Experiencing frequent transition from hot to cold and from humid to dry atmospheres.
• Working in wet, icy, or muddy areas.
• Performing a variety of tasks on slippery, hazardous surfaces such as on rooftops or from ladders.
• Working in areas where sustaining traumatic or thermal injuries is possible.
• Facing exposure to carcinogenic dusts such as asbestos, toxic substances such as hydrogen cyanide, acids, carbon monoxide, or organic solvents either through inhalation or skin contact.
• Facing exposure to infectious agents such as hepatitis B or HIV.
• Wearing personal protective equipment that weights approximately 60 pounds while performing firefighting tasks.
• Performing physically demanding work while wearing positive pressure breathing equipment with 1.5 inches of water column resistance to exhalation at a flow of 40 liters per minute.
• Performing complex tasks during life-threatening emergencies
• Working for long periods of time, requiring sustained physical activity and intense concentration.
• Facing life or death decisions during emergency conditions.
• Being exposed to grotesque sights and smells associated with major trauma and burn victims.
• Making rapid transitions from rest to near maximal exertion without warm-up periods.
• Operating in environments of high noise, poor visibility, limited mobility, at heights, and in enclosed or confined spaces.
• Using manual and power tools in the performance of duties.
• Relying on senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch to help determine the nature of the emergency, maintain personal safety, and make critical decisions in a confused, chaotic, and potential life-threatening environment throughout the duration of the operation.

• Preference may be given for applicants with previous firefighting experience.
• State of Alaska Emergency Medical Technician I Certification or National Registry Emergency Medical Technician Basic Certification (will accept Advanced certifications).

• State of Alaska Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic License or National Registry EMT-Paramedic Certification.

• Psychological assessment to determine job suitability. All information from these exams is the property of the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) and confidential. Copies of the exams will not be provided to the applicant by either the MOA or the medical provider. Participation in the examinations does not create a doctor-patient relationship with the examiner, as the exams are conducted solely to determine potential suitability for the aforementioned position and not to provide medical services or treatment to the applicant.

• Physical assessment to determine the ability to perform physical requirements of the job, meeting National Fire Protection Association 1582 requirements.

• Satisfactory passing a drug screen.

• Satisfactory completion of a criminal background investigation (AS 12.62.160 and AS 12.62.400). Accordingly, it will be necessary for the selected applicant to provide certain identification information and be fingerprinted. Fingerprint cards must be dated within 30 days from the date requested. The processing fee of $48.25 plus the cost of being fingerprinted (variable), is the responsibility of the selected applicant and must be accomplished before beginning work.

• Submission of a current copy of the applicant's State of Alaska driver's license and a current (dated within 30 days from date requested) copy of his/her Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) driving record, including a driving record from previous states if the Alaska driver's license was first issued within one year prior to application, documenting an acceptable driving history. The processing fee(s) are the responsibility of the selected applicant. For information on acceptable driving history, please refer to the MOA Driving Conviction Guidelines. 

• State of Alaska Firefighter I Certification within 120 days of hire
• State of Alaska Firefighter II Certification within 120 days of hire
• Physical Performance Assessment (PPA) within one (1) year of hire
• Anchorage Fire Department Journeyperson Firefighter Certification within 48 months.

The MOA is an EO and AA employer and complies with Title I of the ADA.

For information regarding requests for reasonable accommodations related to employment under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Municipality of Anchorage ADA Coordinator at (907) 343-2081