Fire Lieutenant

Looking for a rewarding career as a Fire Lieutenant? Consider a career in fire service with the East Bay  Regional Park District Fire Department, specializing in wildland firefighting and hands-on fuels reduction. The Fire Department is a branch of the Public Safety Division and provides all typical emergency services, including fire suppression, hazardous materials responses, search and rescue, auto extrication, emergency medical services, prescribed burns for fire hazard reduction and resource management. The department has 14 wildland fire engines to provide service for 73 parks and responds to approximately 1,200 calls per year. The Fire Department works closely with our neighboring agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa counties and provides emergency response when called upon by CAL FIRE and the Office of Emergency Services.

Vacancy Situation: The Park District currently has two (2) Fire Lieutenant vacancies located at Fire

Station #1 (Orinda, CA). The hiring pools established as a result of this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancies and additional vacancies that may occur during the one year life of the hiring pools.

What You'll Be Doing: Under general direction, You will supervise staff and oversee the activities of a fire station, ensuring the efficient operations of the firefighting company. You will supervise, direct, and participate in fire suppression, emergency medical response, technical rescue, hazardous material incidents, mutual aid calls, fire prevention, and fuels reduction; and perform related duties as assigned.

We Are Looking for Someone Who Is:

• Passionate about fuels management, prescribed fires and and protection of the wildland urban interface;

• Experienced in all operational functions of a fire service department;

• An organized individual who takes initiative;

• An excellent communicator and leader.

A Few Reasons Why You May Love This Job:

• Meaningful and valued work connected to our organizational mission;

• Daily challenges as part of an excellent team;

• Great benefits including medical, dental, tuition reimbursement and a retirement pension through the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS).

Our Values:

• Respect: We honor each other, the park users we serve, and the land we steward.

• Resilience: We creatively adapt to change. We address challenges with empathy, perspective,

and determination.

• Relationships: Our greatest strength lies in the trust, accountability, and teamwork we cultivate

with our colleagues, partners, and the public we serve.

• Responsiveness: We communicate openly, honestly and reliably.

• Transparency: We hold the public's trust through meaningful stakeholder engagement and

unfettered access to timely and reliable information on decisions and performance.

• Performs and supervises firefighting work, including directing the activities of a firefighting

company;

• Plans, organizes and directs the activities of station personnel, ensuring operational readiness;

• Supervises, trains and evaluates station personnel;

• Maintains and enforces departmental policies and procedures and standard operating guidelines;

• Assumes incident command in the absence of a Chief Officer or Fire Captain;

• Identifies training needs of station personnel;

• Provides or coordinates recurring training programs for the Fire Department and Park District

employees;

• Conducts basic preliminary fire investigations and prepares related reports;

• Participates in life safety inspection activities of park and facilities for fire hazards, public

education and special service requests as assigned;

• Leads, directs and participates in crew performance of fire hazard reduction work including

removal of wildland fuels, construction of fuel breaks, and prescribed burning;

• Plans and schedules projects according to fuel reduction needs;

• Coordinates project work with park supervisors and staff;

• Prepares, reviews reports and maintains appropriate records;

• Represents the Fire Department at various meetings with other departments and outside

agencies;

• Reviews and comments on property acquisition evaluations;

• Performs related duties as assigned.