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FIREFIGHTER (Title 5)
Air National Guard Units · Posted 2 days ago
On-siteOklahoma City, OK$45K – $59KApply by Jun 8, 2026Fire Protection and PreventionESTPISTPOperations
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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a FIREFIGHTER (Title 5), Position Description Number T5527000 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operations Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard.
What You'll Do
- →This position is located at an Army National Guard (ARNG) or an Air National Guard (ANG) location.
- →The primary purpose of this position is to provide fire-fighting support and/or crash rescue to the facility where located.
- →As required serves as the Crew Chief with the responsibility for organizing, training, and directing actual firefighting activities for those members designated to serve as auxiliary members of firefighting and/or crash rescue crews.
- →Drives and operates firefighting vehicles, such as pumpers, aerial ladder trucks, or Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicles.
- →Drives to the scene of the fire following a predetermined route or selecting an alternate when necessary and positions vehicle considering factors, such as wind direction, sources of water, hazards from falling structures, location of armament on aircraft, etc.
- →Operates equipment such as: pumps, foam generators, boom and ground sweep nozzles, and other similar equipment.
- →Determines proper pressures, the number of lines, and relays requirements to the booster pumper.
- →When operating a crash truck, maneuvers vehicle to keep the fire in optimum range while ensuring that backflash will not occur.
- →Maintains constant awareness of levels in self-contained breathing apparatus and warns other firefighters when tanks are close to empty.
- →Assists in training other firefighters on driving vehicles and operating equipment.
- →Operates portable and stationary firefighting apparatus.
- →Performs maintenance tasks on apparatus, equipment, and facilities.
- →Operates alarm equipment, including radio and fire reporting facilities.
- →Responds to alarms and fires which may involve crashed and burning aircraft, equipment, structure and facility fires, fuel, chemical, or brush fires Uses chemicals, axes, bars, hooks, saws, gas masks and other firefighting equipment to extinguish fires.
Requirements
- ✓Employee is required to be certified by the DoD Firefighter Certification System as: Airport Firefighter (includes Firefighter I, II) Hazmat Operations (includes Hazmat Awareness) Apparatus Driver Operator- Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Apparatus Driver Operator- Mobile Water Supply (MWS).
- ✓You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims.
- ✓To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 21ef6cc1-8570-4a91-a135-49208df846c1
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