First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in firefighting and fire prevention and control.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Maintain fire suppression equipment in good condition, checking equipment periodically to ensure that it is ready for use.
• Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
• Communicate fire details to superiors, subordinates, or interagency dispatch centers, using two-way radios.
• Serve as a working leader of an engine, hand, helicopter, or prescribed fire crew of three or more firefighters.
• Evaluate size, location, and condition of fires.
• Instruct and drill fire department personnel in assigned duties, including firefighting, medical care, hazardous materials response, fire prevention, and related subjects.
• Recruit or hire firefighting personnel.
• Provide emergency medical services as required, and perform light to heavy rescue functions at emergencies.

Technology

• Affiliated Computer Services ACS FIREHOUSE
• BehavePlus
• BIO-key FireRMS
• Computer aided dispatch software
• Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
• Email software
• ESRI ArcView
• FARSITE
• Fire incident reporting systems
• FlamMap
• Geographic information system GIS software
• Geographic information system GIS systems
• IBM Lotus 1-2-3
• Incident command system ICS software

First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in FL
  Median $98,560 · Employment 9,540
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in TX
  Median $81,710 · Employment 8,660
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in CA
  Median $127,630 · Employment 8,170
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in NC
  Median $59,560 · Employment 5,050
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in New York, NY
  Median $132,810 · Employment 4,610
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in NY
  Median $132,520 · Employment 4,100
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in OH
  Median $84,490 · Employment 3,960
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in Miami, FL
  Median $120,390 · Employment 3,740
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in GA
  Median $67,200 · Employment 3,730
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in MA
  Median $96,600 · Employment 3,370
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in WA
  Median $129,350 · Employment 3,350
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Salary in VA
  Median $97,780 · Employment 3,300

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