Paid-on-Call Firefighter

Ashwaubenon, Village Of (WI); Ashwaubenon (WI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Ashwaubenon Village Fire Department in Wisconsin seeks individuals for a Paid-on-Call firefighting role. The position involves protecting life and property through firefighting, emergency aid, hazardous materials response, and fire prevention duties.

The role emphasizes training, public safety education, equipment maintenance, and community programs, under supervision of a Public Safety Supervisor or Company Officer.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalence.
• No specific work experience required.
• Must be eighteen (18) years or older at time of joining the Paid-on-Call Program.
• Must possess or obtain a valid State driver’s license by joining.
• No felony convictions or disqualifying criminal history.
• U.S. citizen.
• Must read and write English.
• Must meet departmental physical standards.

Responsibilities

• Performs firefighting activities including driving fire apparatus, operating pumps, laying hose, and extinguishment tasks.
• Performs emergency aid activities including administering first aid and providing assistance.
• Participates in firefighting training, drills, and related subjects.
• Receives and relays fire calls and alarms.
• Operates radio and communication equipment.
• Maintains fire equipment, apparatus and facilities.
• Performs general maintenance of fire facilities and equipment; cares for station grounds.
• Presents safety programs to the community on safety, medical and fire prevention topics.
• Performs salvage operations and assists in training new employees.

Skills

Driver safety

First aid

Firefighting

Emergency aid

Communication

Written English

Teamwork

Physical endurance

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

Protects life and property by performing firefighting, emergency aid, hazardous materials, and fire prevention duties. Maintains fire equipment, apparatus, and facilities. Works under the close supervision of a Public Safety Supervisor or Company Officer.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following is illustrative of the essential duties of the position and does not include other nonessential or peripheral duties that may be required.

• Performs firefighting activities including driving fire apparatus, operating pumps and related equipment, laying hose, and performing fire combat, containment, and extinguishment tasks.
• Performs emergency aid activities including administering first aid and providing other assistance as required.
• Participates in fire drills, attends classes in firefighting, emergency medical, hazardous materials, and related subjects.
• Receives and relays fire calls and alarms.
• Operates radio and other communication equipment.
• Maintains fire equipment, apparatus and facilities.
• Performs general maintenance work in the upkeep of fire facilities and equipment, cares for grounds around station, makes minor repairs, washes, hangs, and dries hose; washes, cleans, polishes, maintains, and tests apparatus and equipment.
• Presents programs to the community on safety, medical, and fire prevention topics.
• Performs salvage operations such as throwing salvage covers, sweeping water, and removing debris.
• Assists in training new employees as assigned.
• Presents public information classes or programs.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Working knowledge of driver safety, working knowledge of first aid.
• Ability to successfully learn the operation of the listed tools and equipment.
• Ability to learn to apply standard firefighting, emergency aid, hazardous materials, and fire prevention techniques.
• Ability to perform strenuous or peak physical effort during emergency, training or station maintenance activities for prolonged periods of time under conditions of extreme heights, intense heat, cold, or smoke.
• Ability to act effectively in emergency and stressful situations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with employees, other agencies, and the general public.
• Ability to meet the special requirements listed below.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• No specific work experience level required.
• Must be eighteen (18) years or older at the time of joining the Paid-on-Call Program
• Must possess or be able to obtain by time of joining, the Paid-on-Call Program, a valid State driver's license.
• No felony convictions or disqualifying criminal history.
• U.S. citizen.
• Must be able to read and write the English language.
• Must be of good moral character and of temperate and industrious habits; and
• Must be able to meet departmental physical standards.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, clime or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear, and taste or smell.
• The employee must frequently lift heavy items and occasionally lift more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, except during certain firefighting or EMT activities when noise levels may be loud

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT USED

• Emergency medical aid unit, fire apparatus, fire pumps, hoses, and other standard firefighting equipment, ladders, first aid equipment, radio, pager, personal computer, and phone.

SELECTION GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA

• Entry level: Formal application, physical agility test, oral examination, medical examination, background verification and check, final selection.

The first review of application materials will be November 12, 2026. The position will be open until filled.