About the Position: Serves as a Station Chief in charge of the daily tactical assignments (emergency or routine) of a shift of firefighters for Fort McCoy's Directorate of Emergency Services in Wisconsin.
This position is included under the provisions of
Special Retirement Coverage (SRC) and may have both a maximum entry age and a mandatory retirement date.
Click here for more information on SRC for Firefighters (Secondary)Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
- Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Performing duties as Initial Incident Commander on a fire alarm activation, hazmat smell of gas, sprinkler activation, conduct scene size-up, request additional resources if needed, investigate and identify reason for response. 2) Acting as lead firefighter on brush crew as first on scene to perform duties such as communicating with range control for scene safety, providing scene size up of wildland fire, requesting additional resources if needed, and/or extinguishing the fire 3) Driving and positioning apparatus on an emergency scene, 4) Conducting pump operations to provide water for structural, aircraft, and wildland firefighting operations. 5) Preparing reports for supervisory firefighter. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).
In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirement above, applicants must also possess Fire Officer II, Fire Instructor I, Fire Inspector I, HAZMAT Incident Commander, Airport Firefighter, Driver/Operator Pumper, Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting (ARFF), Aerial and Mobile Water Supply (MWS), certified through DoD Fire and Emergency Services Certification System, International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC), or the Fire Service Professional Qualifications System (PRO-Board) AND State or National Registry EMT and CPR certification in accordance with DoD 6055.06-M.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
- Emergency Response
- Fire Management
- Hazardous Materials
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-08).Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
