Fire Protection Chief — Lead Crisis Response & Strategy

Air Mobility Command; Gypsum Township (KS); On-site; USD 106,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Mobility Command in the United States seeks a Fire Protection Flight leader to oversee planning, organizing, and directing the Fire Protection Flight activities. You will set goals aligned with Civil Engineering objectives, develop policies, and supervise staff to ensure mission readiness and regulatory compliance.

You will manage emergencies at crashes or incidents, determine needs and budgets for equipment and training, and build strong relationships with local and federal fire departments

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the Fire Protection Flight. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization and Civil Engineering objectives.
• Establishes, revises, or reviews policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the flight, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment, promote team building, implement quality improvements, or in response to concerns with regulatory compliance and/or customer requirements.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Directs, coordinates, and oversees work through subordinate supervisors.
• Advises staff regarding policies, procedures, and directives of higher-level management or headquarters. Represents the Fire Protection Flight with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
• Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with personnel, manpower, other staff officials, and municipal and other federal fire departments.
• Assumes full charge at crashes, fire, or emergency situations, directing activities and personnel, transmitting instructions to Assistant Chiefs on the scene or other personnel as to the procedures to be followed.
• Determines need, budgets for, and recommends acquisition of additional and/or different fire protection, firefighting, and specialized rescue equipment, contract services, formal training, etc.

Job description

Air Mobility Command in the United States seeks a Fire Protection Flight leader to oversee planning, organizing, and directing the Fire Protection Flight activities. You will set goals aligned with Civil Engineering objectives, develop policies, and supervise staff to ensure mission readiness and regulatory compliance.

You will manage emergencies at crashes or incidents, determine needs and budgets for equipment and training, and build strong relationships with local and federal fire departments