Firefighter

CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Firefighter

DEPART­MENT: Fire Department

SUPER­VI­SOR: Fire Lieutenant

EFFEC­TIVE DATE: Octo­ber 1, 2025 

PAY LEV­EL: 105 ($44,628.06 — $80,330.50)

PAY CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Non-Exempt

DEF­I­N­I­TION: Entry lev­el posi­tion respon­si­ble for air­port fire­fight­ing duties with empha­sis on air­craft res­cue and fire­fight­ing. Per­forms relat­ed duties as required. 

EXAM­PLES OF DUTIES: Responds to all alerts, emer­gen­cies and inci­dents pro­vid­ing fire­fight­ing and res­cue ser­vices as direct­ed. Per­forms gen­er­al fire sta­tion house­hold duties includ­ing hose and appa­ra­tus clean­ing, dry­ing, and minor main­te­nance and repair work. Par­tic­i­pates in inspec­tion of air­port facil­i­ties for the pur­pose of fire and acci­dent pre­ven­tion. Par­tic­i­pates in train­ing pro­grams and exer­cis­es to main­tain pro­fi­cien­cy in air­craft fire­fight­ing and res­cue functions. 

QUAL­I­FI­CA­TIONS: Must be cer­ti­fied as a fire­fight­er by the State of Flori­da and main­tain such cer­ti­fi­ca­tion cur­rent at all times. Employ­ee must by phys­i­cal­ly fit and be cer­ti­fied as drug free. Knowl­edge of the prin­ci­ples, pro­ce­dures and equip­ment used in mod­ern fire­fight­ing and pre­ven­tion. Must pos­sess a valid Flori­da driver’s license.

MIS­CEL­LA­NEOUS REQUIRE­MENTS: Must pass pre-employ­ment drug test­ing as well as peri­od­ic test­ing in accor­dance with air­port pol­i­cy; must pass a 10-year, fin­ger­print-based, crim­i­nal his­to­ry records check as required by the Trans­porta­tion Secu­ri­ty Administration.

PHYS­I­CAL DEMANDS: The phys­i­cal demands described here are rep­re­sen­ta­tive of those that must be met by the team mem­ber to suc­cess­ful­ly per­form the essen­tial func­tions of this job. 

Work­ing Con­di­tions: Work requires mod­er­ate to extreme expo­sure to one of more dis­agree­able con­di­tions (i.e., inclement weath­er, night and day shifts, emer­gency and stress­ful envi­ron­ment, exces­sive noise, extreme tem­per­a­tures, wet or humid conditions).

Risk/​Safety Con­di­tions: This posi­tion requires mod­er­ate expo­sure of risk to phys­i­cal health and/​or phys­i­cal safe­ty (e.g., expo­sure to envi­ron­men­tal­ly haz­ardous mate­r­i­al, heavy equip­ment, expo­sure to: smoke, nox­ious odors, dust, fumes, chem­i­cals, liq­uid chem­i­cals, sol­vents, oils, fumes or air­borne par­ti­cles). This posi­tion often requires the use of Per­son­al Pro­tec­tive Equip­ment (PPE) and may include com­plet­ing and suc­cess­ful­ly pass­ing med­ical eval­u­a­tions or clearances.

Essen­tial Phys­i­cal Activ­i­ties: Bending/​stooping, sit­ting, stand­ing, crouch­ing, walk­ing, pulling, lift­ing, grasp­ing, hear­ing, see­ing up close, see­ing far away, kneel­ing, reach­ing, pushing/​pulling, talk­ing, climb­ing, fin­ger move­ment of firm grasp­ing and fine manip­u­la­tion, repet­i­tive motions, depth per­cep­tion, bal­anc­ing, squat­ting, work­ing at heights. This posi­tion may require lift­ing up to, car­ry­ing up to, or mov­ing up to 125+ lbs. 

DIS­CLAIMER:

The exam­ples above are illus­tra­tive and not intend­ed to describe every func­tion which may be per­formed by this job class. The omis­sion of spe­cif­ic duties does not pre­clude man­age­ment from assign­ing spe­cif­ic duties not list­ed, if such duties are a log­i­cal assign­ment to the position.