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He would serve in positions ranging from entry-level firefighter to deputy fire chief. In 1991, he joined the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST). DPSST sets professional training and licensing standards for more than 41,000 public and private safety professionals in the state of Oregon.
NFPA 1001 (Standard for Firefighter Professional Qualifications) is a standard published by the National Fire Protection Association which identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for career and volunteer firefighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature.
The top firefighter position in the Air Force, "The Air Force Fire Chief," is the most senior fire chief position and runs the Department of the Air Force Fire & Emergency Services Branch (HAF/A4CXF) within the Readiness Division (HAF/A4CX), Director of Civil Engineers (HAF/A4C).
Essentials of Fire Fighting includes an appendix that lists the job performance requirements from the NFPA standards and cross-references those requirements to the chapters within the manual. These chapters include: Section A: Fire Fighter I 1. Introduction to the Fire Service and Firefighter Safety 2. Communications 3. Building Construction 4.
Depending on the requirements of a department, additional skills and certifications may also be acquired at this time. Firefighters work closely with other emergency response agencies such as the police and emergency medical service. A firefighter's role may overlap with both. Fire investigators or fire marshals investigate the cause of a fire.
Every firefighter can hold a high rank without having an official position. A firefighter can be promoted by years of service, training skills and qualifications. Official positions are partly elected or given by capabilities. These conditions allow that older ordinary firefighters have higher ranks than their leaders.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has several published standards for firefighter qualifications and training, including Standard for Fire Service Professional Qualifications Accreditation and Certification Systems, and Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications. [22] These standards apply to both volunteer and career firefighters.
An emergency medical technician (often, more simply, EMT) is a medical professional that provides emergency medical services. [1] [2] EMTs are most commonly found serving on ambulances and in fire departments in the US and Canada, as full-time and some part-time departments require their firefighters to at least be EMT certified.