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• Serve as a resource for the engine company and other departmental personnel. • Coordinate fire suppression activities with other divisions departments, and ep ts, organizations. • Provide information and resources to City officials, departments and other organizations as is appropriate. • Provide star' assistance and technical support to engine company personnel, other departmental personnel, and other City departments. • Conduct financial, organizational and operational service delivery studies; make recommendations to address and resolve identified service delivery issues. • Attend andartici ate in P p organizational and community meetings .and .public education programs as necessary. • Stay current on issues relative to the fields of fire suppression and fire prevention. • Respond to and resolve community and organizational inquiries and complaints. • Prepare and present staff reports and other necessary documents or correspondence to appropriate boards communi • Work a variety of shifts including weekends and holidays; be available for emergency call- back when off duty. • Perform other related duties as required. WORKING CONDITIONS: Position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking,. reaching, twisting, turning, kneelin& bending, squatting, and stooping in the performance of daily activities. The position • also 1equires groping, repetitive hand movement, and fine coordination is preparing mPorta using a computer key board. Additionally, the position requires near and for vision in reading written reports and work-related documents. Acute hearing is required when providing phone and counter service. Fire suppression duties require sitting, standing, walking on level and slippery surfaces, reaching,, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, � grasping and making repetitive hand movement in the � �� performance of. daily duties`« Fire suppression duties also require both near and far vision when •signed e more t quipmeant. The need to �g work and operating as also l� �Y and P� tools, and supplies weighing ZS pounds required. Additionally, the incumbent in outdoor fire suppression works in all weather conditions including wet, hot, and cold. The incumbent may work around or in contact with hazardous materials, blood products and other potentially tout substances, Incumbents may be subject to physical thready verbal abuse, or other suesdU situations: During fire Suppression activities, incumbents wear self-contained b filled buildings: aPP and enter smoke QUALIFICATIONS Education 11ndtor Ezoerienee- Any combination of education and knowledge, skills, and abilities n experience that, hu provided the necessary the r necessary for a Fire Captain, A typical way of obtaining required qualifications is to possess the equivalent of five years of municipal fire suppression experience including Fire Engineer Certification and the equivalent of a high school diploma and successful completion of either the eight course requirements for State of California Fire Officer Certification or the five required core classes for an AS degree in Fire Technology.