_________________________________________________ Realistic Occupations: Municipal Fire Fighterscrawler heads, using hand tools, jacks, and cranes.
Adjust and maintain industrial machinery, using
control and regulating devices. Fabricate needed
parts or items from sheet metal. Direct workers who
are assembling or disassembling equipment or clean-
ing parts.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 13. Manufacturing.
Work Group: 13.14. Vehicle and Facility Mechani-
cal Work. Other Jobs in! is Work Group: Aircraft
Mechanics and Service Technicians; Aircraft Struc-
ture, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers;
Automotive Body and Related Repairers; Automo-
tive Glass Installers and Repairers; Automotive Mas-
ter Mechanics; Automotive Service Technicians and
Mechanics; Automotive Specialty Technicians; Bus
and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists;
Farm Equipment Mechanics; Fiberglass Laminators
and Fabricators; Motorboat Mechanics; Motorcycle
Mechanics; Outdoor Power Equipment and Other
Small Engine Mechanics; Rail Car Repairers; Rec-
reational Vehicle Service Technicians; Tire Repair-
ers and Changers.
Skills: Installation; Repairing; Equipment Main-
tenance; Operation Monitoring; Troubleshooting;
Operation and Control; Equipment Selection; Tech-
nology Design.
Education and Training Programs: Agricultural
Mechanics and Equipment/Machine Technology;
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Tech-
nician. Related Knowledge/Courses: Mechanical
Devices; Engineering and Technology; Physics.
Work Env ironment : Noisy; contaminants; hazard-
ous equipment; minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings;
standing; using hands on objects, tools, or controls.
Municipal Fire Fighters
! Personality Code: RSE
! Education/Training Required: Long-term
on-the-job training
! Annual Earnings: $43,170
! Beginning Wage: $21,530
! Earnings Growth Potential: Very high
! Growth: 12.1%
! Annual Job Openings: 18,887
! Self-Employed: 0.0%
! Part-Time: 1.3%! e job openings listed here are shared with Forest Fire
Fighters.Control and extinguish municipal fi res, protect
life and property, and conduct rescue eff orts.
Administer fi rst aid and cardiopulmonary resuscita-
tion to injured persons. Rescue victims from burning
buildings and accident sites. Search burning build-
ings to locate fi re victims. Drive and operate fi re
fi ghting vehicles and equipment. Move toward the
source of a fi re, using knowledge of types of fi res,
construction design, building materials, and physical
layout of properties. Dress with equipment such as
fi re-resistant clothing and breathing apparatus. Posi-
tion and climb ladders to gain access to upper levels
of buildings or to rescue individuals from burning
structures. Take action to contain hazardous chem-
icals that might catch fi re, leak, or spill. Assess fi res
and situations and report conditions to superiors to
receive instructions, using two-way radios. Respond
to fi re alarms and other calls for assistance, such as
automobile and industrial accidents. Operate pumps
connected to high-pressure hoses. Select and attach
hose nozzles, depending on fi re type, and direct
streams of water or chemicals onto fi res. Create open-
ings in buildings for ventilation or entrance, using
axes, chisels, crowbars, electric saws, or core cutters.
Inspect fi re sites after fl ames have been extinguished
to ensure that there is no further danger. Lay hose
lines and connect them to water supplies. Protect
property from water and smoke, using waterproofRealistic–
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