Deputy Fire Chief

City of Rogers Deputy Fire Chief-Operations Job Description Exempt: Yes Department: Fire Reports To: Fire Chief Location: Central Fire Station Date Prepared: March 17, 2015 Date Revised: March 12, 2024 Safety Sensitive: No GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION Under general direction of the Fire Chief, to plan, supervise, and coordinate the activities and personnel of a Fire Department Division or Bureau; to perform the role of Department Command/Duty Chief; to provide highly responsible and technical staff assistance; to provide leadership in accomplishing fire suppression, rescue, hazardous materials response, fire prevention, training, and safety goals of the Department; and to serve as Acting Fire Chief in the absence of the Fire Chief.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1.
Command fire department resources on all types of emergencies, including the most complex fires, rescues, and hazardous materials incidents.
This duty is performed about 5% of the time.
2.
Research and recommend Department policy.
This duty is performed about 20% of the time.
3.
Plan, organize, schedule, and conduct fire training.
This duty is performed about 10% of the time.
4.
Develop specifications and assist in the procurement of emergency apparatus and equipment.
This duty is performed about 10% of the time.
5.
Assist in site selection and design of Fire Department facilities.
This duty is performed about 10% of the time.
6.
Research and assist in design of Department dispatch, communications, and computer systems.
This duty is performed about 5% of the time.
7.
Supervise the maintenance of departmental administrative, inspection, training, and safety records.
This duty is performed about 15% of the time.
8.
Conduct drills and inspections.
This duty is performed about 5% of the time.
9.
Coordinate specialized skills such as hazardous materials, aircraft rescue firefighting, rescue, emergency medical services, and critical incident stress.
This duty is performed about 5% of the time.
10.
Serve as Fire Department Health and Safety Officer.
This duty is performed about 10% of the time.
11.
Supervise and evaluate assigned staff.
This duty is performed about 15% of the time.
12.
Coordinate Fire Department activities with other City, County, State, and Federal agencies.
This duty is performed about 5% of the time.
13.
Supervise Department personnel, procurement, budget, and accounting activities.
This duty is performed about 5% of the time.
14.
Coordinate the maintenance of Fire Department vehicles and facilities.
This duty is performed about 15% of the time.
15.
Perform related assignments as necessary.
This position may be subject to emergency recall during non-working hours.
This duty is performed about 5% of the time.
16.
Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Knowledge of a specialized field (however acquired), such as basic accounting, computer, etc.
Equivalent of four years in high school, plus night, trade extension, or correspondence school specialized training, equal to two years of college, plus 7 years related experience and/or training, and 7 years related management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS Ability to read, analyze, and understand general business/company related articles and professional journals; ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policy/procedure manuals; ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
ability to read, analyze, and understand common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents; ability to respond to complex or difficult inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Bachelors Degree, EMT-Basic or EMT-Paramedic Certification PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS NFA EFO SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED Intermediate: Other, Presentation/PowerPoint, Spreadsheet, Word Processing/Typing Basic: Alphanumeric Data Entry, Contact Management INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY SUPERVISION RECEIVED Under administrative direction, setting up own standard of performance.
Virtually self-supervising.
Reports to senior management of the organization.
PLANNING Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the organization and delegation of work operations for a group of employees engaged in widely diversified activities.
DECISION MAKING Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance which would have considerable effect on the final attainment of multiple major activities and the organization's projects of a large organization component and organization's clientele.
MENTAL DEMAND Intense mental demand.
Operations requiring sustained directed thinking to analyze, solve, or plan highly variable, administrative, professional, or technical tasks involving complex problems or mechanisms.
ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING Oversight.
Activities covered by expansive policies and objectives, and oversight as to execution and review.
High order of analytical, interpretative, and constructive thinking in varied situations covering multiple areas of the organization.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
Responsibilities may include but not limited to interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Supervises and manages multiple departments through 3 to 5 supervisors who supervise 50+ employees who are engaged in diversified activities.
Supervises the following departments: May be assigned to supervise other department functions.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT Regularly responsible for funds, building premises, inventory, or other property owned, controlled, or leased by the organization and, in addition, may have temporary custody and responsibility of patron property, which through carelessness, error, loss, theft, misappropriation, or similar action would result in very important monetary losses to the organization.
The total value for the above would range from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000.
ACCURACY Probable errors would normally not be detected in succeeding operations and may have serious effects in relationships with patrons and/or with the operations of other segments of the organization.
Frequent possibilities of error would exist at all times, since the above mentioned areas are inherent in the job.
ACCOUNTABILITY FREEDOM TO ACT Moderately directed.
Freedom to act is given by upper level management guided by general policies and objectives that are reviewed by top management.
ANNUAL MONETARY IMPACT The amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities.
Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower.
Small.
Job creates a monetary impact for the organization from $100,000 to $1mm.
IMPACT ON END RESULTS Major impact.
Job has a considerable impact on the organization's end results.
A high level of accountability to generate, manage, and/or control funds within a department and/or total organization.
PUBLIC CONTACT Regular contacts with patrons where the contacts are initiated by the employee.
Involves both furnishing and obtaining information and, also, attempting to influence the decisions of those persons contacted.
Contacts of considerable importance and of such nature, that failure to exercise proper judgment may result in important tangible or intangible losses to the organization.
EMPLOYEE CONTACT Contacts with other departments or offices and also frequently with individuals in middle level positions; consulting on problems which necessitate judgment and tact in presentation to obtain cooperation or approval of action to be taken.
Also, important contacts with associates as required in advanced supervisory jobs, plus frequent contact with senior level internal officials.
USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS Regular use of complex machines and equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software, road and production machines and equipment, driver's license/cdl, etc.
) WORKING CONDITIONS Normal working conditions as found within an office setting, wherein there is controlled temperature and a low noise level, plus a minimum of distractions.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outdoor weather conditions; and occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, wet or humid conditions, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
High diversity, low physical.
Work activities which allow for considerable amount of diversity as an incumbent performs a variety of tasks.
Such tasks might be performed from a given work area, or the individual may move about physically in performing a variety of duties.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; and occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Tools and Equipment Used: Various fire apparatus or command vehicles, fire pumps, personal protective equipment, hoses and other standard firefighting equipment, hazardous materials response, and rescue equipment, ladders, emergency medical equipment, radio, pager, personal computer, phone.
Work Environment: Work is performed primarily in an office, vehicles, and outdoor settings, in all weather conditions, including temperature extremes, and during day and night.
Work is often performed in emergency and stressful situations.
Individual is exposed to hearing alarms and hazards associated with fighting fires and rendering emergency medical assistance, including smoke, noxious odors, fumes, chemicals, liquid chemicals, solvents and oils, and combating hazardous materials emergencies.
The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and loud at an emergency scene.
Desired Qualifications: Knowledge of: Standards, principles, practices, and procedures of modern fire suppression, emergency medical services, rescue, and hazardous materials response and organization; operation and maintenance of fire and rescue apparatus; geography, demographics, building types, water supply, and special hazards in the City of Rogers; Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes pertaining to fire prevention, emergency services, and worker safety standards; methods and techniques of fire service training; operation and maintenance of fire and rescue apparatus and equipment; principles and practices of public administration including organization, fiscal affairs, and personnel management; and basic computer applications.
Ability to: Efficiently and effectively utilize personnel, equipment, and apparatus in routine and emergency situations; develop and implement training and fire safety and prevention programs; maintain and improve discipline and morale; receive respect and support of subordinates; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with other City staff, other agencies, the media, and the general public; be appointed a peace officer if required.
Job Details Category All Employment Job Postings Status Open Salary Starting at $106,110 DOE Posted March 12, 2024 Closing April 12, 2024 5:00 PM