Deputy State Fire Marshal Resume Example

I have 23 plus years of career fire service experience, and about 10 years of experience in fire inspection and code enforcement. Most of my career was served as a firefighter and fire apparatus engineer with College Station Fire Department. After retiring in late 2003, I began a second career in fire inspection and code enforcement, initially with Texas A&M University. In 2007, I applied for a fire inspector position with the State Fire Marshal's Office, and shortly thereafter I was appointed as a Deputy State Fire Marshal, assigned to the Inspections Division field staff.

• Conduct over 400 building inspections annually in a variety of occupancy classifications
• Assigned by supervisor regularly to respond to code related inquires, complaints, and other specific requests from the public of a more complex nature
• Provide assistance to other Authorities Having Jurisdiction when called upon for code interpretation and opinions
• Have experience acting in place of my supervisor during absence, to provide the necessary continuity for agency functions
• Experience with investigation of life safety complaints in assembly occupancies that require occupant load calculations and other in-depth code evaluations
• Experience working on cases with TABC regarding complaints and inspection of drinking establishments and assembly occupancies
• Experience serving with the LODD investigation team on three fire ground tactical incidents to date. I served singly as the lead investigator for a LODD medical-case within the last year
• Knowledge of the SFMO regulatory rules of the fireworks industry and experience conducting annual inspections of sales facilities
• Experience serving on team inspection projects
• Experience working on a high-profile case involving inspection of multiple public buildings in the Kemah Boardwalk district in another AHJ's area
• Provide mentoring and training to SFMO new hires for inspections division
• Provide assistance to other AHJ's for technical code interpretation
• Have developed training guides for vertical opening requirements and provisions of the Life Safety Code
• Developed a power point program for the comparison of Life Safety Code provisions vs. DFPS rules and regulatory requirements of foster home and group home inspections