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  2. Fire safety officer - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom fire and rescue services [1] a fire safety officer (sometimes referred to as a fire officer) is a firefighter who has attained the rank of sub-officer (also known as a watch commander) or above, and transferred from front line operational service into the Fire Safety Department. The term "fire officer" may also refer to a ...

  3. Department of public safety - Wikipedia

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    However, a minority of jurisdictions have departments of public safety that have primary and direct responsibility for all emergencies. In these unusual organizations, all full-time sworn personnel are cross-trained as police officers , firefighters and EMTs , and can respond to emergencies in any capacity. [ 1 ]

  4. Fire safety inspector - Wikipedia

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    Although in law a "fire inspector" is a person appointed directly by the secretary of state to enforce fire safety standards in Crown premises and is as such a person appointed as an 'enforcing authority' in their own right, the term fire inspector refers more widely to any inspector who enforces fire safety legislation.

  5. List of comparative firefighting ranks - Wikipedia

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    The rank of an officer in an American fire department is most commonly denoted by a number of speaking trumpets, a reference to a megaphone-like device used in the early days of the fire service, although typically called "bugle" in today's parlance. Ranks proceed from one (lieutenant) to five (fire chief) bugles.

  6. Incident commander - Wikipedia

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    Obtain delegation of authority if requesting agency desires Team to assume operational control and/or under unified command to allow all affected jurisdictions shared responsibility. Ensure incident safety. Establish Incident Command Post and operational plan if not already accomplished. Maintain contact with state fire marshal and ERC.

  7. Crew commander - Wikipedia

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    In the old rank system there would have been a "divisional officer" responsible for training new recruits, or a divisional officer in the fire safety department. Clearly both officers are of the same rank but perform different roles. The new regime tries to resolve this by calling the divisional officer responsible for recruit training a ...

  8. Company officer (firefighter) - Wikipedia

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    A company officer (CO) is the individual in charge of a crew of firefighters and their responding apparatus in the United States. Company Officers have different titles depending on the table of organization for their particular agency, but commonly used titles in the U.S. Fire Service include Lieutenant, Captain, Sergeant, or other ranks which reflect the paramilitary organization of most ...

  9. Station officer - Wikipedia

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    In Australia and New Zealand a station officer is a career / permanent officer who is either the single officer on a watch / platoon / shift system in a single- or dual-fire apparatus/appliance station, with three to five firefighters reporting to them, or one of several officers under a senior station officer at a station with multiple appliances.