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Fire Chief
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at the Tomah VA Medical Center, Tomah, Wisconsin. The Fire Chief performs a variety of administrative and supervisory tasks and functions to operate and maintain a fully trained and responsive fire department on the medical center grounds. The fire department is responsible for firefighting activities, emergency and first responder missions, hazardous materials response, decontamination, etc.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties: Conducts initial and refresher training classes in fire fighting, medical self help, safety and evacuation carries.
- →Ensures all fire fighters are trained in the skills of driving, equipment operation and various fire fighting positions like hoseman, nozzleman, etc.
- →Directs on the job training for employees, broadens employee training, and provides backup skills by cross training.
- →Ensures all fire fighters are trained and qualified for current positions held and progressively trained for promotion to the next level of responsibility.
- →Assigns work to subordinates and formulates, prepares, and implements SOG's for fire department operations.
- →Determines shift requirements, prepares schedules, and assigns duties and equipment to cover pre scheduled duty hours, standby duty within the established tour and during hazardous operations.
- →Explains work requirements, methods and procedures as needed, giving special instruction on difficult or different operations.
- →Answers technical questions about the work.
- →Plans, organizes, directs, trains, and supervises the Fire Department personnel, all fire protection service, and as required, performs firefighting and first responder tasks.
- →Assists in managing the hazardous materials spill response and ensures department hazardous materials response readiness.
- →Manages the installation ambulance service and managing the implementation and training requirements for Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program for the installation.
- →Protect residents on the campus whose physical or mental condition limits their ability to protect themselves in the event of a fire or emergency.
- →Initiates personnel action requests relating to human resource issues such as anticipated vacancies, increases in workload, promotions, reassignments, or other status changes to assigned personnel.
- →Resolves complaints of employees through contacting higher levels of supervision, the service, or other organizations.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 69d45c48-a38e-4c05-af2e-30fe535e4cc7
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