Firefighter

About This Role

<p style="margin: 0.0in;text-align: justify;"><span style="color: inherit;">The City of Palm Bay is accepting applications for <strong>State of Florida Certified</strong> <strong>Firefighter/EMT or Firefighter/Paramedic&nbsp;</strong>to establish an eligibility list to be used in order to fill Firefighter vacancies. &nbsp;A complete application package includes the following:</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0.0in;text-align: justify;"><span style="color: inherit;">• <strong>City of Palm Bay online Employment Application <em>(required)&nbsp;</em></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in;text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: inherit;">• State of Florida Certificate of Compliance or Certification of Completion per Florida Statute 633.35 <em>(required) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</em></span></strong><span style="color: inherit;"><br><strong>• State of Florida Department of Health EMT or Paramedic License <em>(required) &nbsp;</em></strong><br><strong>• Current ACLS Certification for Paramedics, or a BLS Certification for EMTs, from a Florida Division of &nbsp;EMS approved provider <em>(required) &nbsp; &nbsp;</em></strong><br><strong

Requirements

<div style="text-align: justify;">Under general supervision, performs general emergency response work in firefighting, emergency medical services (EMS), search and rescue of victims, and hazardous material response. Work involves performing fire suppression, emergency medical services (EMS), search and rescue of victims, and/or hazardous material containment/mitigation work in response to alarms, operating associated equipment and apparatus; and training in the methods and techniques of emergency response operations and use of equipment and apparatus. Employee is also responsible for inspecting and maintaining equipment, and performing various maintenance and custodial duties at the assigned fire station. Employee is subject to the usual hazards of emergency response work. Duties are perfo