“Meet the challenge,” shouts the Artesia Fire Deparment as it puts out the call for applicants! The department trains its recruits from the very beginning; there’s also great benefits including health insurance, vacation, and paid training for individuals looking to apply.
The critical role of a firefighter is to respond to emergency calls, including fire, accident, medical emergency, and/or rescue situations to protect life and property under general or limited supervision. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Complete a tour of duty, during an assigned shift performs a variety of fire suppression activities at the fire scene, including laying and connecting hose, operating a pumper and directing water streams, raising and climbing ladders, and utilizing a variety of equipment, including pike poles, smoke ejectors, and forcible entry tools.
- Administer first aid, at the Emergency Medical Technician level, at fires, accidents, and other emergency/rescue scenes.
- Perform a variety of cleaning, maintenance, testing and minor repair tasks necessary to keep the fire station and related equipment clean, stored properly, and fully functional.
- Responsible for performing all necessary testing related to OSHA, ISO, NFPA and other applicable standards.
- Answer phone and operates 2-way radios to facilitate effective and timely response to emergency calls.
- Employees may be called out in emergency and non-emergency situations. When contacted, the employee is expected to report to work unless there are special non-recurring circumstances. Outside employment or the operation of a business is not considered a special circumstance.
- Attend and participates in a variety of training activities to maintain and improve the level of fire suppression and emergency medical skills and general physical conditioning.
- Drive and operates fire and emergency response vehicles, equipment, and apparatus.
- Assist in shift and volunteer firefighter training programs.
- Other tasks and duties in related work not outlined as needed for department efficiency.
Feeling motivated? Give the department a call: (575) 746-5051
