| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Fire Fighter |
- Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
- Equipment Selection: Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
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- Collaborate with police to respond to accidents, disasters, and arson investigation calls.
- Establish water supplies, connect hoses, and direct water onto fires.
- Orient self in relation to fire, using compass and map, and collect supplies and equipment dropped by parachute.
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| Fire Station Manager |
- Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Repairing: Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
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- Direct investigations of suspected arson in wildfires, working closely with other investigating agencies.
- Schedule employee work assignments and set work priorities.
- Inspect and test new and existing fire protection systems, fire detection systems, and fire safety equipment to ensure that they are operating properly.
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| Fire Investigator |
- Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Technology Design: Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
- Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
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- Conduct inspections and acceptance testing of newly installed fire protection systems.
- Present and explain fire code requirements and fire prevention information to architects, contractors, attorneys, engineers, developers, fire service personnel, and the general public.
- Conduct internal investigation to determine negligence and violation of laws and regulations by fire department employees.
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