Maryland State Fire Marshal

Duties

• the prevention of fire.
• the storage, sale, and usage of explosives, combustibles, or other dangerous articles, in solid, liquid, or gaseous form.
• the installation and maintenance of all kinds of equipment intended to control, detect, or extinguish fire.
• the means and adequacy of exit, in case of fire, from buildings and all other places in which individuals work, live, or congregate, except buildings that are used solely as dwelling houses for no more than two families.
• the suppression of arson and the regulations adopted by the Commission under Subtitle 2 of this title.

  Qualifications

• a degree from an accredited college or university.
• have 5 years of recent progressively responsible experience, at least 3 years of which shall have been at the administrative level, in fire prevention inspection, fire investigation, fire safety promotion, fire protection engineering, fire fighting, or teaching fire safety engineering.