Chief fire officer
Also searched as: Jefe del cuerpo de bomberos
Code 1349.7
What does a Chief fire officer do?
Chief fire officers supervise a fire department. They coordinate the operations of the department, and supervise and lead the fire and rescue staff during firefighting and rescue activities to ensure the safety of the staff and limitation of risks. They perform administrative duties to ensure record maintenance, and implement policies to improve the department's operations.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- pyrotechnic articles legislation
- fire safety regulations
- fire prevention procedures
- fire-fighting systems
Skills and competences
- extinguish fires
- ensure public safety and security
- manage major incidents
- work as a team in a hazardous environment
- use different types of fire extinguishers
- use geographic information systems
Transversal competences
- lead a team
- manage staff
- manage emergency care situations
- first response
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences