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Hi everyone,
I am a newly appointed chief. We are thinking about making a position for inspector/investigator. I am trying to think were the position should be ranked at.
Any suggestions?????
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Permalink Reply by capcityff on
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Ours are ranked just that, Fire Investigator. I work in a large city though so as you can guess, the inspectors are city inspectors that aren't from the fire department. We have fire investigators though. These make more than normal firemen, but they don't fight fires anymore. It's a separate division(Fire Investigations Unit) that they can transfer into. There are ranks within there with most becoming armed investigators after getting sent out for a police academy somewhere down south or attending the MPDC(Metropolitan Police Department) police academy. Probably doesn't help much since your department is a different size, but it's just what we do in case anyone was curious.
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Permalink Reply by Todd on
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Our Inspector and Prevention Officer are paid at the same level as Captains.
Our Investigators are Battalion Chief rank or higher career personnel and work in tandem with the Sheriff's Dept or local Police as part of their job duties.
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Permalink Reply by 55 TRUCK on
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I see by your profile that this is a Vol. Dept. Would this be a paid position? If not are you going to appoint more than one to this position? Since with Vols. you never know when there avaliable.
I would keep this position seperate from the operational side of the Dept. I would also give the person a titel but no rank unless the person you choose already has a officers rank.
Have you thought about what certs this person needs & what classes they'll need to take? What certs & continuing education your state law requires of investigatores/inspectores?
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Permalink Reply by Brad Kruse on
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Hi 55 Truck. Thank you for reply. We only have about 12 of business in our district. The person that I am thinking about has the proper certs. It would be more for pre-plans. It would be a volunteer position.
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Permalink Reply by Jody Thomas on
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Ours is a paid position and carries the rank of Major.
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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We only have about 12 of business in our district. The person that I am thinking about has the proper certs. It would be more for pre-plans. It would be a volunteer position.
No rank is really needed for such a position, the title of Inspector can be given. However, if you are giving extra duties and if you believe the person is qualified, giving the rank of Lt wouldn't be a bad move.
Most positions I have seen were either titled as Fire Inspector or held a rank within the dept or division. On my first dept, the position of Fire Inspector was created as a full time job, the person was also a firefighter with the dept, but didn't hold a specific rank.
On my dept now the Fire Marshal (Prevention) division is comprised of the Fire Inspectors. They are all officers and start at the rank of Lt, but are not active with the fire suppression division. One can transfer in or out of the division, but if one comes back to suppression, they fall into their old spot in seniority. So if one was a FF when they went into prevention, they become a Lt. If they decide to come back to suppression, they would come back as a FF (or engineer etc, depending upon where they fall in seniority.
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