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

  • First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers

  • Fire Battalion Chief
  • Fire Captain
  • Fire Chief
  • Fire Coordinator
  • Fire Department Battalion Chief
  • Fire Department Captain
  • Fire Lieutenant
  • Fire Management Officer
  • Fire Marshal
  • Fire Prevention Bureau Captain
  • Fire Prevention Captain
  • Fire Prevention Chief
  • Fire Prevention Officer
  • Fire Supervisor
  • Fire Suppression Captain
  • Fire Suppression Tech
  • Fire Suppression Technician
  • Firefighter
  • Deputy Fire Marshal
  • District Fire Management Officer
  • Forest Fire Management Officer
  • Forest Fire Specialist Supervisor
  • Lieutenant Firefighter
  • Municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisor
  • Section Forest Fire Warden
  • State Fire Marshal
  • Supervising Fire Marshal

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

  • Assess nature and extent of fire, condition of building, danger to adjacent buildings, and water supply status to determine crew or company requirements.
  • Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
  • Communicate fire details to superiors, subordinates, or interagency dispatch centers, using two-way radios.
  • 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 fire station procedures to ensure efficiency and enforcement of departmental regulations.
  • Evaluate size, location, and condition of fires.
  • Evaluate the performance of assigned firefighting personnel.
  • Inspect and test new and existing fire protection systems, fire detection systems, and fire safety equipment to ensure that they are operating properly.
  • Instruct and drill fire department personnel in assigned duties, including firefighting, medical care, hazardous materials response, fire prevention, and related subjects.
  • Maintain fire suppression equipment in good condition, checking equipment periodically to ensure that it is ready for use.
  • Maintain knowledge of fire laws and fire prevention techniques and tactics.
  • Monitor fire suppression expenditures to ensure that they are necessary and reasonable.
  • Participate in creating fire safety guidelines and evacuation schemes for nonresidential buildings.
  • 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.
  • Study and interpret fire safety codes to establish procedures for issuing permits to handle hazardous or flammable substances.
  • Supervise and participate in the inspection of properties to ensure that they are in compliance with applicable fire codes, ordinances, laws, regulations, and standards.

  • Assess characteristics of fires.
  • Develop fire safety or prevention programs or plans.
  • Direct fire fighting or prevention activities.
  • Inspect facilities to ensure compliance with fire regulations.
  • Locate fires or fire danger areas.
  • Maintain fire fighting tools or equipment.
  • Operate firefighting equipment.
  • Perform forest firefighting activities.