FIREFIGHTER (Title 5)

FIREFIGHTER

(Title 5) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units 137th Special Operion Wing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

FIREFIGHTER

(Title 5), Position Description Number T5527000 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operions Wing, Oklahoma Air Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

FIREFIGHTER

(Title 5), Position Description Number T5527000 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operions Wing, Oklahoma Air Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 8, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Oklahoma City, OK 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $45,409 - $59,031 per year Pay scale & grade GS 6 Promotion potential 6 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary - •Indefinite with Possible Permanency•Occupions and job series 0081 Fire Protection and Prevention Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

OK-12969401-AF-26-053

Control number 870345400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to all U.S Citizens- to include Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), Veteran Preference Eligibles, Priority Placement Program Eligibles, Title 5 Nional Guard Employees, T32 Dual Stus Military Technicians, and all other federal employees. Duties Help This position is loced an Army Nional Guard (ARNG) or an Air Nional Guard (ANG) locion. The primary purpose of this position is to provide fire-fighting support and/or crash rescue to the facility where loced. As required serves as the Crew Chief with the responsibility for organizing, training, and directing actual firefighting activities for those members designed to serve as auxiliary members of firefighting and/or crash rescue crews. Drives and operes firefighting vehicles, such as pumpers, aerial ladder trucks, or Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicles. Drives to the scene of the fire following a predetermined route or selecting an alterne when necessary and positions vehicle considering factors, such as wind direction, sources of wer, hazards from falling structures, locion of armament on aircraft, etc.

Operes equipment such as:

pumps, foam generors, boom and ground sweep nozzles, and other similar equipment. Determines proper pressures, the number of lines, and relays requirements to the booster pumper. When opering a crash truck, maneuvers vehicle to keep the fire in optimum range while ensuring th backflash will not occur. Maintains constant awareness of levels in self-contained brehing apparus and warns other firefighters when tanks are close to empty. Assists in training other firefighters on driving vehicles and opering equipment. Operes portable and stionary firefighting apparus. Performs maintenance tasks on apparus, equipment, and facilities. Operes alarm equipment, including radio and fire reporting facilities. Responds to alarms and fires which may involve crashed and burning aircraft, equipment, structure and facility fires, fuel, chemical, or brush fires Uses chemicals, axes, bars, hooks, saws, gas masks and other firefighting equipment to extinguish fires. Participes in regular training and exercises as required. Performs maintenance, operional, housekeeping, emergency, and stand-by duty. Evacues and/or rescues occupants; administers first aid and artificial respirion. Incumbent is capable of recovering injured personnel from structures, aircraft and vehicle and carrying them to a safe haven. For those loced ARNG airfields, performs crash/rescue and firefighting duties handling complex aircraft (e.g., fighters, bombers, cargo, passenger, and helicopters), which may carry large volumes of fuel, conventional weapons, and/or highly flammable or explosive cargo. Coordines the implemention of crash rescue and firefighting plans. Performs standby duty during aircraft refueling and defueling, engine maintenance and testing, welding, and burning on fueled and/or armed aircraft, ammunition handling, or other special circumstances. Maintains constant awareness of the frequent changes in cockpit design, ordnance placement, and cabin layouts to determine how they affect the difficulty of rescue and firefighting. Directs wer through turrets and hand lines to cool weapons and ammunitions during rescue. Operes or deactives specialized mechanisms and systems, such as hch or canopy release mechanisms, ejection se mechanisms, or oxygen supply systems. Sometimes uses special tools developed for the particular mechanism. Performs structural firefighting duties for a variety of facilities. Performs pre-fire planning by physically going through structures to become familiar with the layout, fire hazards, and locion of fixed fire protection systems. Assists in the development of special protective services for structures imposing extreme hazards. As a crew member, participes in controlling and extinguishing fires by opering hoses, ladders, and hydrants. Participes in regular training and exercises as required. Performs rescue of personnel and a variety of first aid measures to allevie further injury and prepare the victim(s) for transport to a medical facility. Uses direct pressure and/or tourniquets to stop bleeding, checks windpipe for obstructions, performs CPR, and/or provides other approprie assistance. Participes in regular training and exercises as required. Performs fire protection inspections of maintenance shops; Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant (POL) storage and dispensing areas; combustible merial storage areas; and impeded stairways and exits. Performs visual checks and mechanical tests of fire alarm systems to ensure operability. Prepares reports of unsafe conditions and conducts follow-up inspections to ensure sisfactory corrections. Positions equipment so th maximum utilizion may be made of its facilities. Conducts training of military and technician personnel of the facility in fire prevention and protection procedures using lecture and demonstrion techniques. Incumbent has the knowledge to brief soldiers, civilians, and neighbors of the installion on specific hazards and situions th could result in bodily and property damage. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a trial period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Employee must participe in a mandory physical fitness testing program. Employee must meet medical standards

IAW OPM GS-0081

Series and DoD Manual 6055.5. Employee is required to use all safety equipment and clothing provided by management. The employee is required to work a 72-hour week on a 24 hour on/24 hour off basis which includes weekends and holidays. May be subject to recall. This is a Testing Designed Position. The employee is subject to random drug testing (IAW HQ-USAF letter ded 29 Jan 90). This position requires the employee to work under adverse environmental conditions and falls under the respirory protection program and hearing conservion program. The work requires the employee to drive a motor vehicle. An approprie, valid driver's license is required. Position requires the ability to discern colors, contrast, and depth. May be required to work the Fire Alarm and Communicions Center (FACC). May be required to participe on Hazardous Merials Teams (HAZMAT). May be required to perform duties associed with the operion of aircraft arresting barrier equipment. The work may require the incumbent to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance. This position is designed as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparion for, or in response to, a ste emergency or disaster declarion. This designion will not exceed 14 calendar days per year unless otherwise approved in advance by the TAG. The maximum entry age for this position is 37 years old. Upon accepting this position, the employee may be required to serve up to a two-year probionary period. Qualificions

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

: Must possess the experiences or training th demonstres the ability to follow directions and to read, understand, and retain a variety of instructions, regulions, and procedures and th otherwise demonstres the ability to perform or learn to perform the duties of the position

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: Must possess One-year equivalent to least the GS-05 level controlling or extinguishing fires as a member of an organized military, industrial, volunteer, or governmental fire department or brigade. Have experience in rescue operions; experience in detection, reduction, or eliminion of potential fire hazards; experience in operion of fire communicions equipment; experience in controlling hazardous merials incidents; and, developing, implementing, or providing training in fire protection and prevention. Medical Requirements - Applicants who apply for positions th have duties of an arduous or hazardous nure must meet the medical standards described below. Since individual positions may not include all such duties, a physical condition or impairment may be disqualifying for employment only if there is a direct relionship between the condition and the nure of the duties of the specific position to be filled. Military medical requirements are strictly adhered to reach fully qualified stus.

Employees in positions, involving firefighting duties or other duties involving arduous physical exertion, may be subject to periodic (e.g., annual) medical examinions following appointment to determine fitness for continued performance of the duties of the position.

Any serious deviion from sound medical condition may be grounds for rejection of an applicant regardless of whether the condition is named below. Remediable defects or curable diseases will not exclude a person from considerion, but proof th such defects have been remedied or the disease cured must be received during the life of the eligible register before persons otherwise qualified may be considered for appointment under civil service rules.

Specific Medical Requirements Eyes:

Corrected distant vision must be least 20/30 in one eye and 20/70 in the other eye. Uncorrected distant vision is required only if it is likely th corrective lenses may be lost or broken. If so, uncorrected distant vision must be least 20/100 binocular. Ability to distinguish basic colors is required. Applicants must be free from acute or chronic eye disease.

Ears:

Using an audiometer for measurement, there should be no loss of 30 or more decibels in the unaided worst ear the 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz levels.

Nose, Mouth, and Thro:

Applicants must be free from conditions th interfere with distinct speech, free brehing, or with the use of brehing apparuses or protective equipment.

Lungs:

Applicants must be free from any pulmonary or chest wall disease or condition th results in not being able to perform the duties of the position.

Heart and Blood Vessels:

The following conditions may be cause for rejection: organic heart disease, valvular or vascular diseases, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, recurrent syncope, or history of myocardial infarction.

Abdomen:

Acute or chronic disease or inflammion of the abdominal viscera, hernia, or significant enlargement of the liver or spleen th interferes with the performance of the duties of the position cause for rejection.

Spine, Pelvic, Sacroiliac and Lumbo-Sacral Joints:

Applicants must have free movement of spine and pelvic joints.

Neurological System:

Degenerive neurological disease or disorder th results in documented evidence of neurological impairment th renders the applicant unable to perform the duties of the position cause for rejection. A history of serious mental disease may be disqualifying.

Extremities:

Individuals cannot have anomalies in the number, form, proportion, and movement of the extremities th interfere with function. This includes non-united fractures; non-reducible dislocions; united fractures and reduced dislocions with incomplete restorion of function; ampution of arm, hand, leg, or foot; loss of any skeletal portion of the thumb of either hand; loss of more than the two distal phalanges of the ring or little fingers of either hand; any lose joints; pes cavus, weak foot, or clubfoot; flfoot with symptoms unresponsive to orthotics; loss or deformity of gre toe or any two toes on the same foot; torn cartilage or loose foreign bodies within the knee joint; instability of the knee joint; or inadequely healed surgical procedure. Educion Employee is required to be certified by the DoD Firefighter Certificion System as: Airport Firefighter (includes Firefighter I, II) Hazm Operions (includes Hazm Awareness) Apparus Driver Operor- Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Apparus Driver Operor- Mobile Wer Supply (MWS). You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ).

Special Retirement Provisions Authority:

One of the following apply: - FERS Position covered as rigorous under the FERS special retirement provisions for Federal firefighters [5 U.S.C. 8401(14), 5 U.S.C. 8412(d), and 5 CFR 842.802]. Authority, Under Secretary of Defense Memo, ded 30 December 2004. - CSRS Position covered as rigorous under the CSRS special retirement provisions for Federal firefighters [5 U.S.C. 8331(21), 5 U.S.C. 8336(c), and 5 CFR 831.902]. Authority, Under Secretary of Defense Memo, ded 30 December 2004. This position may be eligible for Union Membership Applicants who meet one of the DoD Priority Placement Program cegories below are eligible to apply with this preference. (See Required Documents section): Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Your resume:

Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you If your resume includes a photograph, other PII (Personally Identifiable informion) or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., Hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present ex. 03/2020-06/2022 or 03/2020-Present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position.

For additional informion see:

Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions DD-214 or

NGB 22 SF-50

Official Transcripts PAA If you are claiming veterans' preference you must include all documention to prove your veterans' preference, examples include but are not limited to: DD 214 Separion Orders SF 15 (any documents sted on page 2 to prove your specific stus) VA Letter Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible must submit the following documention: Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD 3145-3) Terminion SF-50 Separion sting th the applicant has Priority Placement Eligibility Notice of Separion confirming of eligibility. Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement must submit the following documention: Military Reserve and Technician Disability PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD 3145-2) Terminion SF-50 Separion sting th the applicant has Priority Placement Eligibility Notice of Separion confirming of eligibility. Applicants claiming DOD Military Spouse preference must submit the following documention: Marriage CertificeSpouses PCS Orders Military Spouse PPP Self Certificion Checklist Applicants claiming DoD Retained Grade preference must submit the following documention: Retained Grade PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD3145-1) SF-50 effecting the placement in retained grade stus, A copy of the notificion letter received (RIF or classificion downgrade) If you have any questions concerning these requirements, please contact this office 572-247-5581 If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12969401 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion James Wagoner Phone (572) 247-5581 james.a.wagoner12.civ@army.mil Address OK 137th Special Operions Wing 5624 Air Guard Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73179 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Your resume:

Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you If your resume includes a photograph, other PII (Personally Identifiable informion) or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., Hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present ex. 03/2020-06/2022 or 03/2020-Present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position.

For additional informion see:

Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions DD-214 or

NGB 22 SF-50

Official Transcripts PAA If you are claiming veterans' preference you must include all documention to prove your veterans' preference, examples include but are not limited to: DD 214 Separion Orders SF 15 (any documents sted on page 2 to prove your specific stus) VA Letter Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible must submit the following documention: Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD 3145-3) Terminion SF-50 Separion sting th the applicant has Priority Placement Eligibility Notice of Separion confirming of eligibility. Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement must submit the following documention: Military Reserve and Technician Disability PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD 3145-2) Terminion SF-50 Separion sting th the applicant has Priority Placement Eligibility Notice of Separion confirming of eligibility. Applicants claiming DOD Military Spouse preference must submit the following documention: Marriage CertificeSpouses PCS Orders Military Spouse PPP Self Certificion Checklist Applicants claiming DoD Retained Grade preference must submit the following documention: Retained Grade PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD3145-1) SF-50 effecting the placement in retained grade stus, A copy of the notificion letter received (RIF or classificion downgrade) If you have any questions concerning these requirements, please contact this office 572-247-5581 If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12969401 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion James Wagoner Phone (572) 247-5581 james.a.wagoner12.civ@army.mil Address OK 137th Special Operions Wing 5624 Air Guard Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73179 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 8, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Oklahoma City, OK 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $45,409 - $59,031 per year Pay scale & grade GS 6 Promotion potential 6 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary - •Indefinite with Possible Permanency•Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

OK-12969401-AF-26-053

Control number 870345400