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Beschreibung:

Serves as a firefighter in a U.S. Army Garrison Fire Department. Is assigned to a fire fighting crew responsible to provide emergency response for multiple sites within/on the Army installation(s) involving diverse fire hazards including highly flammable liquids, high explosives, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), radioactive materials, and other non-standard hazards in facilities such as: maintenance facilities, communication sites, ammunition storage, vehicles, automatic data processing system buildings, major storage depots, places of assembly, schools, theaters, and family housing areas.

The firefighter is involved in the full spectrum of emergency response assigned to a garrison fire department. This includes, but is not limited to a wide variety of fire fighting, hazardous material response, and related aid and rescue work associated with facilities and operations at the garrison Work is complicated by the fact that U.S. Army fire departments frequently respond jointly with Host Nation Fire Departments, which are operating under different codes and guidelines, using different equipment. For combined responses, firefighter has to directly interact with host nation responders and must, in addition to the competencies described above, posses a thorough knowledge of host nation policies, protocols, procedures and equipment.

Performs crash/rescue and firefighting duties at airfields handling predominately medium and occasionally complex aircraft; e.g., attack and transport helicopters, cargo airplanes and small passenger planes. Such aircraft carry moderate to high volumes of fuel, usually conventional weapons, and/or highly flammable or explosive cargo. Individual tasks assigned and competencies required are those defined per applicable International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) manual (Essentials of fire fighting) and the Standard for Airport Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, the Guide for Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting Operations, the Standard for Aircraft Rescue and Fire-Fighting Services at Airports (current edition NFPA codes 1003, 402 and 403), as well as Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughaefen (ADV) guidelines for an Airport Firefighter, and a driver operator of a fire apparatus. Specific military tasks include cooling weapons and ammunition during rescue; operation or deactivation of mechanisms and systems such as hatch or canopy mechanisms, ejection seat mechanisms, or oxygen supply systems (sometimes requiring use of special tools developed for the particular mechanism) as described in applicable Air Force technical orders and manuals. Performs standby duty during aircraft fueling and defueling, engine maintenance and testing, welding and burning on fueled and/or armed aircraft, or ammunition handling; and maintains constant awareness of the frequent changes in cockpit design, ordnance placement, and cabin layouts to determine how they affect the difficulty of rescue and fighting fires.

As a crew member, responds to alarms and fights fire requiring the full performance of firefighting and rescue tasks involving complex structures, and facilities, vehicles equipment; fuel, chemical, and brush fires vehicle and other technical accidents. Tasks include fire fighting, rescue salvage and overhaul, as well as communication and evacuation of occupants and removing supplies. Individual tasks assigned and competencies required are those defined per applicable IFSTA manual and the Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications and Standard on Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications (current edition NFPA codes 1001 and 1002) for a Firefighter 2 and a driver operator of a fire apparatus. Work is physically challenging, requires use of a self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and personal protective equipment and considered highly dangerous.

Performs other duties as assigned.

English Language Proficiency Level B2 and German Language Proficiency Level C1 required.

You may test yourself for free at one of the various online providers, who offer tests under the 'Common European Framework of Reference for Languages' (CEFR).

Driver's license class C required.

Work on weekends and holidays as well as 24-hour shift work.

Occasionally TDY required.

Heavy lifting 100 lbs. required.

In case of equal qualifications, a severely handicapped person or a person with equal status will receive priority consideration when their status is indicated on the application form. Such persons must provide proof of their status when applying.

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• einen globalen Arbeitgeber, der für kulturelle Vielfalt und Chancengleichheit steht
• ein Arbeitsverhältnis in internationalem Umfeld und kollegialer Atmosphäre
• hohe Arbeitsplatzsicherheit und eine attraktive Vergütung nach deutschen Tarifverträgen (TV AL II, Schutz TV), mit u.a. folgenden tariflichen Ansprüchen:
• 30 Tage Urlaub bzw. 36 bei schwerbehinderten Arbeitnehmern (zusätzlich sind  gemäß Tarifvertrag der 24.12. und der 31.12. frei)
• Urlaubs- und Weihnachtsgeld (insgesamt 13 Monatsgehälter)
• eine Reihe von zusätzlichen sozialen Leistungen (u. a. eine betriebliche Altersvorsorge (Allianzgruppenversicherung) und vermögenswirksame Leistungen)

Über den Tarifvertrag hinaus

• sind 8-9 US-Feiertage i.d.R. zusätzlich arbeitsfrei durch Umverteilung der Arbeitszeit (durch Betriebsvereinbarung geregelt)
• bestehen betriebsinterne Regelungen zu flexiblen Arbeitszeitmodellen, mobilem Arbeiten und Prämien für Betriebszugehörigkeit und besondere Leistungen
• existieren Gesundheits- bzw. Fitnessprogramme, die u.a. die kostenfreie Nutzung der betrieblichen Fitnesscenter beinhalten

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