Paid On Call Firefighters

Paid on Call Firefighter Legal

The primary responsibilities of this position are emergency response, firefighter training, and vehicle/equipment maintenance.

Job Duties

As a paid on-call firefighter with Sturgeon County Emergency Services, you must perform many important duties. These include but are not limited to:

- Responding to emergency calls for emergencies including:
Vehicle or structure fires

Wildland/urban interface fires

Motor vehicle collisions

Alarms

Hazardous materials or dangerous goods

Medical aid
- Participating in weekly training nights.
- Maintaining fire apparatus and equipment.
- Performing maintenance and housekeeping duties at the fire station.
- Participating in community activities.
- Participating in fire prevention activities.

**Job Skills**:
Your competencies include good organizational skills, basic computer knowledge, maintaining confidentiality, good communication skills both verbally and written. You must be confident and able to work under pressure in stressful situations. Must be a team player and be capable of working in a team environment. When required, you must also be able to work independently with little or no supervision.

**Application Requirements**:
Emergencies can happen any day at any time. We need people who can respond to emergencies during the day, in the evening and/or on weekends.

**To be a paid on-call firefighter, you must**:

- Live within 10km of the Legal fire station.
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Have a valid Class 5 driver’s license.
- Commit to attending a three-hour training session per week* Legal trains weekly on Tuesday nights.
- Commit to attending formal training courses held in the evenings and on weekends.
- Have or be prepared to get an Alberta drivers abstract.
- Have or be prepared to get a Vulnerable Sector Check from the RCMP.
- Firefighters are expected to attend at least 60 percent of the weekly training nights for their station and 30 percent of emergency calls for their station.

**Working Conditions**:
While working as a paid on-call firefighter, you will be exposed to challenging environmental, physical and emotional situations. Some of these will include:

- Being called on to respond to emergencies at any time of the day or night, including weekends and holidays.
- Being called on to respond to emergencies in any weather.
- Performing tasks while wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
- Working quickly to extinguish fires in extreme heat with limited or zero visibility.
- Experiencing physically demanding tasks in extreme temperatures.
- Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, raising and lowering heavy equipment and loads.
- Working in hazardous areas that could be hot, wet, slippery, muddy, icy, dirty and cramped.
- Working in very loud environments.
- Working from heights.
- Working on and around moving machinery, vehicles and equipment.
- Being exposed to a variety of hazards.
- Dealing with critically injured and/or sick patients.
- Dealing with high stress situations.
- Having to effectively deal with various levels of physical and mental strain.

Pay and Benefits

**Pay Rate**:
You will be paid hourly for responding to emergencies, attending weekly training, attending weekend courses that are held internally and are a requirement of your position, and participating in public engagement activities.

Firefighters are paid every two weeks.

As per employment standards legislation, you will be paid at least $45 (three hours paid at minimum wage) when you are dispatched to and respond to calls, including when calls last less than three hours.

**Benefits**:
**Paid on-call firefighters receive the following benefits**:

- Vacation pay, which is paid as a percentage of your earnings on each pay statement/deposit based on your years of service.
- General/statutory holiday pay.
- Access to a variety of training courses.
- Workers Compensation Board (WCB) coverage.
- $200,000 in accidental death as well as other benefits through the Volunteer Firemen’s Insurance (VFIS) program.
- All required personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Station uniform.