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Riverside County Fire Department
Reserve Firefighter
This is an Unpaid Position
Description Updated: May 2025
PURPOSE AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
Reserve Firefighters assist the Riverside County Fire Department in firefighting activities and the provision of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). They respond to alarms as members of fire crews to protect life and property using various fire apparatus, equipment, tools,
and devices, while ensuring their proper use and maintenance. Teamwork, personal investment,
and self-sacrifice are the basis of the social framework of a Reserve Firefighter.
Reserve Firefighters also provide a variety of community services.
Firefighting requires each individual member to perform a variety of duties, be responsible for responding to calls within the community, and sometimes assist other neighboring communities during mutual aid responses. This can range from structural firefighting, wildland firefighting,
removing severely injured people from auto accidents, treating people who have been victims of crimes, to delivering babies. Reserve Firefighters will frequently participate in emergency medical service activity. Reserve Firefighters are trained as Emergency
Medical Technicians, First Responders or Emergency Medical Responders (EMR). They administer varying degrees of emergency medical aid to injured people under extreme conditions involving trauma, illness, and personal tragedy. In addition, Reserve Firefighters may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
The examples of functions listed in this class specification are representative but not necessarily exhaustive or descriptive of any one position in the class. Management is not precluded from assigning other related functions not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment for the position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with a qualified disability to perform the essential functions of a job, on a case-by-case basis.
Essential Functions:
Reserve Firefighter: performs firefighting activities and provides Emergency Medical
Services (EMS), as well as a variety of community services. Under either direct or indirect supervision, Reserve Firefighters respond to alarms as members of fire crews to protect life and property using various fire apparatus, equipment, tools, and devices. Duties may include, but are not limited to:
Carrying and advancing a charged large diameter hose line into a burning building or onto steep terrain for brush fires.
Entering buildings under adverse fire conditions.
Making forcible entry into buildings.
Searching for fire victims and/or removing victims to safety.
Working in high, open, and confined places.
Carrying, raising, and extending ladders to assist victims down ladders and away from danger.
Carrying heavy equipment and power tools up and down ladders or stairs.
Using a variety of tools to remove walls and ceilings.
Operating power extrication equipment to assist in patient removal from motor vehicles.
Carrying patients over rough or uneven terrain for considerable distances.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Each Reserve Firefighter brings a unique combination of experience, knowledge, skills and abilities to the team. Knowledge, skills and abilities that are particularly applicable to this type of assignment include:
Must have the ability to work effectively under the stress of emergency situations and calmly and effectively handle others in emergency situations.
Must have the ability to read, comprehend and implement new and updated information, such as hazardous materials information, medical information, or changes in policy or procedures.
Must have the ability to apply information in a logical manner; maintain composure, confront stressful situations, and withstand the effects of repeated exposure to traumatic situations.
Must have the ability to engage in moderate to strenuous physical activity.
Must have the ability to learn and utilize appropriate radio protocol in order to communicate with other fire and emergency medical services personnel.
Must have the ability to take and follow orders from supervisors.
Must have the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with community personnel, other fire agencies, outside agencies, and the general public.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Reserve Firefighters must possess the physical, mental, and emotional ability to successfully perform the essential and often arduous duties of such an assignment. The physical characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met:
Frequently stand, walk, sit, kneel, stoop
