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Working As A Battalion Chief

  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
  • Assisting and Caring for Others
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

  • Outdoors/walking/standing

  • Stressful

  • $80,000

    Average Salary

Example Of What A Battalion Chief does

  • Mitigate all hazmat incidents that occur within the County.
  • Respond to all structure fires and major incidents in the city of San Antonio.
  • Commanded eleven companies and fifty fire personnel reporting to me.
  • Operated a variety of firefighting and special purpose vehicles to and from emergency scenes.
  • Review of EMT and Paramedic treatment skills, triage decisions, transportation decisions and documentation skills.
  • Participate in / supervise fire investigations, enforce local and state ordinances and codes.
  • Manage the readiness of 125 Motor Transport items.
  • Direct, train, and develop up to 50 personnel - emphases on emergency mitigation with compliance with NFPA codes.
  • Assist combat corpsmen with basic lifesaving skills such as starting Intravenous fluid, and CPR.
  • Coordinated Training Programs, Maintained budgets on training, travel, and fleet.
  • Planned and evaluated military operations.
  • Provide Honor Guard Service and Support for the Community and Surrounding Fire Departments and Law Enforcement.
  • Directed Fire and Rescue operations on and off scene.
  • Research and review of incident reports for completion and accuracy.
  • Certified Urban Search and Rescue Specialist and served as the Public Information Officer for the St. Louis Metro USAR Team.
  • Completed 4 weeks Marine combat training.
  • Managed the annual weapons training requirements and qualifications for a Battalion of 550 Marines and Sailors.
  • Fire Inspections, LE 38's.
  • Oversee the operations of the Hazardous Materials Team.
  • Interpreted and relayed directives of superior officers to subordinates to assure compliance and understanding of departmental policies.

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Average Length of Employment
Fire Captain 11.3 years
Fire Chief 8.1 years
Deputy Fire Chief 7.7 years
Battalion Fire Chief 7.6 years
Fire Department Battalion Chief 7.2 years
Battalion Chief 7.0 years
Battalion Executive Officer 2.2 years
Top Careers Before Battalion Chief
Captain 13.2%
Fire Captain 9.9%
Lieutenant 9.7%
Emergency Medical Technician 9.4%
Firefighter/Paramedic 7.1%
Paramedic 5.5%
Fire Lieutenant 5.2%
Chief Of Operations 4.7%
Instructor 4.4%
Training Officer 4.1%
Platoon Sergeant 4.1%
Fire Chief 3.2%
Sergeant 3.2%
Engineer 2.9%
Adjunct Instructor 2.7%
Team Leader 2.6%
Recruiter 2.1%
Fire Officer 2.0%
Volunteer 2.0%
Fire Technician 2.0%
Top Careers After Battalion Chief
Chief Of Operations 13.6%
Fire Chief 12.3%
Division Chief 8.6%
Instructor 7.3%
Emergency Medical Technician 6.0%
Owner 4.4%
Adjunct Instructor 4.4%
Deputy Fire Chief 4.4%
Captain 4.4%
Assistant Chief Of Police 4.2%
Program Manager 3.4%
Chief Deputy 3.4%
Consultant 3.4%
Owner/Operator 3.1%
Supervisor 3.1%
Officer 3.1%
Operations Manager 2.9%
Security Officer 2.9%
Paramedic 2.6%
Company First Sergeant 2.3%

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Top Skills for A Battalion Chief

  1. Personnel Issues
  2. Emergency Response
  3. Fire Departments
You can check out examples of real life uses of top skills on resumes here:
  • Provide disaster emergency response training and educational programs to clients and the general community.
  • Provide Honor Guard Service and Support for the Community and Surrounding Fire Departments and Law Enforcement.
  • Train company officers in ICS (Incident Command Systems) using power point presentation, hands on scenarios or computer simulation.
  • Command initial emergency incidents (including hazardous materials incidents) and assist in the command of larger-scale emergency operations.
  • Supervised 5 career fire companies and 2 volunteer fire stations, totaling more than 40 personnel.

Battalion Chief Demographics

Gender

Male

87.3%

Unknown

9.0%

Female

3.6%
Ethnicity

White

61.7%

Hispanic or Latino

15.5%

Black or African American

12.8%

Asian

6.0%

Unknown

4.0%
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Foreign Languages Spoken

Spanish

77.8%

German

11.1%

Arabic

11.1%

Battalion Chief Education

Schools

Columbia Southern University

15.8%

University of Phoenix

13.0%

Grand Canyon University

11.0%

The Academy

11.0%

American University

9.6%

Central Texas College

4.8%

Webster University

4.1%

Park University

3.4%

Cameron University

2.7%

Community College of the Air Force

2.7%

Walden University

2.7%

Excelsior College

2.7%

Texas A&M University

2.1%

Daytona State College

2.1%

University of Maryland - University College

2.1%

Illinois State University

2.1%

Northern Arizona University

2.1%

Mohave Community College

2.1%

University of Central Florida

2.1%

Marine Corps University

2.1%
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Majors

Fire Science And Protection

28.2%

Business

19.4%

Management

7.5%

Criminal Justice

5.7%

Public Administration

5.2%

Homeland Security

4.7%

Medical Technician

4.4%

General Studies

3.6%

Human Resources Management

2.8%

Nursing

2.1%

Automotive Technology

1.8%

Education

1.8%

Finance

1.8%

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

1.8%

General Education, Specific Areas

1.8%

Communication

1.6%

Psychology

1.6%

History

1.6%

Political Science

1.3%

Public Relations

1.3%
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Degrees

Bachelors

30.6%

Other

27.3%

Masters

18.3%

Associate

16.8%

Certificate

3.7%

Doctorate

1.7%

Diploma

1.5%

License

0.2%
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