Employment
Wintergreen Fire & Rescue is now accepting resume's for the position of Firefighter/Medic on A-C shift. If you are interested please submit your resume to Chief Sheets. This position will be posted until filled. If you would like more information, please contact us. We are an equal opportunity employer.
Firefighter/Medic Job Description
Essential Duties:
- Respond to Fire and Rescue calls.
- Drive and operates sophisticated equipment in keeping with acceptable laws and protocols.
- Perform appropriate medical procedures.
- Possess general knowledge of technical fire fighting and principles of hydraulics as applied to fire suppression.
- Inspect and maintain equipment and inventory.
- Possess general knowledge of elementary physics, chemistry and mechanics.
- Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates.
- Ability to deal courteously and effectively with the public.
- Complete appropriate fire and medical reports accurately and in a timely manner.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Must have requisite experience and training with demonstrated ability to learn and improve skills related to EMS and Firefighting.
Education and Experience:
- Firefighter II as licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Must be licensed as an EMT-Intermediate by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Valid Virginia Drivers License and EVOC Class 3 certificate.
Physical Demands: (Also see below, Wintergreen PAT Description)
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Wintergreen PAT description
The Wintergreen PAT has been modeled as closely as possible after the “National Standard” for our industry. What makes Wintergreen unique is that our small staff size doesn’t allow us to move staff to less physically demanding roles as they grow older. Staff at Wintergreen start as firefighters, and end as firefighters, no matter their age or rank. To that end, rather than testing employees only at their time of hire, Wintergreen will continue to test every 6 months. Continued employment is conditional upon successful completion of this test. (2012)
- In addition to the “ladder climb station”, which is not timed, there are eight timed stations. The ladder climb station is simply to verify that employees are not afraid of heights and requires the employee to climb to the 80’ mark on the ladder boom. The climb and decent must be in one continuous motion.
There will be an 80’ walk between each station.
ALL STATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES
Obstacle One: Wearing a 75lb weighted vest, start at the bottom of the tubing park conveyor and walk to the top. (Approximately 1,000 with up to 15% grades)
Obstacle Two: Wearing a 50lb weighted vest, lift two 30lb weights and carry them on an uphill grade for 100 feet.
Obstacle Three: Wearing a 50lb weighted vest, drag 150’ of 1 ¾” hose uphill for 80’ until you reach two road cones. Once past the cones, drop to one knee and using a hand-over-hand motion continue to drag the hose uphill until the first coupling has crossed beyond the cones.
Obstacle Four: Wearing a 50lb weighted vest, use a 10lb sledge hammer to strike a wooden object 10 times. The hammer must be raised above your head for the strike to be counted.
Obstacle Five: Wearing a 50lb weighted vest, lift a 24’ “Fire Grade” aluminum extension ladder. (Approximately 60lbs). Appropriately shoulder and carry the ladder for 80’, maintaining control at all times. Heel the ladder against a structure and using a hand-over-hand continuous motion, completely raise and then lower the fly section of the ladder.
Obstacle Six: Wearing a 50lb vest, use a six foot pike-pole to raise a 60lb weight approximately 2 feet. The weight will be suspended approximately 8’ above the ground. The weight must be raised five times. Next, using the same pike-pole, hook a 60lb weight which will again be approximately 8’ off the ground and pull it down (60lb resistance via pulley). Pull the weight down two feet. Pull the weight down three times. REPEAT THREE SETS. Do not drop the pole.
Obstacle Seven: Wearing a 50lb weighted vest, drag a 165lb “Rescue Randy” uphill for 40’ and around a road cone, and then downhill for 40’. Return the Randy to the original starting position. You may stop to adjust your grip as often as you need.
Obstacle Eight: Wearing a 50lb weighted vest, crawl on your hands and knees around various obstacles for 80’. Your time will stop when you touch the road cone at the end of the crawl. At no point can you rest or rise up during this station.
- Your blood pressure and pulse will be taken before and after the test. Those with too great of a variance between vital sets, may be asked to repeat the test at a later date.
- There will be an evaluator walking next to you from the time you finish the initial station, until you complete the test. This person is there to answer any questions or to help you reposition your weight vest.
