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Municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisors
Supervise fire fighters who control and extinguish municipal fires, protect life and property, and conduct rescue efforts.
Other names for Municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisors:
Battalion Chief, Chief of Fire Prevention, Chief of Operations, Fire Battalion Chief, Fire Captain, Fire Chief, Fire Fighter, Fire Investigator, Fire Lieutenant, Fire Marshal, Fire Officer, Fire Prevention Bureau Captain, Fire Prevention Captain, Fire Prevention Officer, Fire Suppression Captain, Firefighter, Shift Commander, Training Officer,
What do Municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Supervisors do?
Assign firefighters to jobs at strategic locations to facilitate rescue of persons and maximize application of extinguishing agents.
Provide emergency medical services as required, and perform light to heavy rescue functions at emergencies.
Write and submit proposals for repair, modification, or replacement of firefighting equipment.
Coordinate the distribution of fire prevention promotional materials.
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.
Participate in creating fire safety guidelines and evacuation schemes for non-residential buildings.
Inspect and test new and existing fire protection systems, fire detection systems, and fire safety equipment to ensure that they are operating properly.
Recommend to proper authorities possible fire code revisions, additions, and deletions.
Develop or review building fire exit plans.
Report and issue citations for fire code violations found during inspections, testifying in court about violations when required to do so.
Present and interpret fire prevention and fire code information to citizens' groups, organizations, contractors, engineers, and developers.
Conduct fire drills for building occupants and report on the outcomes of such drills.
Document efforts taken to bring property owners into compliance with laws, codes, regulations, ordinances, and standards.
Oversee review of new building plans to ensure compliance with laws, ordinances, and administrative rules for public fire safety.
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 to determine crew or company requirements.
Instruct and drill fire department personnel in assigned duties, including firefighting, medical care, hazardous materials response, fire prevention, and related subjects.
Evaluate the performance of assigned firefighting personnel.
Direct the training of firefighters, assigning of instructors to training classes, and providing of supervisors with reports on training progress and status.
Prepare activity reports listing fire call locations, actions taken, fire types and probable causes, damage estimates, and situation dispositions.
Maintain required maps and records.
Attend in-service training classes to remain current in knowledge of codes, laws, ordinances, and regulations.
Evaluate fire station procedures to ensure efficiency and enforcement of departmental regulations.
Direct firefighters in station maintenance duties, and participate in these duties.
Compile and maintain equipment and personnel records, including accident reports.
Direct investigation of cases of suspected arson, hazards, and false alarms and submit reports outlining findings.
Recommend personnel actions related to disciplinary procedures, performance, leaves of absence, and grievances.
Supervise and participate in the inspection of properties to ensure that they are in compliance with applicable fire codes, ordinances, laws, regulations, and standards.
Do you enjoy these?
Fire hoses or nozzles
Protective gloves
Fire escape equipment
Gas generators
Glucose monitors or meters
Pry bars
Saws
Hazardous material protective apparel
Fire or rescue trucks
Pry bars
Specialty wrenches
Metal cutters
Heat tracing equipment
Emergency medical services intravenous IV kits
Fire or rescue trucks
Notebook computers
Laryngoscopes or accessories
Life rings
Life vests or preservers
Acoustic sensors
Specialty wrenches
Mercury blood pressure units
Fire suppression hand tools
Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories
Notebook computers
Multi gas monitors
Fire extinguishers
Geological compasses
Medical gas cylinders or related devices
Personal computers
Fire suppression hand tools
Pry bars
Power saws
Fire retardant apparel
Safety helmets
Pry bars
Fire suppression hand tools
Pulse oximeter units
Safety glasses
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories
Nylon rope
Shovels
Hammers
Air exhausters
Basket stretchers or accessories
Surface thermometers
Heat tracing equipment
Wheel chocks
Winches
Two way radios
Utility knives
Fans
Fire fighting watercraft
Pry bars
Manlift or personnel lift
Air bags for loading
Pneumatic hammer
Respirators
Ladders
Resuscitation masks or accessories
Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
Electronic blood pressure units
Spine boards
Safety harnesses or belts
Bolt cutters
Fire or rescue trucks
Fire extinguishers
Fire suppression hand tools
Power saws
Hazardous material protective footwear
Protective gloves
Power saws
Hammers
Desktop computers
Fire extinguishers
Electrocardiography EKG units
Emergency medical services suction units or accessories
Emergency response litters or stretchers or accessories
Weapons or explosives detectors
Ladders
Emergency medical services cervical or extrication collars
Fire suppression hand tools
Fire or rescue trucks
Technology used
Helpdesk or call center software
Project management software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Spreadsheet software
Data base user interface and query software
Analytical or scientific software
Internet browser software
Electronic mail software
Map creation software
