How do they match: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers

  • First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers

  • Firefighter
  • Lieutenant Firefighter

  • Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in firefighting and fire prevention and control.

  • Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
  • Direct firefighters in station maintenance duties, and participate in these duties.
  • Direct the training of firefighters, assigning of instructors to training classes, and providing of supervisors with reports on training progress and status.
  • Drive crew carriers to transport firefighters to fire sites.
  • Evaluate the performance of assigned firefighting personnel.
  • Instruct and drill fire department personnel in assigned duties, including firefighting, medical care, hazardous materials response, fire prevention, and related subjects.
  • Perform maintenance and minor repairs on firefighting equipment, including vehicles, and write and submit proposals to modify, replace, and repair equipment.
  • Recruit or hire firefighting personnel.
  • Serve as a working leader of an engine, hand, helicopter, or prescribed fire crew of three or more firefighters.

  • Operate firefighting equipment.
  • Perform forest firefighting activities.