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Chief fire officer

Other names

chief fire and rescue officer, fire lieutenant, chief fireman, fire captain, fire chief, chief firefighter, fire department chief

Fire and rescue

They lead a fire department and its staff at fires and rescues, keep people safe, keep records, and make rules to improve the work.

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  1. 1

    Supervise the fire department.

  2. 2

    Coordinate the daily work of the department.

  3. 3

    Lead fire and rescue staff during fires and rescues.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
responsable de sécurité civile et de secours
español
Jefe del cuerpo de bomberos/jefa del cuerpo de bomberos
العربية
كبير رجال الإطفاء
português
Comandante de corpo de bombeiros
Deutsch
Feuerwehrkommandant/Feuerwehrkommandantin
italiano
capo dipartimento dei vigili del fuoco

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