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182 <br />183 6. Crawling, Kneeling, and. Squatting: <br />184 0 Advancing hose lines in fire situations <br />185 0 Searching for, and. removing fire victims <br />186 0 Picking up and. moving lad.ders, hoses, and. other fire and. rescue equipment from the ground. <br />187 <br />188 7. Vision: <br />189 Normal vision needed., with or without correction, requires both near and. far acuity, depth <br />190 perception, field. of vision, and. focu.sing. Mu.st be able to d.istingu.ish colors. Use of corrective <br />191 lens is acceptable <br />192 <br />193 8. Hearing: <br />194 Normal hearing needed., with or without correction; firefighter must be able to discriminate <br />195 among similar sounds in environments with great amounts of background. noise <br />196 <br />197 9. Speech: <br />198 Mu.st be able to communicate clearly and. effectively to others in stressful conditions and. while <br />199 wearing self-contained. breathing apparatus (SCBA) <br />200 <br />201 10. Touching, Feeling, and. Using Fingers: <br />202 Mu.st be able to discriminate differences in items by feeling, and. manipulate items such as SCBA <br />203 valves, apparatus controls, alarm panel controls, nozzle controls, and. tie knots in ropes. Mu.st be <br />204 able to determine difference between hot and. cold.. <br />205 <br />206 Department Assistant: Most of the administrative support duties are performed in a normal <br />207 office environment. Limited lifting of ten pounds or less is required. There is very limited <br />208 exposure to field or construction site conditions. <br />209 <br />210 The Department Assistant is responsible for the management of day to day department functions, <br />211 many of which have deadlines and require significant attention to detail. Approximately 25% of <br />212 the time,, work is performed at the highest level of detail and pressure of deadlines. <br />Page 5 of 5 <br />