Description

Summary

Plans, organizes and directs the activities and station/response teams engaged in fire suppression, rescue, and emergency medical services. Directs and facilitates fire suppression, prevention, and natural disaster preparedness for the purpose of minimizing losses of property and lives. Coordinates fire department activity with other agencies.

Distinguishing Career Features
The Fire Chief is a senior management position, responsible for planning, directing, and integrating programs directed at protecting lives and property from losses due to fire and natural disaster. The department's focus includes, and is not limited to fire suppression and prevention, but extends to emergency medical services, hazardous materials, and disaster planning. Advancement to this position is by appointment and requires a demonstrated ability to administer the policies set forth by the City Council, annual business plans established by the City Manager, and to integrate all services with qualified response teams.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Plans, organizes, directs, and implements effective fire suppression, fire protection, and emergency medical services for the City. Plans, organizes, and implements policies and services provided by the department.
• Through a leadership team of Captains and Lieutenants, directs all employees of the department. Establishes standards of service and performance for the department.
• Develops and maintains systems and records that provide for proper evaluation, control and documentation of Department services. Conducts performance evaluations, and initiates and implements disciplinary actions as warranted.
• Takes command of incident operations of the highest acuity and involving broad interagency participation, delegating other incidents to response teams. Ensures readiness of department response teams and equipment.
• Administers and enforces Fire and Life Safety building codes including plans review, building inspection, fire investigation, fire cause determination, hazardous materials locations, and public education efforts.
• Works closely with the other fire protection, rescue, and emergency preparedness agencies, such as but not limited to, the County, US Customs and the State, to provide and coordinate regional services related to emergency services and fire suppression.
• Ensures adequate training and skill maintenance of staff utilizing modern technology and fire suppression/education techniques to ensure efficient, responsive fire suppression, emergency medical services.
• Directs a network of community-based outreach and training in areas such as but not limited to, prevention, first aid, CPR, disaster preparedness, and volunteer services.
• Plans, directs, evaluates, and participates in the environmental emergency response programs.
• Directs and develops short- and long-range plans, goals and objectives for the Department and prepares and advances annual budgets. Administers the department's operating and equipment budgets.
• Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position.