Jobs / Protective service / 33-1021.00
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in firefighting and fire prevention and control.
- US jobs
- 99,140
- Median wage
- $93,530 a year
- Job family
- Protective service
Can agents do the work of first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Protective service: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 14%Direct security or safety activities or operationsNot measured
- 8%Monitor environmental conditionsNot measured
- 7%Maintain tools or equipmentNot measured
- 7%Notify others of emergencies or problemsNot measured
- 7%Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipmentNot measured
- 5%Maintain operational recordsNot measured
- 4%Develop safety standards, policies, or proceduresNot measured
- 4%Prepare reports of operational or procedural activitiesNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Provide emergency medical services as required, and perform light to heavy rescue functions at emergencies.
- 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.
- Assess nature and extent of fire, condition of building, danger to adjacent buildings, and water supply status to determine crew or company requirements.
- Monitor fire suppression expenditures to ensure that they are necessary and reasonable.
- Direct the training of firefighters, assigning of instructors to training classes, and providing of supervisors with reports on training progress and status.
- Perform maintenance and minor repairs on firefighting equipment, including vehicles, and write and submit proposals to modify, replace, and repair equipment.
Other job titles for this occupation (31)
Battalion Chief · Engine Boss · Fire Battalion Chief · Fire Captain · Fire Chief · Fire Lieutenant · Fire Marshal · Fire Suppression Captain · Forest Fire Specialist Supervisor · Section Forest Fire Warden · Chief · Crew Boss · Crew Chief · Deputy Fire Marshal · Division Chief · Engine Captain · Fire Department Battalion Chief · Fire Department Captain · Fire Prevention Bureau Captain · Fire Prevention Captain · Fire Prevention Chief · Fire Supervisor · Forest Fire Management Officer · Hotshot Superintendent · Incident Commander · Lieutenant Firefighter · Municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisor · Prevention Coordinator · Smoke Jumper Supervisor · State Fire Marshal · Supervising Fire Marshal