{"id":5336,"date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5336"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:03:25","slug":"fire-protection-engineer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/fire-protection-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Protection Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

17683 (E S SEIU 925 Non Supv)
\n21759 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv)
\n22400 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv)<\/p>\n

CLASS SERIES CONCEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perform professional fire protection engineer duties to implement an institution’s fire protection program. Provide professional\/technical assistance and recommend modification and revision of facilities\/equipment for compliance with applicable fire prevention regulations and ordinances.<\/p>\n

BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Implement and maintain operation and engineering functions for an institutional fire protection division engaged in all phases of life safety, fire prevention and fire prevention activities.<\/p>\n

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

First-level class of series. Under general supervision, implement and maintain life safety and fire protection policies and procedures.<\/p>\n

TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Implement and maintain operations and engineering functions for an institutional fire protection\/prevention program;<\/p>\n

Review all plans and specifications for new construction and modifications to institutional buildings and facilities to ensure inclusion of required life safety and fire protection features;<\/p>\n

Provide technical guidance and code interpretations to other departments and consulting engineers;<\/p>\n

Conduct fire protection surveys on institutional buildings and facilities and submit reports to consulting engineers;<\/p>\n

Review all shop drawings and approve installations of fire protection systems, equipment and devices, fire alarm systems and life safety features;<\/p>\n

Conduct operational tests and inspections on new installations to ensure compliance with plans and specifications; resolve compliance problems with city and state fire safety officials;<\/p>\n

Plan and conduct a fire prevention program, including fire prevention instruction and drills;<\/p>\n

Direct and coordinate fire prevention inspection programs in institutional buildings and facilities;<\/p>\n

Direct monitoring of public events to ensure compliance with life safety requirements and crowd control;<\/p>\n

Make detailed investigations of and maintain files regarding fires and other disasters to determine the cause, contributing factors, extent and amount of loss; report findings to supervisor with recommendations to prevent future similar events;<\/p>\n

Develop and maintain master plan and criteria for the central fire alarm system;<\/p>\n

May direct work of fire inspectors;<\/p>\n

Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Bachelor’s Degree in engineering; and two years of fire protection or closely related field. Additional experience in fire protection engineering, or equivalent, may substitute, year for year, for educational requirements.<\/p>\n

Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n

CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

01\/03\/1973: New Class
\n10\/19\/1984: Revise Title & Class
\n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ
\n05\/01\/2000: New to CSA
\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 17683 (E S SEIU 925 Non Supv) 21759 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv) 22400 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv) CLASS SERIES CONCEPT Perform professional fire protection engineer duties to implement an institution’s fire protection program. Provide professional\/technical assistance and recommend modification and revision of facilities\/equipment for compliance with applicable fire prevention regulations and ordinances. BASIC FUNCTION Implement and maintain operation and engineering functions for an institutional fire protection division engaged in all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11734,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5336\/revisions\/11734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}