| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Fire Fighter |
- Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
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- Create openings in buildings for ventilation or entrance, using axes, chisels, crowbars, electric saws, or core cutters.
- Drive and operate fire fighting vehicles and equipment.
- Search burning buildings to locate fire victims.
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| Fire Investigator |
- Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
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- Dust evidence or portions of fire scenes for latent fingerprints.
- Conduct fire code compliance follow-ups to ensure that corrective actions have been taken in cases where violations were found.
- Present and explain fire code requirements and fire prevention information to architects, contractors, attorneys, engineers, developers, fire service personnel, and the general public.
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| Fire Station Manager |
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
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- Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
- Assess nature and extent of fire, condition of building, danger to adjacent buildings, and water supply status to determine crew or company requirements.
- Attend in-service training classes to remain current in knowledge of codes, laws, ordinances, and regulations.
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