Job Location Office of Gilmer County Commissioners - Ellijay, GA 30540 Salary Range $21.50 Hourly
🚒 Now Hiring: Firefighter/Paramedic
Gilmer County Fire & Emergency Services
Gilmer County is excited to announce a significant compensation and benefits enhancement for our Firefighter/Paramedic positions, reinforcing our commitment to recruiting and retaining exceptional public safety professionals in the Appalachian region.
💰 Competitive New Pay Structure
This increase establishes Gilmer County as a highly competitive employer among fire and emergency service agencies throughout the Appalachian area.
⭐ Enhanced Retirement Benefits (Implementation Phase)
Gilmer County BOC has also approved a new retirement program that will provide a significantly richer retirement benefit for our employees.
🎯 Comprehensive Benefits Package
In addition to competitive pay, Gilmer County offers a robust benefits package, including:
These benefits reflect our commitment to employee well-being, work-life balance, and long-term career sustainability.
🔥 Position Overview
Firefighter/Paramedics are essential to the safety and well-being of our community and are responsible for:
📍 Serve Where You’re Valued
Join a department that values its people, invests in their future, and supports professional growth—while serving a strong, close-knit Appalachian community.
📢 Apply today and build a rewarding career with Gilmer County Fire & Emergency Services
General Nature of Work
The purpose of this position is to perform Fire Department and EMS emergency and non-emergency operations during assigned shifts; engages in emergency scene activities including defense/exterior basic firefighting tasks and emergency medical care; and performs a variety of staff support functions, and other related work as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
ADA Requirements: Individuals applying for the posted position must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Physical Requirements: Tasks require the ability to exert moderate, though not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (50-100 pounds).
Work Environment: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to outside weather conditions and with ammunition. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places, and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock. Work is performed in both daylight and at night and may be required to travel speeds more than posted limits through areas of varying population densities and traffic congestion, and in inclement weather conditions. Work involves exposure to personal danger and psychological stress.
Gilmer County was one of the fastest growing (by percentage) counties in the nation in the 1990s. Today, our growth is at a much slower pace like the rest of the nation. However, infrastructure and capital improvement projects have proceeded in order to create a more responsible future for Gilmer County. This includes many road widening and paving projects, a new parking lot at the courthouse, and fire stations.
We are proud to offer more service than most counties in our region do. Our Fire-Rescue service is a combination of a very highly rated Fire Department and an Advanced Life Support ambulance service. The Gilmer County Sheriff’s Department is one of the few fully-trained and certified agencies in Georgia. Disposal of household trash is offered at various compactor sites. We are also proud to have a very successful campus of Dalton State College located in Downtown Ellijay.
