UFA is Utah’s largest fire agency with 694 employees. UFA protects 451,035 people and $41.8 billion dollars of taxable value in 15 municipalities and Salt Lake County. UFA provides service to all unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County and one municipality (Eagle Mountain) is located in Utah County.
Think you have what it takes to be a part of our team? Go to our website, employment opportunities to learn more. We’ll email you when opportunity to apply begins. Let your friends and family know as well.
Come join us for this opportunity to help support children recovering from burn incidents. You can register as part of the Unified Fire Authority team at this link.
Recently, 40 members of our department attended an in house cardiac training called the Cardiac Academy. The Cardiac Academy is an 8-hour class covering anatomy/physiology, electrophysiology, and disease processes of the heart. (Cont)
Crew members interested in learning/brushing up on their cardiac skills volunteered to attend in order to be more proficient providers when someone calls UFA with a heart problem.
The cardiac system is complex and UFA providers are expected to know how to differentiate (cont)
between different cardiac events that occur. The communities we serve rely on our skills to determine the best course of action to facilitate the best possible outcome for our patients.
We have more cardiac classes happening, we’re excited to training additional UFA providers!
As we come into the warmer season, it is so important to remember outdoor fire safety. These videos were a product of a controlled burn in @eaglemountaincity to take care of some of the piled up Tumbleweeds. However, this is a great time to show how quickly and aggressively these fuels can burn.
UFA Recruit Camp 57 had an action packed week of learning and hands on skill development.
Vehicle extrication RIT Alley lay Vehicle fires Multi company response
Think you have what it takes to be a part of our team? Click on the link in our bio to get to our interest list. We’ll email you when opportunity to apply begins. Let your friends and family know as well!
Recently, 40 members of our department attended an in house cardiac training called the Cardiac Academy. The Cardiac Academy is an 8-hour class covering anatomy/physiology, electrophysiology, and disease processes of the heart.
Crew members interested in learning or brushing up on their cardiac skills volunteered to attend in order to be more proficient providers when someone calls UFA with a heart problem.
The cardiac system is complex and UFA providers are expected to know how to differentiate between different cardiac events that can occur. The communities we serve rely on our skills to determine the best course of action to facilitate the best possible outcome for our patients.
We have additional cardiac classes happening soon, we’re excited to continue training additional UFA providers!
Position: Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Manager Pay Range: $70,650 - $104,418 per year Closing Date: March 29, 2024
Provides finance & accounting services to the various Divisions within the UFA. Works within several different and diverse programs and frequently demonstrates broad knowledge due to cross-boundary specialties.
Works under the general direction of the UFA’s Chief Financial Officer and/or Assistant Finance Director. Expected to function independently by using personal initiative to plan, carry out, and balance individual assignments.
Generally supervises Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable staff, including participating in hiring decisions, setting individual performance goals, conducting periodic performance evaluations, imposing disciplinary action, approving vacation and leave requests, arranging employee training opportunities, etc.
For more information click the link in our bio or visit UNIFIEDFIRE.ORG
Position: Part-Time Human Resource Technician Pay Range: $20.02 - $28.09 per hour Closing Date: March 29, 2024
This position performs working-level clerical and routine technical duties as needed to expedite the processing and maintenance of human resources information and records. Assists with the day-to-day tasks of the human resources division and supports a wide range of HR activities, including general administrative duties, recruitment, and employee database management. This position will collect, extract, and input employee benefits and workers’ compensation data. Provides the necessary support to ensure the division’s needs are adequately met.
For more information click the link in our bio or visit UNIFIEDFIRE.ORG
In this line of work, every second counts. Being able to get dressed quickly and get en route is paramount. Our license requires us to perform a turnout drill in less than 60 seconds. This department has an expectation of less than 45 seconds. Before speeding up this video, this firefighter was able to run from the back to fully dressed in 36 seconds.
Unified Fire Authority is participating in a controlled burn in Eagle Mountain today. The burn is to assist in the mitigation of tumbleweeds throughout the city. No need to call 911. Fire is already on scene.
Another week of learning and training is behind us. Our recruits are getting ready this next week to begin putting all their newly acquired skills together into fire response evolutions.
What we covered this week: Overhaul and salvage Dumpster fires Mayday policy FF rescue drags/carries Victim rescue Bailouts Oriented man search Protected search Team air management On air dodgeball Air management Entrapments Knots testing