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Summary The Fire Marshal is an integral member of the Executive Command Staff and reports directly to the Fire Chief. This position leads, plans, directs, and participates in fire prevention, public education, and fire and arson investigation programs. The Fire Marshal develops and implements budgets, policies, procedures, and programs to effectively manage the Fire Marshal's Office.

Essential Functions Prepare a comprehensive fire prevention program, including recommending goals and objectives, developing policies and procedures, and participating in staffing plans and budget development. Implement comprehensive fire inspection and prevention programs, including assigning work activities, monitoring workflow, implementing policies and procedures, evaluating work products, and coordinating activities with other City departments and divisions. Prepare, develop, and manage the Fire Marshal's Office (FMO) budget.

Oversee division staffing, including recommending personnel appointments, evaluating employee performance, addressing performance deficiencies, and reviewing work schedules. Supervise assigned employees, including participating in staff selection, assigning work, monitoring workflow, reviewing work products, and evaluating employee performance. Track certifications and training for FMO staff, including developing plans to maintain required certifications.

Serve as the custodian of records, including the tracking and processing of Open Records requests. Prepare and update the City's fire and emergency codes, ordinances, and standards. Investigate fires, including determining origin, cause, and estimated loss.

Participate in prosecution activities, including collecting evidence, maintaining records, preparing court reports, and serving as an expert witness. Coordinate with juvenile officers, counselors, and parents regarding juveniles involved in fire-related incidents. Develop and maintain partnerships with other City of Lubbock departments and community stakeholders related to new development.

Perform related duties as assigned. Organizational Supervision: Responsible for full personnel management, including employee selection, discipline, grievance resolution, and formal performance evaluations for direct reports and all employees reporting through subordinate supervisors. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Fire Science, Fire Administration, Public Administration, or a related field and a minimum of six (6) years of increasingly responsible experience in fire suppression, fire prevention, including at least two (3) years in a supervisory capacity in fire prevention; or an equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the essential functions of the position.

Minimum Required Licenses and Certifications Valid Texas driver's license. Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) Intermediate Fire Inspector certification. Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) Intermediate Fire and Arson Investigator certification.

Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) Plans Examiner certification. Basic Texas Peace Officer license (TCOLE) Knowledge and Abilities Knowledge of: Administration and Management: Principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This includes strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques, and production methods.

Fire Prevention: Procedures, strategies, techniques, and materials for reducing probability of loss of property and life from fires. Fire Investigation: Procedures, strategies, techniques, and methods for determining cause of fires. Construction Principles: Materials, methods, and the appropriate tools to construct objects, structures, and buildings.

Building Plans: Techniques and principles involved in the production and use of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. Ability to: Budget Management: Developing plans and budgets; comparing them against actual activity. Functional Supervision: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work.

Teaching: Conveying new concepts and confirming comprehension by listener. Mechanical/Technical: Safely operating diverse equipment, including computers, testing equipment, telephones, and radios. Active Listening: Listening to what others are saying and asking appropriate questions.

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work documents. System Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. Critical Thinking: Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.

Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people. Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of the reactions of others and understanding why they react the way they do. Oral Expression: Communicating information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Inductive Reasoning: Combining separate pieces of information or specific answers to problems to form general rules or conclusions. This includes coming up with a logical explanation for why a series of seemingly unrelated events occur together. Deductive Reasoning: Applying general rules to specific problems to come up with logical answers.

This involves deciding if an answer makes sense or provides a logical explanation for why a series of seemingly unrelated events occur together. Written Expression: Communicating information and ideas in writing so others will understand, including completing reports according to pre-set formats. Probing/Inquiry: Using oral language, social perceptiveness, and reasoning skills simultaneously to conduct effective interviews and interrogations.

Problem Sensitivity: Telling when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. Oral Comprehension: Listening to and understanding information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. Reaction Time: Quickly responding (with the hand, finger, or foot) to one signal (e.g., sound, light, or picture) when it appears

Physical Requirements: The employee is required to grasp, handle, feel, listen, and/or see. Frequently, s/he is required to carry, climb, drive a vehicle, kneel, lift up to 25 pounds, pull, push, reach, sit, smell, stand, stoop, talk, and/or walk. S/he occasionally must balance, lift up to 50 pounds, and/or stoop.

In rare instances, s/he must crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.