Firefighter / EMT B - Full Time

Firefighter / EMT

The Town of Ocean City, MD offers a competitive benefits package to full-time employees including medical, dental, vision, a defined benefit pension plan, a defined contribution 457b plan, a flexible spending account, life insurance, disability, twelve paid holidays, vacation, personal and sick leave.

SUMMARY - Firefighter / EMT performing skilled emergency medical services and fire related duties. SALARY - Based on a 45-hour work week.

Starting : $49,718 / Annually

$51,210 w / 3% COLA Increase January 2026

$53,770 w / 5% Step Increase July 2026

$55,383 w / 3% COLA Increase January 2027

Job Duties

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following :

• Responds in a safe manner to medical emergencies and fire emergencies including, but not limited to, vehicular accidents.
• Renders basic life support under Maryland medical protocols.
• Checks for readiness of EMS units and Fire units.
• Communicates on a daily basis with public / peers / healthcare professionals.
• Operates tools, appliances and equipment associated with fire, emergency medical and rescue services, such as self-contained breathing apparatus, auxiliary lighting equipment, fire pumps, automated external defibrillators, airway maintenance equipment, suction devices, airway adjuncts, specialized splinting equipment and other biomedical equipment.
• Completes patient care reports using paper-based and computerized records and management systems.
• Performs disinfection, general, and preventive maintenance of biomedical equipment to ensure safety and adequate performance; performs general maintenance and housekeeping duties in and around the fire station.
• Adheres to Department methods of operation.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In addition to the qualifications below to be able to apply, applicants must also successfully complete a written test, physical agility test, submit all required documents, and pass a criminal background check and drug test.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS :

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES - Must have a thorough knowledge of emergency medical techniques and methods, medical protocols and have the ability to apply such knowledge to specific situations.

LANGUAGE SKILLS : Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

REASONING ABILITY : Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and / or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and / or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to explosives, risk of radiation, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.