Fire Marshal

The Fire Marshal supports fire prevention, life safety, emergency preparedness and response, and production operations across the Sony Pictures Studios lot and associated properties. Working as part of a small, highly collaborative Fire team, this role helps maintain a safe and production-ready studio environment through inspections, risk assessment, operational support, emergency response, training, documentation, and coordination with internal and external partners.

The Fire Marshal serves as a knowledgeable fire/life-safety resource and trusted liaison among productions, studio departments, and the Culver City Fire Department (CCFD). The role supports early identification and mitigation of fire/life-safety issues, facilitates CCFD permitting and regulatory processes, and provides on-lot oversight within SPE’s established responsibilities. CCFD remains the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and retains governmental permitting, regulatory, and fire-response authority.

Under the guidance of the Director of Enterprise Corporate Safety and in collaboration with the co-Fire Marshal:

• Conduct fire and life-safety inspections of production stages, sets, buildings, assembly spaces, events, construction activities, means of egress, fire department access, and other studio operations.
• Review production activities to identify potential fire/life-safety hazards and determine appropriate internal controls, Fire team support, or escalation to CCFD and other qualified specialists.
• Support productions with fire/life-safety planning involving special effects, pyrotechnics, fire effects, stunts, atmospheric effects, hot work, temporary structures, electrical activities, fuels and gases, vehicles, generators, and other higher-risk activities.
• Serve as a liaison among productions, studio departments, and CCFD, helping teams understand requirements, prepare for inspections and permitting, and resolve fire/life-safety issues.
• Facilitate CCFD permitting, inspections, approvals, and Fire Safety Officer requirements as applicable, while maintaining clear understanding of the boundaries between SPE responsibilities and AHJ authority.
• As needed, provide on-lot fire/life-safety monitoring, fire watch, production standby, and other coverage within SPE’s established scope and as permitted by applicable requirements and CCFD.
• As needed, monitor means of egress, occupant loads, fire lanes, emergency access, temporary occupancies, and other conditions that may affect fire/life safety.
• Support fire/life-safety assessment of fire protection system impairments and coordination of appropriate compensatory measures, while partnering with Facilities on infrastructure maintenance, testing, repair, and restoration.
• Maintain working knowledge of fire alarms, suppression systems, fire pumps, risers, extinguishers, hydrants, standpipes, and other fire/life-safety systems necessary to identify deficiencies and support appropriate escalation.
• Respond within the team's established scope to fire alarms, reported smoke or fire, suspicious odors, medical emergencies, hazardous conditions, gas leaks, elevator incidents, seismic events, and other emergencies.
• Support incident command and coordination during emergencies, including interface with CCFD, Security, GSOC, Facilities, medical resources, and other responding personnel.
• Assist with conducting and documenting fire/life-safety risk assessments, inspections, corrective actions, incident reports, permits and approvals, and other required program records.
• Support emergency preparedness activities, drills, exercises, first-responder readiness, and maintenance of emergency equipment, PPE, and supplies.
• Develop, maintain, and follow operating procedures, response protocols,…