Description
A Fire Officer III is a mid level supervisor who performs both supervisory and first-line managerial functions who has met all the job performance and certification requirements of Fire Officer II as defined in NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. An individual at the Fire Officer III level as part of his or her duties and responsibilities:
•Establishes procedures for hiring, assigning, promoting, and encouraging professional development of members
•Develops programs that improve and expand service and build partnerships with the public
•Prepares a divisional or departmental budget, develops a budget management system, solicits bids, plans for resource allocation and works with information management systems
• Evaluates inspection programs to determine effectiveness and develops public safety plans
• Manages multi-agency planning, deployment, and operations
• Develops, manages and evaluates a departmental safety program
A Fire Officer IV is an upper level supervisor who performs both supervisory and first-line managerial functions who has met all the job performance and certification requirements of Fire Officer III as defined in NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. An individual at the Fire Officer IV level as part of his or her duties and responsibilities:
•Administers job performance requirements, and evaluates and improves the department
•Projects a positive image of the fire department to the community
•Develops long-range plans and fiscal projections
•Develops plans for major disasters
•Administers a comprehensive risk management program
Fire Officer III
Fire Officer IV
**Required Textbooks not included in price**
Chief Officer (4th Ed) (2019). Stillwater, OK: International Fire Service Training Association.
