Municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisors

Supervise fire fighters who control and extinguish municipal fires, protect life and property, and conduct rescue efforts.

Job Task

• Prepare activity reports listing fire call locations, actions taken, fire types and probable causes, damage estimates, and situation dispositions.
• Provide emergency medical services as required, and perform light to heavy rescue functions at emergencies.
• Recommend personnel actions related to disciplinary procedures, performance, leaves of absence, and grievances.
• Supervise and participate in the inspection of properties in order to ensure that they are in compliance with applicable fire codes, ordinances, laws, regulations, and standards.
• Compile and maintain equipment and personnel records, including accident reports.
• Conduct fire drills for building occupants and report on the outcomes of such drills.
• Coordinate the distribution of fire prevention promotional materials.
• Develop or review building fire exit plans.
• Direct firefighters in station maintenance duties, and participate in these duties.
• Direct investigation of cases of suspected arson, hazards, and false alarms and submit reports outlining findings.
• Document efforts taken to bring property owners into compliance with laws, codes, regulations, ordinances, and standards.
• Identify corrective actions needed to bring properties into compliance with applicable fire codes and ordinances and conduct follow-up inspections to see if corrective actions have been taken.
• Maintain required maps and records.
• Write and submit proposals for repair, modification, or replacement of firefighting equipment.
• Report and issue citations for fire code violations found during inspections, testifying in court about violations when required to do so.
• Study and interpret fire safety codes to establish procedures for issuing permits regulating storage or use of hazardous or flammable substances.
• Assess nature and extent of fire, condition of building, danger to adjacent buildings, and water supply status in order to determine crew or company requirements.
• Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations in order to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
• Attend in-service training classes to remain current in knowledge of codes, laws, ordinances, and regulations.
• Direct the training of firefighters, assigning of instructors to training classes, and providing of supervisors with reports on training progress and status.
• Evaluate fire station procedures in order to ensure efficiency and enforcement of departmental regulations.
• Evaluate the performance of assigned firefighting personnel.
• Inspect and test new and existing fire protection systems, fire detection systems, and fire safety equipment in order to ensure that they are operating properly.
• Instruct and drill fire department personnel in assigned duties, including firefighting, medical care, hazardous materials response, fire prevention, and related subjects.
• Participate in creating fire safety guidelines and evacuation schemes for non-residential buildings.
• Oversee review of new building plans to ensure compliance with laws, ordinances, and administrative rules for public fire safety.
• Present and interpret fire prevention and fire code information to citizens' groups, organizations, contractors, engineers, and developers.
• Recommend to proper authorities possible fire code revisions, additions, and deletions.

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