Municipal Fire Fighting & Prevention Supervisors
Also called:
Fire Chief, Fire Captain, Fire Lieutenant, Fire Battalion Chief
What they do:
Supervise fire fighters who control and extinguish municipal fires, protect life and property, and conduct rescue efforts.
On the job, you would:
- Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
- Provide emergency medical services as required, and perform light to heavy rescue functions at emergencies.
- Assess nature and extent of fire, condition of building, danger to adjacent buildings, and water supply status to determine crew or company requirements.
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
- law and government
Engineering and Technology
- building and construction
- mechanical
Business
- customer service
- management
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- order or arrange things
Visual Understanding
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
- see hidden patterns
Attention
- do two or more things at the same time
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Leadership
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Dependability
- Self Control
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You might use software like this on the job:
Data base user interface and query software
- Affiliated Computer Services ACS FIREHOUSE
- Fire incident reporting systems
Spreadsheet software
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Excel
Helpdesk or call center software
- Computer aided dispatch CAD software
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high school diploma or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$68,210
per year, on average
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