Fire Captain

The University of Alaska Fire Department is seeking an energetic, progressive, and highly motivated  Fire Captain to join our team of career fire officers in mentoring student firefighters. Under the Fire Captains' tutelage, student employees, provide fire and emergency medical services to 24,000 people on and off campus, answering 2,000 emergency calls per year. The Fire Captain fulfills a vital role in the safety, education, work experience, and on-the-job training of our student firefighters, in addition to day-to-day fire department activities and operations.

THIS IS A REPRESENTED POSITION COVERED BY THE FAIRBANKS FIRE FIGHTERS UNION, IAFF, LOCAL 1324, AFL-CIO.

The University of Alaska Fire Department is unique in that other than the full-time staff, the firefighters are university students. Work involves potentially extreme work setting. There is frequent need to stand, walk, sit, talk, or hear, use hands to finger, handle or feel and perform other similar actions during the course of the workday. There is also the risk of exposure to blood borne pathogens, chemicals, mechanical parts, and other hazards.

To thrive in this role, you must possess principles, practices and procedures of modern firefighting and the principles, practices and procedures of supervising a fire fighting company; knowledge Incident command procedures and unit deployment; knowledge of purpose, operation and maintenance of firefighting vehicles, equipment and apparatus; knowledge of policies, rules, and standard operating procedures; skills in fire prevention principles and practices; skilled in emergency medical triage, treatment, and transportation; knowledge of principles and practices of safe motor vehicles operation and maintenance; knowledge of building construction; ability in problem solving and decision making; skilled in computer software including word processing, spreadsheet and database applications; possess communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction; possess basic mathematical and science skills; possess basic writing abilities to include patient encounter forms, incident reports, daily activity/shift reports, and other professional correspondence; ability to properly interact with others including coworkers, the public, federal and state agencies, and with supervisory and management staff; and ability to operate and take care of fire apparatus and equipment.

Minimum Qualifications:

Preferred Experience & Education:

5 years of full-time firefighting experience, including 2 years as a company officer (lieutenant or captain); 3 years emergency medical experience in Advanced Life Support treatment and transportation.

Required Experience &/or Education:

Alaska Class D Driver's License and clean driving record in compliance with UA Safe Driving Criteria;
FEMA ICS 100, 200, 700, 800;
Associate degree in Fire Science, Municipal Fire Protection, or related field;
State of Alaska IFSAC Firefighter I and II certification;
State of Alaska EMT-III or higher;
State of Alaska Division of Forestry Emergency Firefighter (EFF).

Physical fitness is a requirement for all firefighter personnel. 24 hour shifts and emergency call back as well as the nature of the duty environment require individuals who can work under hazardous conditions and extreme weather conditions for extended periods of time.

Position Details:

The work schedule will be a suppression schedule of approximately fifty-six (56) hours per week on alternating shifts (known as the 48/96 schedule).

This position is located onsite on the Troth Yeddha' campus in Fairbanks, Alaska. This is a full-time, non-exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 79, Step 17, $32.20/hr per the CBA.

Applications will be reviewed beginning on September 3, 2024.  To ensure consideration, please apply by 11:55 pm , Alaska Standard Time, on Friday, August 30, 2024.

THIS IS A REPRESENTED POSITION COVERED BY THE FAIRBANKS FIRE FIGHTERS UNION, IAFF, LOCAL 1324, AFL-CIO.

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.  Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

UA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Lee Ann Amerson, UAF Fire Department HR Coordinator, at lamerson@alaska.edu or (907) 474-6664.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.