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Pre-Qualified Firefighter/ EMT, AEMT, EMTI, EMTP
City of Hampton, VAUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Mar 2026
💰 $88,133/yr($56,510/yr – $88,133/yr)
About the role
Posting number: 09175
Department: FIRE
Job classification: Firefighter EMT - Permanent Full-Time
Posting type: Open
Categories: Fire & EMS
Summary
WE ARE HIRING:
Certified VA Firefighter I & II
EMT, AEMT, EMT-I, EMT-P
We are looking for passionate, knowledgeable, professional individuals to join us!!
Come work for the City of Hampton Fire and Rescue Division, a group of highly motivated, respectful, and diverse individuals who are passionate about helping our community.
Hampton is a vibrant waterfront community, celebrating and embracing 400 years of history and innovation, creating an even more dynamic future! We are located in the center of the 757 and offer lots of waterfront fun, rich and diverse history, and a vibrant restaurant scene. Hampton offers excellent benefits and promotes career and personal development. Benefits include enrollment in the Virginia Retirement System, flexible and/or remote work opportunities, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.
What You'll Be Doing
YOU will combat, control, and extinguish fires; rescue persons and salvage property in emergencies; maintain equipment, fire station buildings, and grounds; perform fire prevention activities; and drive or assist ambulance drivers to transport sick, injured, or convalescent persons.
“Join the City of Hampton team! As a proud V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) employer and a designated Military Spouse-Friendly Employer, we are committed to supporting veterans and military spouses. We offer a welcoming and inclusive workplace, recognizing the unique skills and experiences that military families bring. Come work for Hampton, a vibrant waterfront community celebrating and embracing 400 years of history and innovation, creating an even more dynamic future! We are located in the center of the Hampton Roads region and offer lots of waterfront fun, rich and diverse history, and a vibrant restaurant scene. Hampton offers excellent benefits, career and professional development, tuition reimbursement, and other benefits.”
Examples of duties
- Responds to fire alarms and other emergency calls. Under supervision, lays out and connects hoses, and directs streams of water or extinguishment agents onto fires. Positions, raises, and climbs ladders to gain access to upper levels of buildings or to rescue individuals from burning structures. Carries out firefighting activities using tools and methods in a prescribed manner; creates openings in buildings for ventilation, ingress, or egress, using axes, crowbars, and other appropriate tools. Salvages and preserves property to minimize fire loss; protects property from water and smoke by use of waterproof salvage covers, smoke ejectors, and deodorants. Performs emergency lifesaving activities; administers emergency medical care. Performs clean-up activities following fire suppression operations.
- Provides emergency medical care to the sick and injured, including bandaging, splinting, administering oxygen, and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Extricates patient from the scene using a stretcher, stair chair, and other approved methods of extrication and loads and unloads patients into and out of an ambulance. Transports patients to hospitals or convalescents to an approved destination and places the ambulance back in service upon arrival. Sanitizes and decontaminates the ambulance and equipment. When assigned, performs advanced life support and emergency medical services in the capacity of a trainee, at the level certified, under the general guidance of a Medic/Firefighter.
- Performs assigned duties in maintaining apparatus, quarters, buildings, equipment, and grounds. Sweeps and mops station house floors; cleans and clears driveway; police grounds and trims grass. Inspects all fire apparatus daily; checks crankcase oil level, observes coolant level in radiator, checks batteries and all warning signals; inspects tires and cleans body of trucks. Checks and accounts for mobile and portable radio communications equipment. Inspects all related
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