Fire Dispatch Specialist: Critical Incident Communications

Emergency Telecommunicator Services; Bard Lake (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance coverage

Retirement programs

Paid leave

Employee-support services

Professional development

Job summary

Emergency Telecommunicator Services in Bard, CA is seeking a Fire Dispatcher to coordinate responses to fires, rescues, and hazardous conditions. You will receive incident information, alert resources, and maintain clear radio communications with responding crews.

The role requires organized information handling, attention to detail, and the ability to follow established response plans and directions from authorized personnel.

Qualifications

• Requires organized information handling and clear radio communication.
• Dispatchers must keep incident details current while following established response plans and directions from authorized personnel.

Responsibilities

• Receive and document reports of fires, rescues, alarms, and hazardous conditions
• Verify incident locations, access information, and reported risks
• Alert stations and dispatch apparatus using approved response assignments
• Monitor radio channels, unit availability, and incident status
• Relay information about occupants, hazards, and changing conditions
• Process requests for additional resources through established procedures
• Coordinate mutual-aid communications when assigned
• Record dispatch times, unit movements, and significant incident updates

Skills

Radio communication

Data entry

Organization

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Dispatch software

Maps

Computer systems

Job description

Emergency Telecommunicator Services in Bard, CA is seeking a Fire Dispatcher to coordinate responses to fires, rescues, and hazardous conditions. You will receive incident information, alert resources, and maintain clear radio communications with responding crews.

The role requires organized information handling, attention to detail, and the ability to follow established response plans and directions from authorized personnel.