Fire Safety Officer

About The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in the Met experience online.

• Respect: Engage one another with collegiality, empathy, and kindness, always.
• Inclusivity: Ensure that all are and feel welcome and valued.
• Collaboration: Reach across boundaries to exchange ideas and work together toward our shared mission.
• Excellence: Lead the cultural world in quality and expertise—and inspire curiosity and creativity.
• Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest moral standards, admit when we fall short, and then evolve.

• Fire protection and the protection of Museum visitors, personnel, and art collections from the hazards of fire.
• Make inspections of auxiliary protection equipment to ensure proper maintenance.
• Make daily systematic fire safety inspections of building.
• Instruct Museum personnel in operation of fire extinguishers and methods of transmitting alarms.
• Supervise all welding and burning operations.
• Conduct fire drills and fire instruction as directed by Security Management.
• Secure compliance with NYC fire codes procedures and regulations pertaining to the storage and use of flammable or hazardous materials.
• Act as fire guard during welding and cutting operations and check for hidden sparks after operations are finished.
• Respond to all emergency calls in the Museum. Provide appropriate first aid treatment, in a medical emergency, before arrival of emergency medical technicians, including performing CPR or administering AED.
• Advise Security Management on all matters related to fire safety.
• Liaise with NYC Fire Department and escort NYC Fire Inspectors.
• Identify potential safety or fire hazards; take action or make recommendations to eliminate hazards.
• Assist the Fire Safety Manager develop plans for easy evacuation of people in the Museum in case of a fire outbreak, structural collapse, or any other emergency requiring an evacuation.
• Oversee and facilitate fire drills, building inspections, and fire safety instruction as directed by Security and Buildings Management.
• Ensure compliance with the NYC fire codes, procedures and regulations pertaining to the storage and use of flammable and/or hazardous materials is enforced.
• Supervise and ensure permits are valid to conduct “hot work” using oxygen and a flammable gas, such as acetylene or propane.
• Serve as lead contact with NYC Fire Department staff and NYC Fire Inspectors.
• Maintain all fire safety equipment in the building, such as fire extinguishers and other fire‑suppression equipment; assist the Buildings and Security Departments with the life‑cycle replacement requirements for non‑functioning, old equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Must have full‑time fire‑fighting experience in a major municipal fire department.
• EMT‑B or Paramedic experience preferred.

• College degree preferred. Possess knowledge of the chemistry of fire and knowledge of the NYC fire codes, rules and regulations pertaining to combustibles and flammables. Have experience in fire extinguishment. Individual must qualify for Certificate of Fitness as a fire guard for public assembly and torch operations from the NYC Fire Department.

• Pay Rate: $24.26 / Hourly.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Employees are expected to be located within commuting distance of the Museum. “Commuting distance” means that they are located in one of the following states:
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania (the “Tri‑state and PA” areas), and be able to commute to and from the Museum in a single day.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
• 403(b) basic retirement plan and optional matching retirement plan with an outstanding employer match.
• Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and 13 Museum holidays.
• Long‑term disability coverage.
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Account (pre‑tax income for eligible health…