Plans Examiner- Fire Department Fire Inspector

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• Position Summary:**Predominantly performs residential and commercial
  
  

plan review, conducts building and fire code inspections, conducts fire

and explosion investigations, generates reports, serves/posts

violations, conducts public presentations, and provides exceptional

customer service.

Essential Duties

• Conducts technical examinations of plans for commercial and
  
  

residential construction projects to assure compliance with adopted

fire codes and national standards.

• Understands the interdependence of building, fire, and life safety
  
  

regulations and how they are applied in the construction and built

environment.

• Provides written and verbal communication to developers, planners,
  
  

architects, engineers, and other city departments in a competent and

professional manner.

• Completes plan reviews and inspections with accurate and technical
  
  

comments on numerous, diverse, and complex structures, public

facilities, fire protection systems, and industrial processes.

• Issues applicable fire code permits in accordance with adopted codes
  
  

and ordinances and performs on-site inspections at construction

projects, special events, existing buildings, and various other

sites within the city.

• Issues order notices accurately and in accordance with adopted codes
  
  

and ordinances and within City policies.

• Represents the City and Fire Department in various meetings and
  
  

public presentations.

• Creates and presents fire and life safety messages to the public
  
  

including civic groups, school aged children, and variously aged

adults.

• Performs field inspections of fire protection systems across all
  
  

types of occupancies for compliance with the International Fire

Code, local amendments, and adopted NFPA standards.

• Uses appropriate tools, equipment, and apparatus for conducting
  
  

inspections and fire/explosion investigations including appropriate

personal protection equipment (PPE) and a self-contained breathing

apparatus (SCBA).

• Records/logs inspections with notes regarding
  
  

compliance/non-compliance in each area.

• Ensures licenses and permits are issued for all projects reviewed
  
  

and inspected.

• Reviews, issues, inspects, and signs permits such as burn permit,
  
  

tent permit, or special event permit.

• Coordinates with other City departments to ensure plans are reviewed
  
  

for compliance with building, fire, zoning, and other adopted codes;

tracks plans at various stages of the review/approval process.

• Serves and posts notices at specific sites in violation of building
  
  

and/or City codes.

• Utilizes, retrieves, inputs, and manages data within the
  
  

permitting/inspection/plan review modules of established Department

software.

• Attends pre-action conferences and special event meetings.
• Compiles the resolutions and ordinances for fees, code adoptions,
  
  

and valuations.

• Investigates complaints; investigates explosions, hazardous material
  
  

incidents, and fires as to the origin and cause through routinely

assigned on-call rotations; prepares cases; and testifies in court.

• Responds to emergency incidents and during on-call rotations must be
  
  

available to respond 24 hours per day, to include holidays and

weekends, during that assigned rotation period.

• Creates related training materials and educational programs as
  
  

requested.

• Maintains inspection recordings, documents, records, correspondence,
  
  

and files.

• Provides exceptional customer service in-person, via email, and
  
  

telephone to provide information pertaining to permitting,

inspections, and plan review to builders, contractors, architects,

engineers, and the public.

• Assists other departments a requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.