<p>Norfolk Fire-Rescue: https://www.norfolk.gov/6016/Fire-Rescue</p> <p>The City of Norfolk has over 100 years of fire service response and over 30 years of pre-hospital emergency medical service (EMS) response. Norfolk's firefighters are cross-trained fire and EMS providers.</p> <p>Are you an experienced firefighter with compassion and commitment to delivering high quality service? Norfolk Fire-Rescue is seeking experienced:</p> <p>Firefighter EMT - Advanced (salary range: $60,000 - $83,054 annually)</p> <p>Firefighter EMT - Intermediate (salary range: $64,000 - $88,591 annually)</p> <p>Firefighter EMT - Paramedic (salary range: $70,000 - $91,334 annually)</p> <p>For any questions, please email NFR Recruiting.</p> <p>For each level include, but are not limited to the following:</p> <p>Firefighter EMT - Advanced (EMT-A)</p> <p>Responds to fire, medical, hazardous material, and technical rescue emergencies and other hazardous events, which may upon review be declared acts of terrorism, to provide a trained workforce for the incident commander to mitigate the emergency and care for the sick and injured. The Firefighter EMT-A also participates in training, recordkeeping, pre-incident planning, fire safety inspections, public education and equipment and facility maintenance. The Firefighter EMT-A can be assigned to Operations or Administration. All Firefighter EMT-As are subject to emergency recall during times of operational need. </p> <p>Firefighter EMT - Intermediate (EMT-I)</p> <p>Responds to fire, medical, hazardous material, technical rescue emergencies and other hazardous events, which may upon review be declared acts of terrorism. The Firefighter EMT-I also participates in training, recordkeeping, pre-incident planning, fire safety inspections, public education, and equipment and facility maintenance. The Firefighter EMT-I can be assigned to Operations or Administration.  All Firefighter EMT-Is are subject to emergency recall during times of operational need.</p> <p>Firefighter EMT - Paramedic (EMT-P)</p> <p>Responds to fire, medical, hazardous material, technical rescue emergencies and other hazardous events, which may upon review be declared acts of terrorism. The Firefighter EMT-P also participates in training, recordkeeping, pre-incident planning, fire safety inspections, public education, and equipment and facility maintenance. The Firefighter EMT-P can be assigned to Operations or Administration. All Firefighter EMT-Ps are subject to emergency recall during times of operational need.</p> <ul> <li> <p>High school diploma or GED equivalent required;</p> </li><li> <p>Completion of an endorsed Fire Academy or other training program approved by the Fire Chief and the Firefighter Recruit probationary period with Norfolk Fire-Rescue;</p> </li><li> <p>Valid Driver's License;</p> </li><li> <p>Current Virginia Department of Fire Programs Certifications in Firefighter II or approved equivalent reciprocity;</p> </li><li> <p>Hazmat Awareness and Operations, Emergency Vehicle Operations and/or other "Firefighter Professional Qualifications" as required by the Virginia Administrative Code;</p> </li><li> <p>Current Virginia Department of Health certification and current sanctioning to practice at your current certified level (EMT-A, EMT-I, EMT-P);</p> </li><li> <p>Approved Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification;</p> </li><li> <p>Successful completion of the Tidewater Emergency Services Protocol Test (TEMS);</p> </li><li> <p>National Incident Management System (NIMS), Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, 700 & 800;</p> </li><li> <p>Successful completion of medical physical examinations and maintenance of health that establish medical fitness for duty as determined by the City of Norfolk physician.</p> </li></ul> <p>To view all department specific Automatic Disqualifiers, CLICK HERE</p> <p>Tobacco Use:</p> <p>Selected candidates will be required to sign an acknowledgement indicating that they will refrain from using tobacco products, both on and off-duty.</p>