Fire Marshal

Reports to:

Fire Chief

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Salary Range: $115,000 to $149,500 (hiring range $115,000 to $132,250)

Are you passionate about making a difference in a close-knit community? Evergreen, Colorado is a vibrant and picturesque mountain town - perfect for enjoying the outdoors, scenic views, and being part of a community that truly cares for one another. Join our dedicated team members where protecting life, property, and the environment is our mission.

Evergreen Fire/Rescue, founded in 1948, provides around the clock emergency medical, rescue, and fire suppression services along with community risk reduction services to nearly 26,000 residents across more than 120 square miles. Led by a Fire Chief and the Board of Directors of the Evergreen Fire Protection District, EFR consists of six divisions:
Administration, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Fire Operations, Community Risk Reduction, Maintenance, and Wildland. The volunteers and employees of each division are committed to providing exceptional service to their community of residents, business owners, employees, and visitors.

The Fire Marshal provides motivational leadership, coordination, and direction to the Risk Reduction Division. The Fire Marshal implements the strategic initiatives of the division through a comprehensive risk reduction program that identifies organizational, operational, and staffing objectives aligned with the Districts budgetary resources. The Fire Marshal evaluates Risk Reduction operations and strategies to ensure operational excellence, and to keep pace with industry standards and practices within the confines of available resources.

The Fire Marshal will assume appropriate roles within the incident command system as qualified and assigned.

Compliance

• Assure the division is complaint with local, county, state, and federal requirements for licensing / code / safety
• Maintain all certifications required for the performance of the duties of the position
• Responsible for planning, assigning and directing the work of the division, to include reviews of building construction projects, reviews of fire alarm / suppression drawings for new construction and remodels as well as post construction performance tests, inspections of commercial and educational buildings, driveway construction drawings and site visits, ISO rating confirmations, public education programs and contracted fire prevention services performed for other fire departments.
  
  Coordinates with County building plans, permits, and zoning.
• Manages the District’s Wildfire Prevention programs and enforcement of the Wildland Urban Interface Code
• Responds to commercial and school fire alarm activations as well as fire emergencies as required
• Manages the delivery of correction notices to building owners for violations of codes and follow-up inspections to ensure corrections are performed
• Oversees and participates as requested in Fire Investigations for the district

• Develop team members through a triannual process for optimal performance
• Manages the daily activities of the division personnel and quality assurance
• Plan, implement, and review short- and long-term goals and strategic plans
• Evaluate and approve recommendations from division team members, escalating to the Fire Chief as needed
• Establish and manage operational standards for the division
• Develop general policies and recommendations for the administration of the division and the protection of life and property within the District
• Conduct studies, identify problems, recommend alternatives, and implement solutions
• Consult with the Fire Chief on problems of policy and planning
• Prepares special reports and performs special…