Orange County, VA Multiple Openings

[throcktharock]

Position Announcement
Full Time Fire Fighter Medic
Orange County Fire and EMS Department is accepting applications for Full-time Fire Fighter Emergency Medical Technician.
Duties include but are not limited to:
 Responds to life safety emergencies including fire, HazMat and EMS.
 Follows lead and direction of Paramedic and participates in patient care activities.
 Examines patients, provides care and reports findings to Staff at receiving facility.
 Operates various types of emergency response vehicles.
 Inspects apparatus daily; performs maintenance on specialized apparatus and equipment for firefighting, and basic and advanced life support.
 Performs community service including but not limited to fire safety and prevention seminars.
 Attends training session for both Fire and EMS, as required.
 Maintains relationship with staff, volunteers, law enforcement, hospital staff and citizens.
 Transports patients to medical facilities.
 Performs full range of fire suppression duties; assists in performing high angle, trench, confined space and water rescues; assists in performing rescues from hazardous situations.
 Cleans and maintains station, apparatus and equipment daily.
 Performs related tasks as required.
General Requirements
Thorough knowledge of firefighting techniques and procedures as applied to fire suppression; thorough knowledge of emergency medical techniques and procedures; general knowledge of the street system and physical layout of the County; general knowledge of hazardous materials and accident extrication principles and techniques; thorough knowledge of both advance life support and basic life support principles and techniques; ability to learn technical firefighting principles and techniques and principles of hydraulics as applied to fire suppression; ability to work at heights and in confined spaces; ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions; ability to compile written and electronic reports;possession of physical endurance and agility; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, volunteers and the general public.
MAILING ADDRESS:
PO BOX 111
ORANGE, VA 22960
PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
112 WEST MAIN STREET
ORANGE, VA 22960
JULIE G. SUMMS
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
PHONE: (540) 672-3313
FAX: (540) 672-1679
jsumms@orangecountyva.gov
Required Certifications (FF/ Medic)
Current VA EMT-I or P certification, CPR, EVOC III, Firefighter I, Firefighter II preferred
Haz-Mat Awareness or Operations, Haz-Mat Operations preferred. Current PALS and
ACLS certification. Possession of an appropriate driver's license valid in the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Vehicle extrication preferred.
Salary: $45,639 - $59,331 (28 day pay cycle)
Application packets may be obtained in the County Administration Office located at 112
West Main Street, Orange, VA 22960; or by calling (540) 672-3313. County
applications may also be downloaded from the County website: orangecountyva.gov.
The position is open until filled. EEO
Copies of all required certifications and a certified copy of the applicants driving
record must be submitted with the application. Applications received without
required copies will not be considered.

 

[throcktharock]

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Position Announcement
Fire Fighter/ EMT
Orange County Fire and EMS Department is accepting applications for a Full-time Fire Fighter Emergency Medical Technician.
Duties include but are not limited to:
 Responds to life safety emergencies including fire, HazMat and EMS.
 Follows lead and direction of Paramedic/Intermediate and participates in patient care activities.
 Examines patients, provides care and reports findings to Staff of the receiving facility.
 Operates various types of emergency response vehicles.
 Inspects apparatus daily; performs maintenance on specialized apparatus and equipment for firefighting, and basic and advanced life support.
 Performs community service including but not limited to fire safety and prevention seminars.
 Attends training session for both Fire and EMS, as required.
 Maintains relationship with staff, volunteers, law enforcement, hospital staff and citizens.
 Transports patients to medical facilities.
 Performs full range of fire suppression duties; assists in performing high angle, trench, confined space and water rescues; assists in performing rescues from hazardous situations.
 Cleans and maintains station, apparatus and equipment daily.
 Performs related tasks as required.
MAILING ADDRESS:
PO BOX 111
ORANGE, VA 22960
PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
112 WEST MAIN STREET
ORANGE, VA 22960
R. LINDSAY GORDON III BUILDING
112 WEST MAIN STREET
P O BOX 111
ORANGE, VIRGINIA 22960
JULIE G. SUMMS
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
jsumms@orangecountyva.gov
PHONE: (540) 672-3313
FAX: (540) 672-1679
Requirements
Thorough knowledge of firefighting techniques and procedures as applied to fire suppression; thorough knowledge of emergency medical techniques and procedures; general knowledge of the street system and physical layout of the County; general knowledge of hazardous materials and accident extrication principles and techniques; general knowledge of basic life support principles and techniques; ability to learn technical firefighting principles and techniques and principles of hydraulics as applied to fire suppression; ability to work at heights and in confined spaces; ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions; possession of physical endurance and agility; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, volunteers and the general public.
Special Requirements
EMT-B certification,Vehicle Extrication certification, CPR, EVOC III, DFP Firefighter I, Firefighter II preferred and Haz-Mat Awareness or Operations, Haz-Mat Operations preferred. Possession of an appropriate driver's license valid in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Starting Salary: $41,334 - $ 53,734 (48 hour work week)
Application packets may be picked up in the County Administration Office located at 112 West Main Street, Orange, VA 22960; or by calling (540) 672-3313. County applications may also be downloaded from the County website: orangecountyva.gov. The position is open until filled. EEO
Copies of all required certifications and a certified copy of the applicants driving record must be submitted with the application. Applications received without required copies will not be considered.

 

[abckidsmom]

Except for my family situation, I would work and be happy in this system. This is a pretty high-quality EMS system, with high-level QA, fairly progressive protocols, and long transport times (which everybody knows is where the fun is).

 

[throcktharock]

Some other information (not included in job posting)

The ALS spots that are currently open are 24 hour shifts, working the Fairfax schedule. The BLS spot is a 48 hour per week position, and the schedule is yet to be decided. You might work 4 12's, you may work something else. I don't know. There is some opportunity to move onto a 24 hour shift from a 48 hour workweek, but you have a better chance of that if you are about to be or planning to be an ALS provider.

We do not have a rookie school, more like an orientation. You need to have all of your training prior to applying. If you aren't sure if your fire stuff transfers over, call them and ask. I have no idea.

Most of what we do is EMS, but we are all cross-trained and carry our fire gear on the ambulance. There are also opportunities to become engine drivers and be assigned to a station with a more fire-oriented approach to things, but remember, this is a rural county and EMS is still the main function, with some fire thrown in here and there.

We are a small system, staffing 4 ambulances at a minimum a day to cover a 343 square mile area with a population of around 34,000. Transport times range from 20 minutes to 45-50 minutes, and rarely up to an hour or more. I feel like we see plenty of sick people, and our call volume is approx. 5500-6000 calls a year.

The equipment is better than most. We have lots of toys, such as Autopulses, Ventilators, new LP15's with CO monitoring, etc, and the ambulances are also decent. I really don't know much more to say about that.

I feel like where we shine is our protocols, which are exclusive to Orange County. While we are minimally associated with the regional EMS councils, we write our own guidelines. A few highlights are: Using the Canadian C-Spine Rules to clear C-spine in the field; OG tubes/NG tubes; A very aggressive pain-management/sedation guideline where we have the freedom to treat anything we really want; RSI with no age criteria; Induced hypothermia; and we just began prehospital lactate testing.

We have a 100% QA/QI program, which means every call we go on gets looked at somewhere. They are all evaluated using a guideline that makes sure all billing requirements are met, and appropriate care was given. We stress that our protocols are "guidelines" and alot of treatment is based on clinical judgement.

It's alot of stuff, and all places have good and bad things, but if you are looking for a progressive, growing department with long transport times and decent equipment/protocols, then check it out.

http://orangecountyva.gov/

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