Fire Marshal 12
Fire Marshal 12 : United States: New York City Fire Marshals: New York City Fire Marshal patch: New York City's Bureau of Fire Investigation, a division of the FDNY, currently employs about 100 fire marshals and 40 supervising fire marshals. The position of fire marshal is a promotional civil service title and all officers have served several years as active firefighters. Unlike many other jurisdictions, the New York marshals are armed police officers with full powers of arrest who generally work in pairs and investigate serious fires. Marshals undergo comprehensive police training to include annual weapons qualification at Camp Smith for all officers with all firearms available to the NYPD, including shotguns and sub machine guns. Often, investigations are conducted in cooperation with the New York Police Department, with whom they have a close relationship. Many fire marshals are former NYPD officers. In a typical year they are assigned about 4,000 fires within the five boroughs of the city. New York Fire Marshals often receive special training at the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia, as well as attending investigative classes conducted by the NYPD. Marshals also are now attending federal explosives training classes sponsored by the federal government in Socorro, New Mexico. Under New York State Consolidated Laws Article 35. 00 section 35. 20 "deadly physical force may be used in order to terminate or prevent commission of arson". The city's first fire marshal, George H. Sheldon, was appointed in 1873, eight years after the reorganization of the fire department into a career department in 1865. Robert O. Lowery became the first African-American fire marshal in 1946. Lowery would ultimately rise to the top of the department, being appointed the city's fire commissioner in 1965
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