Description
About the Position:
Firefighters and Firefighter/Paramedics respond to emergency and non-emergency calls, working with their assigned station crew to provide basic or advanced life support care to patients, and performing fire prevention, fire suppression, and emergency rescue operations. Upon graduation from the Fire Academy, the Grand Junction Fire Department has a 48/96 work schedule.
What We Offer:
We offer an excellent benefits package that supports quality work-life balance including health and dental insurance, Fire & Pension Association (FPPA) retirement, paid leave, a City employee health clinic, childcare facility, wellness program, and an Employee Assistance Program. In addition to paid training, we offer an opportunity to serve the community upon graduation from the Fire Academy, complete Mesa County EMS Protocols, and have successfully met all performance indicators to operate as a Firefighter or Firefighter/Paramedic. Of equal importance, we offer an opportunity to serve the community you love and live in. Our employees find their work rewarding and fulfilling, knowing that their day job makes a positive impact.
Academy Pay:
Upon Fire Academy Graduation:
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Duties
- Attend, participate, and successfully complete all skill blocks of the fire academy; learn and complete Mesa County Protocols; meet all job performance indicators to operate as a Firefighter or Firefighter/Paramedic.
- Perform various EMS and fire fighting activities to protect life, property, and environment.
- Respond to a variety of emergency and non-emergency calls including emergency medical response, fire suppression, traffic collisions, hazardous materials incidents, building collapses, wildland fires, technical rescue, and extraction.
- Operate a variety of fire suppression and life-saving equipment.
- Perform station and equipment inspections and maintenance.
Qualifications
What We're Looking For:
- Colorado EMT certificate OR National Registry EMT certificate on or before February 18, 2025.
- CPR certificate on or before February 18, 2025.
- Colorado EMT-P certificate OR a National Registry EMT-P certificate on or before February 18, 2025.
- PALS certificate OR PEPP certificate on or before February 18, 2025.
- ACLS certificate on or before February 18, 2025.
- CPR certificate on or before February 18, 2025.
- Must successfully complete a Candidate Level NFPA - 1582 Physical.
- Color perception resulting in the ability to use imaging devices.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Must be 18 years of age upon time of hire.
- Ability to pass a thorough background check.
- Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) certification good through January 6, 2025..
- If you do not possess a current CPAT certification and are selected for initial testing, CPAT Orientation/Practice sessions and Testing will be offered through the Grand Junction Fire Department.
It is important that you be completely honest and forthright about this history. While a critical admission may or may not disqualify an applicant from a job, the discovery of misleading or deceitful information provided by the applicant is an immediate cause for disqualification.
- Any felony investigation or conviction.
- Any conviction for a crime of violence, specifically assaults, domestic violence, etc.
- Any conviction for a "hate crime" such as ethnic intimidation.
- Perjury conviction.
- Any theft conviction regardless of value of item.
- Theft from current employer or a previous employer.
- Drug use (including marijuana) and/or current alcohol abuse.
- An alcohol or drug conviction including but not limited to DUI/DWAI, depending on recency
- Hit and run accident conviction.
- Being under or having been under driving restraint, cancelation, suspension or revocation of driving privileges in Colorado or any other state.
Supplemental Information
- Physical Ability Test: Click here to view the CPAT video
- Oral Board Interview
- Suitability/Psychological Evaluation
- Computerized Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA)
- Fingerprints/Background Investigation
- Executive Interview
- Pre-employment drug, medical, and psychological evaluation screening
Tentative CPAT Orientation, Practice, and Test Dates:
- Orientation 1: July, 1, 2024.
- Orientation 2: July 15, 2024.
- Practice/Test Session 1: July 29, 2024.
- Practice/Test Session 2: August 12, 2024.
- Testing Session: August 26, 2024
- July 29 - August 2, 2024.
- August 12 - August 16, 2024.
- August 26 - August 30, 2024.
- October 28 - November 8, 2024 (Executive Interviews for Finalists)
Tentative Fire Academy Start Date:
- February 18, 2025.
FIRE SERVICE JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT WELLNESS-FITNESS INITIATIVE - Grand Junction, Colorado
Additional Information:
At the City of Grand Junction, we proudly operate as an Equal Opportunity Employer, purposely building an inclusive workforce representative of various cultures, perspectives, and experiences. We believe in respect for all and do not discriminate based on hair, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.