Upper Pine Fire Protection District
- Promotes teamwork with operations and EMS personnel
- Maintains position under duress; establish effective working relationships with employees, other
agencies, and the general public.
- Makes sound decisions and facilitate implementation in accordance with laws, rules, regulations,
departmental policies and procedures
- Utilizes computers and computer software for information retrieval, analysis and planning, records
management, status tracking, report and memo writing, time management, and priority setting
- Ability to work well under pressure of deadlines and constantly changing priorities; fortitude to
remain clear-headed and diplomatic in stressful situations
- Embrace a “culture of safety” and “Just Culture”
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE:
- Just Culture concepts and application of the principles in crew resource management
- Principles of NFPA Company Officer performance as outlined in NFPA 021 for Fire Officer I
- Knowledge of current trends in advanced life support EMS and LA Plata County EMS Protocols
- Knowledge of UPRFPD protocols /S.O.P’s /and Personnel Manual
- Operational and command sequencing characteristics to manage an initial attack on wildland fire,
structure fires, hazardous materials, technical rescue incidents and other emergent and non-
emergent incidents.
- Knowledge of firefighting, rescue techniques and strategies including driver’s safety techniques
- Principles of comprehensive report preparation and construction of electronic patient care and
emergency incident reports
- Knowledge of UPRFP district geography, street layout and surrounding areas
- Knowledge pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations
- Knowledge of UPRFPD apparatus, medical and firefighting equipment
- Principles of modern fire and life safety education
- Knowledge of Imagetrend Incident Reporting System.
- Instructional techniques for Fire and EMS skills to the NFPA Fire Instructor I standard
- Interpret basic cause and determination of fire incidents
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while
performing the essential functions of this job.
- Physical fitness and safety are conditions of employment. Personal responsibility for physical fitness
at the Arduous Fitness Level is a requirement.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly work inside and behind a desk as
well as work outside in various types of weather conditions, near moving mechanical parts and in
extreme heights, precarious places, and is exposed to intense heat and/or cold, wet and/or humid
conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and
vibration.
- The employee is required to be able to properly use and occasionally wear a department issued
breathing apparatus.
- Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing,
pulling, lifting, running, hand- finger grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing, smelling, and repetitive
motions
- Very Heavy Work: Exerting in excess of 50 pounds of force occasionally, 0 pounds frequently, and
0 pounds constantly to move objects.
- Must possess the ability to work in high to loud noise, low and extreme light, dusty, dirty, wet,
freezing, high heat, high vibration, and confined spaces, high and unstable environments.
- Fit to perform arduous work, above 00f to below 2f temperatures, altitudes above ,00’.
