Firefighter (paramedic)

U.S. Marine Corps; Bridgeport (CA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Marine Corps in Bridgeport, CA seeks a Firefighter Paramedic at the GS-08 grade level, requiring at least one year of specialized experience in both firefighting and emergency medical services.

Candidates must demonstrate firefighter and paramedic qualifications, including CPR and ALS. The role covers structural and wildland firefighting, EMS response and treatment, rescue operations, hazardous materials response, and transporting patients to emergency care.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience must show firefighters ability and paramedic duties, including CPR and ALS.
• Experience can be paid or unpaid (volunteer) and can come from federal, private, or public sectors.

Responsibilities

• Provide firefighting and medical response as a firefighter-paramedic.
• Perform structural and wildland firefighting, EMS response, and treatment.
• Engage in rescue operations and hazardous materials response, transporting patients to care facilities.

Skills

Firefighter

Paramedic

CPR

ALS

Airway management

Emergency childbirth

Rescue operations

Hazardous materials response

EMS transport

Job description

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-08 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: serving as a Firefighter AND Paramedic performing and providing structural and wild land firefighting, emergency medical response and treatment (e.g., Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); advanced life support (ALS); airway management, emergency childbirth), rescue operations (e.g., high and low angle rescue, trench confined space rescue, auto extrication), hazardous materials response and transporting emergency personnel and patients safely to emergency room.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/fire-protection-and-prevention-series-0081/

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.