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O*NET detailed work activityDirect fire fighting or prevention activities
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5 jobs14 tasks
Leading people runs on trust, presence and reading the situation: motivating, correcting, backing people up and taking responsibility. AI can't do that for you.
Part of Direct security or safety activities or operations, under the O*NET work activity group Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 2 AI-assist, 12 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Direct firefighters in station maintenance duties, and participate in these duties.
- Direct crews working on firelines during forest fires.
- Direct maintenance and repair of firefighting equipment, or requisition new equipment.
- Administer regulations regarding sanitation, fire prevention, violation corrections, and related forest regulations.
- Monitor fire suppression expenditures to ensure that they are necessary and reasonable.
- Recommend personnel actions related to disciplinary procedures, performance, leaves of absence, and grievances.
- Help direct rescue or firefighting operations in the event of a fire or an explosion.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Serve as a working leader of an engine, hand, helicopter, or prescribed fire crew of three or more firefighters.
- Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
- Supervise and participate in the inspection of properties to ensure that they are in compliance with applicable fire codes, ordinances, laws, regulations, and standards.
- Plan or implement special safety or preventive programs, such as fire or accident prevention.
- Develop and coordinate fire prevention programs, such as false alarm billing, fire inspection reporting, and hazardous materials management.
- Supervise staff, training them, planning their work, and evaluating their performance.
- Plan, direct, and supervise prescribed burn projects.