Firefighter (Hazmat/basic Life Support (009988)

**Job Title**: Firefighter (Hazardous Materials Technician/Basic Life Support)

**PP-SRS-GRD**:S-0081-07

**Location**: RAF Croughton

**Vacancy Number**: 009988

**Open Date**:17 October 2025

**Close Date**: 31 October 2025

**Work Hour Per Week**: 192 over 4 weeks

**Salary (Per Hour)**: £14.19 - £19.35

£14.19 an hour + a 15% Operational Firefighter Supplement
- **Several vacancies may be available - multiple selections may be made**_

We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join a premier team of Firefighters at the 422 Civil Engineering Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) Croughton, United Kingdom.

**What will be your primary role?**

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a Firefighter (Hazardous Materials Technician/Basic Life Support) assigned to a crew engaged in airfield and structural firefighting and crash-rescue operations. You will drive and operate firefighting vehicles of significant complexity; such as pumpers, aerial ladder trucks and Airport Rescue Firefighting vehicles. You will respond to the presence, or potential releases of hazardous materials for the purpose of stopping or controlling their release, and perform noninvasive emergency medical procedures. You will perform hazard and risk assessment, conduct complete incident analysis and perform Basic Life support. You will perform crash-rescue and firefighting duties involving air traffic or support operations where hazardous conditions are such that the expectancy for fire is high and potential for becoming destructive is great. In the course of these duties, you will perform structural firefighting duties for a variety of facilities, which may include large multi-storied buildings, industrial areas, and/or base storage facilities. All duties will be performed in accordance with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures, in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.

**For specific qualification requirements for this position, you can visit**:
You are required to be certified by the Department of Defense Firefighter Certification System as Airport Firefighter (includes Firefighter I, II), HAZMAT Awareness, HAZMAT Operations, HAZMAT Technician, Apparatus Driver Operator - Pumper, Apparatus Driver Operator - Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, Apparatus Driver Operator
- Aerial*, Apparatus Driver Operator - Mobile Water Supply (MWS).

*NOTE- Required only if Aerial and MWS is assigned.

**We offer fantastic company benefits include**:

- **Competitive salary**:the starting salary for this position is £14.19 + a 15% Operational Firefighter supplement
- **Holiday**:Annual Leave
- **Paid Sick Leave**
- **Pension Scheme**
- **Free On-Site Parking**
- **Employee extras such as**:Life Assurance scheme, Employee Assistance Program, Specialized Training, Development Opportunities, Fitness Facilities, Receive time off, cash, and honorary awards for significant contributions

**Overview of our mission**

U.S. Air Forces in Europe - United Kingdom (USAFE-UK), a forward detachment of USAFE, is headquartered at RAF Mildenhall, England a premier employer of over 1,200 local national employees with a right to work in the United Kingdom. Our jobs ranging from Administrative; Logistics; Trade and Labor (Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC), electrician, plumbers, and general Maintenance); Civil Engineers, Lawyers, Doctors and Administrative and Management positions. The organization further serves as the focal point for overseas negotiations with His Majesty's government on a wide range of issues. Our team is dedicated to excellence, innovation, and the highest standards of operational readiness.

The 501st Combat Support Wing tracks its lineage back to the 501st Bombardment Group, which was activated June 1, 1944, at Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas. Almost 2,000 Airmen serving one wing with two groups, 14 squadrons, and 17 wing staff agencies. The 501st serves a community of more than 14,000 personnel spread across ten installations. The 501st CSW remains the only combat support wing in the USAF and carries on its storied heritage of generating combat missions around the globe and projecting diplomacy through its ten geographically separated locations across the United Kingdom, Norway and Cyprus. 501st Combat Support Wing Locations: RAF Croughton, RAF Fairford, RAF Welford, Blenheim Crescent, RAF Alconbury, RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Molesworth, and Stavanger, Norway. The United States and the United Kingdom share a special bond nurtured over decades of commitment to our shared values of peace, security and prosperity. The depth of the US and the UK partnership will only grow as together we face the increasingly complex, high-end threats of today and tomorrow

**What are the Key Skills required for this role?**

1. Knowledge to drive and operate firefighting vehicles of significant complexity, and the principles of hydraulics

as they pertain to water-flow, water pressure, water le