Plans Examiner-Fire Department Fire Inspector
City of Prescott
Prescott, AZ
JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Prescott, AZ
POSTED
30+ days ago
information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7152757
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.
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