Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal
Location: Salem, OR
Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal
Supervising Deputy State Fire Marshal
Office Location: Salem
Full Time
40 Hours
The mission of the Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is ‘To protect citizens, their property, and the environment from fire and hazardous materials.’
The Fire & Life Safety (FLS) Division is mandated by law to perform duties to enhance fire and life safety for the citizens and visitors of Oregon. The FLS Division directs and coordinates fire investigations to determine cause and origin, fire and life safety inspections of public buildings and certain state licensed facilities, storage and use of combustibles, inspection of institutional occupancies, and maintains the Exempt Jurisdiction Program to assure the safety of all places where large numbers of persons work, live or congregate. There are two Units within the FLS Division; the Technical Services Unit and the Field Operations Unit.
Do you have a passion for fire service and community outreach? Do you have experience in supervising staff in fire suppression, fire inspection, or fire code enforcement? Then maybe this is the career for you! OSFM in Salem, Oregon, is hiring for one (1) full-time, permanent Supervising Deputy State Fire Marshal position overseeing the Technical Services Unit. This position is management service.
The successful candidate will be responsible for Oregon Fire Code development and adoption, code interpretation, technical research, plan review, maintaining the exempt jurisdiction program, and inspection of state prisons and buildings. Position coordinates and provides oversight of sensitive and complex surveys of health facilities to determine the health care facilities’ life safety code compliance and emergency preparedness with State and federal licensing and certification requirements through the Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Department of Human Services. The Technical Services Unit partners with Oregon’s Building Codes Division and local fire service jurisdictions in maintaining code consistency.
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