Deputy State Fire Marshal - Education, Enforcement, and Analytics Section

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About the Position:

The Deputy State Fire Marshal position reports to the Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal of the Education, Enforcement, and Analytics Section.

This position assists in the performance of statewide fire and life safety program duties by providing professional level work in administration of the Fire Sprinkler, Fireworks, and Fire Safe Cigarette programs.

The Deputy State Fire Marshal in this position is responsible to:

• Enforce the Fire Sprinkler Law, Fireworks Law, Cigarette Ignition Propensity Law and associated WACs.
• Conduct routine, complex, and difficult investigations which may be characterized by: multiple issues, claimants, and respondents, multi-jurisdictional investigations, patterns of practice or ongoing pattern of alleged violations, or other investigations of similar scope and level of responsibility.
• Interview and question witnesses to establish facts, gather evidence, and prepare detailed and comprehensive reports.
• Review and evaluate the investigative effort to improve methods and techniques so that quality and quantity of work completed is increased and improved.
• Interpret and apply relevant statutes, rules, and codes.
• Develop and conduct ongoing training for internal staff, provides technical guidance to other investigators.
• Complete inspections of fire sprinkler systems to ensure compliance with applicable codes and recalls that have been established due to dysfunctional parts and components.
• Serving as a technical expert in the Fire Sprinkler Law, Fireworks Law, Cigarette Ignition Propensity Law programs.
• Coordinate with program staff on managing, developing, and implementing fire-related course curriculum, including curriculum development and updates, and course instruction as needed.
• Serve on the Fire Mobilization Team during the summer months when the Washington State Fire Service Resources Mobilization Plan has been approved for implementation.

About the Division:

The Prevention Division is active in providing a variety of Fire Protection services including fire inspections on licensed care facilities, plan review of schools, data collection, analysis, licensing, and certification of the fire sprinkler, fireworks, and cigarette industries to both public and private sectors.

About the Agency:The WSP actively supports Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the workplace, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The WSP strives to create and foster an inclusive culture inspiring everyone to be their authentic selves, speak openly, and be courageous.

The WSP continues to focus on equitable hiring, training, and promotional practices and policies through innovative recruitment and retention solutions.

Partnering with our communities helps the WSP provide the best in public safety services now and into the future.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Key to the Position:
Primary responsibilities are to serve as a technical expert in the fire sprinkler and fireworks licensing and certification programs; conduct audits and/or investigations of licensees for compliance to the fire sprinkler and/or fireworks laws; serve on the fire mobilization team during the summer months responding to the EOC or HQ when the Washington State Fire Service Resources Mobilization Plan has been approved for implementation. Must become familiar with the fire sprinkler, fireworks, and mobilization programs by leveraging the following:

• Job shadowing within the Education, Enforcement, and Analytics Section
• Job shadowing within the Mobilization Section
• Agency, Bureau, and Section policies and procedures
• Licensing DSFM Desk Manual
• 2021 IFC and IBC (or current adopted code)
• Mobilization Handbook

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess a valid, unrestricted Washington State Driver's License or able to obtain one within 30 days of employment.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Knowledge and ability to interpret state-adopted fire and building codes, statutes and
• rules, state adopted fire/building codes, nationally recognized fire protection and fire prevention standards, fire protection systems, standard building construction methods and materials, and all Washington State statutes pertaining to areas of investigations.
• Knowledge of methods, principles, standards and techniques of administrative investigations, techniques in investigative report writing, auditing and recordkeeping techniques.
• Knowledge and/or experience with the Fire Sprinkler Contractor, Fireworks, and Cigarette Ignition Propensity laws and associate WACs.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with the public, industry representatives, and government officials in performing duties.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively analyze information and communicate decisions and recommendations related to fire and life safety requirements.
• Demonstrated experience composing clear, direct, concise, and complete messages using plain talk to explain complex technical concepts.
• Strong problem solving skills including anticipating, analyzing, diagnosing, and resolving problems.
• Must have a strong knowledge and command of Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams.
• Strong organization, time management, and workload management skills. Demonstrated experience in operation of a complex database environment.
• This position requires some travel, both in-state and out of state. This position requires extensive overnight in-state travel during the fire season, typically late June to early October. Some of this travel may be in excess of 10 consecutive days.

Conditions of Employment

• Successful completion of a pre-employment polygraph examination and background investigation.

• Successfully pass and obtain ICC Fire Inspection I, ICC Fire Inspection II within 6 months of employment, and IFSAC Public Educator I, and IFSAC Instructor I within 1 year of employment.

• Successfully pass the in-house driver’s training program within 8 months of employment.

To be considered you must submit a current cover letter explaining how you meet the required qualifications of the position.

• A healthy life/work balance by offering flexible schedules and telework options for most positions.
• Infants at Work Program based on the long-term health values of infant-parent bonding and breastfeeding newborns.
• Continuous growth and development opportunities.
• Opportunities to serve your community and make an impact through meaningful work
• Employment opportunities that recognize military veterans and/or military spouse per Governor Executive Order 19-01
• Qualification for the Public Loan Forgiveness Program

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