Requirements

Emergency response calls can come in at any time of the day or night and must be responded to immediately. Sleep and personal activities may be frequently interrupted. Firefighters and EMS personnel must be experts at getting themselves quickly and safely to the Fire Station. They must don the appropriate gear/equipment and secure themselves into emergency vehicles quickly. Emergency calls can cover a wide variety of disciplines such as brush fires, structure fires, automobile accidents, life-threatening medical emergencies, non-life-threatening medical calls, and false alarms. All must be responded to with speed and professionalism. Firefighters and EMS members must all have a basic idea of command structure and methodology. Any individual member may find themselves as the senior member and therefore in charge in the absence of a company officer of the Department. Standard Operating Guidelines are adopted and each member must be familiar with them to be able to efficiently do their job. Once on an emergency scene, Firefighters and EMS members are responsible for gathering information from witnesses and other sources. The firefighters/EMS members must think quickly and obtain the appropriate information to mitigate each unique situation. After emergency calls, firefighters/EMS members must clean/resupply equipment to ensure it is in a ready state for the next call. Firefighter/EMS members are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Members may have personal activities interrupted by emergency calls.