Technical Rescue Unit Crew Manager – West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service

You will play a vital role in helping make West Sussex a safer place to live, work and visit. Supporting the leadership of the Technical Rescue Unit you will enable the delivery of a specialist response service by attending a range of operational incidents including working at height, water, animal rescues, open area searches and body recovery (under the direction of the Police).

You must be able and confident working from height, with animals and be a competent swimmer. You will also need great interpersonal skills, a confident and resourceful attitude to deal with highly challenging and occasionally emotionally or environmentally intense situations.

This role is conditioned to the Flexible Rostering Duty System.

WSFRS looks to recruit the very best applicants into vacancies and those who pass the process but are not immediately offered a role will be placed into a pool for 12 months for future vacancies that arise.

Applications are welcome from substantive Crew Managers or competent Firefighters in the WSFRS Crew Manager Development Centre Ready to Progress Pool. Applicants must be currently employed by a Local Authority Fire & Rescue Service.

The process will consist of:

Stage 1
Application (see How To Apply below for further details)

Stage 2
Practical assessments, including:
Firefighters Swim test
Working at Height – applicants will be assessed to ascertain their suitability for working at height and rope rescue operations. Candidates will be supplied with suitable TRU rope harnesses and PPE.
Interview

Stage 3
Candidates notified of outcome
Any offers will be subject to:
Satisfactory Enhanced DBS and reference requests.
Internal applicants will need an in-date fitness test and medical.

External applicants will need to undertake and pass a West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service fitness test and medical.
Successful candidates will initially receive in service training and will be required to attend and pass the following external courses:
Rescue from height
Water rescue
Animal rescue