Clarification from the agency

See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.

• Ensure personnel and equipment are in a constant-state-of-readiness for immediate response to any firefighting and rescue operations.
• Operate assigned rescue, fire suppression (structural and crash), hazardous materials, and support vehicles necessary to perform assigned duties.
• Respond to hazardous material/ Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) incidents, surveying scene for the purpose of stopping or controlling the release.
• Administer emergency medical care and treatment for illnesses and injuries of occupational and non-occupational origin for soldiers, dependents, civilian employees, and visitors to Fort Bragg.
• Perform Fire Prevention/ Fire Safety inspections for compliance with fire safety regulations.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Maintains a valid driver's License.
• This position is covered by the Civilian Drug Abuse Testing Program. Incumbent is required to sign a DA Form 5019-R, "Condition of employment for certain civilian positions identified as critical under the Drug Abuse Testing Program".
• Participates in meets and/or exceeds the standards of the DoD Firefighter Physical Fitness Program.
• Conforms to the requirements set-forth in NFPA 1500, Fire Department Occupational Health and Safety Program.
• Works 48-hour rotating shifts and 144 hours per pay period. Incumbent may be required to work overtime as the need arises.
• Heavy physical effort is required in the frequent handling of objects such as support equipment weighing 50 lbs or more; as well as performing work under extremely adverse conditions that could be dangerous to life and health.
• Must be able to pass pre-appointment and subsequent periodic medical examinations IAW DoD 6055.5M to determine fitness for continued performance of the duties of the position.
• Performs temporary duty travel for the purpose of obtaining specialized training and other fire and emergency services duties.
• This position is designated as essential during inclement weather, fire, hazardous duty, and other emergency operations.
• Performs, as required, mutual aid support to local fire departments.
• Successfully passes an annual firefighter's medical physical examination IAW NFPA 1582.
• This is a "Mission Essential" position. A Mission Essential employee is required to report for, or remain at, work in emergency situations, and dismissal or closure announcements do not apply to him/her unless his/her supervisor instructs otherwise.
• This position is a KEY position IAW AR 690-11. Incumbent cannot be a member of the Selected Reserve, Individual Ready Reserve or Inactive National Guard. Key positions must be exempt from recall to active duty.
• This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement. A job offer with this requirement may be withdrawn if the candidate refuses to undergo vaccinations for reasons other than medical or religious.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes providing Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) functions; controlling or extinguishing fires as a member of an organized military, industrial, volunteer, or governmental fire department or brigade; rescue operations; detection, reduction, or elimination of potential fire hazards; operation of fire communications equipment; controlling hazardous materials incidents and/or developing, implementing, or providing training in fire protection and prevention. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirement above, applicants must also possess HAZMAT Awareness, HAZMAT Operations, HAZMAT Technician, Airport Firefighter, Driver Operator Pumper, Driver Operator Mobile Water Supply, Driver Operator ARFF, Driver Operator Aerial, Fire Officer I, Fire Instructor I, Fire Inspector I certified through DoD Fire and Emergency Services Certification System, International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC), or the Fire Service Professional Qualifications System (PRO-Board) in accordance with DoD 6055.06-M AND a Basic State or National Registry EMT License .

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Emergency Medical Care
• Fire Suppression
• Hazardous Materials Response
• Managing Human Resources

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

As part of the assessment process, your resume will be evaluated using a competency-based method. This structured evaluation measures your qualifications, experience, and skills against the core competencies required for the position. Final scores will determine whether you are referred to the Hiring Manager for further consideration.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

You may claim Military Spouse preference.

You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less that supports the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each work experience, include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description supporting the tasks listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, you may not receive consideration.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. DoD Certificates and EMT License:

• You MUST submit a copy of the following: HAZMAT Awareness/Operations/Technician, Airport Firefighter, Driver Operator Pumper, Driver Operator MWS, Driver Operator ARFF, Driver Operator Aerial, Fire Officer I, Fire Instructor I, Fire Inspector I certified through DoD Fire and Emergency Services Certification System, International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC), or the Fire Service Professional Qualifications System (PRO-Board) AND a Basic State or National Registry EMT License . If your application package does not contain proof of having these certificates and license, you WILL NOT receive consideration for this position.
• Rather than submitting individual DoD certificates, if you have received a Student ID# for the DoD Fire and Emergency Services Certification Program website (https://go.usa.gov/xdsTR) you may provide a copy of your most recent certification transcript. If you do not know your Student ID, you may contact the AFCEC Reach-back Center at afcec.rbc@us.af.mil for assistance. Rather than submitting your EMT License, you may print proof of your current EMT License with NREMT from their website (https://www.nremt.org).
• If you are a current federal employee and do not have one of the required certificates due to the DoD F&ES Certification Program delay - You may submit a provisional certificate, memorandum from the Fire Chief requesting the certificates, and/or another document showing completion of the course. PLEASE NOTE: If selected, you will not be placed into the position until the official certificate has been received from the DoD F&ES Certificate Program.

3. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
• Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The Proof of Eligibility document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
• Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).
• Proof of Age: As this is a primary firefighter position, your application package MUST include a government issued document indicating your date of birth. Failure to submit this document will result in your application being marked as incomplete and you WILL NOT receive further consideration for this position.

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

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