BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION:

The Special Enforcement Staff Captain/Staff Supervisor provides direct leadership, support, mentorship, and daily management of the Special Enforcement Division personnel. Special Enforcement Staff Captain/Staff Supervisor performs a wide variety of advanced professional duties oriented towards Fire, Arson Bomb Squad/Render Safe, and Investigation management functions of moderate to complex difficulty with minimal guidance. Assists the Special Enforcement Division Chief with the Division budget, Investigations & Response Team readiness & maintenance, related to agency liaison support services, Division policy development and implementation, and other special projects at the direction of the Division Chief.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the direction of the Special Enforcement Division Chief with minimal supervision. Work is reviewed at key stages or when unusual circumstances arise to ensure compliance and consistency with Federal, State, and County laws/regulations/ordinances as well as UFA policies and procedures. Expected to function independently by using initiative to plan and carry out assignments while directing staff.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Assists in the review of other Division employees' work for purposes of compliance and continuity as considered necessary. Supervises Special Enforcement staff in their day-to-day activities, provides training and support and sets individual performance goals, conducts periodic performance evaluations, and approves time cards. May act as the Division Chief/Manager in the Division Chief's absence.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The following list describes several of the essential functions of this position. This list may be supplemented as necessary:Performs all essential job functions and duties of a Special Enforcement Investigator (Arson Investigator/Bomb Tech.) as listed in the Special Enforcement Investigator job description.
• Provides leadership and direction to employees, enabling them to be successful in their assigned role through training, team building exercises, and personnel development. This may also be accomplished by mentoring, coaching, counseling, performance appraisals, and discipline.
• Serves as the Program Manager for arson investigations and as the liaison for the Metro Arson Task Force. Conducts origin and cause investigations for fire related calls for service. If the cause is criminal, investigate and apprehend offenders for arson and arson related crimes.
• Delivers public informational presentations and develops and delivers training. Attends evening meetings as required.
• Responds to emergency situations; coordinates the use of UFA and division resources, and documents said activities to compile legal records which meet federal, state and county guidelines, using Federal and UFA policy & procedures.
• Acts as the Investigations Division Duty Officer, or on-call investigator, on a frequent 24-hour rotation schedule established by the Special Enforcement Division Chief and acts as the Investigations On-Call Supervisor in the absence of the Division Chief
• As directed, prepares reports on individual projects and presents these to UFA Command Staff, UFA Board of Directors, County & City Councils, Planning Commissions and other various boards and commissions.
• Adheres to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements in a reasonable manner.
• Completes Professional Standards inquiries and investigations. Completes background investigations for individuals being considered for hire.
• Promotes a high-level of customer service and good public relations.
• A sworn firefighter in this position will have the additional responsibilities related to emergency incident information, potentially in a hazardous atmosphere and will be required to fill mandatory staffin g shifts as required in UFA policy.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

TYPICAL DECISI NS:

Incumbents typically set their own priorities within assigned programs or projects, while relying on demonstrated experience and in-depth knowledge of explosives, dangerous chemical compounds, arson, and fire cause determination, emergency management, response planning, public safety, continuity of operations, continuity of government and consequence management.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of:

• The objectives, principles and practices of explosive incident investigation concepts, fire scene investigative techniques and procedures; strong written and oral communications skills; flexible ability to learn and consistently interpret complex regulations; and solid personal organization and work-load management skills.
• Word processing, database management, geographical and other personal and main-frame computer based applications. Typical hazards, types of evidence, and the importance of explosive scene security, evidence preservation, and issues related to spoliation.
• Types of building construction and interior finish, and the effects of explosives upon construction/furnishing materials; types of evidence typically found at the scene perimeter and within structures; evidence preservation methods; effects of fire suppression, explosive reflectivity, positive and negative pressure waves, and relationship of building or other contents to the overall investigation.
• The effects of explosives on different types of materials, and the importance and uses of scene construction techniques.
• Different types of explosions and their causes, characteristics of a particular explosive event, and the difference between low- and high-order explosions.
• Commonly used symbols and legends that clarify a diagram, types of evidence and patterns that need to be documented, and accepted formats for diagramming the investigation scene.
• High resolution cameras and flash assistance, types of film, related media, and flash devices available, and the strengths and limitations of each.
• The relationship between notes, diagram and photos; how to reduce scene information into concise notes; and the use of notes during report writing and legal proceedings.
• Types of evidence, authority requirements, impact of removing evidentiary items on civil or criminal proceedings (exclusionary or explosive supportive evidence), types, capabilities, and limitations of standard and special tools used to locate evidence, types of laboratory tests available, packaging techniques and materials, and impact of evidence collection on the investigation.
• Purposes for submitting items for analysis, types of analytical services available, and capabilities and limitations of the services performing the analysis.
• Rules of custody and transfer procedures, and methods of recording the chain of custody.
• Types of questions that are pertinent and efficient to ask of different information sources, and the pros and cons of interviews versus document gathering.
• Types of interviews, personal information needed for proper documentation of follow-up, documenting methods and tools, and types of nonverbal communications and their meaning.
• Types of reports needed that facilitate determining responsibility for explosions, and the location of these reports.
• How to assess one's own expertise, qualifications to be called for expert testimony, types of expert resources (forensic, CPA, polygraph, financial, human behavior disorders, engineering), and methods to identify expert resources.
• Types of motives common to explosive incidents, methods used to discover opportunity, and human behavioral patterns relative to illegal use of explosives.
• Analytical methods and procedures (e.g. hypot hesis development and testing, systems analysis, time lines, link analysis, fault tree analysis, and data reduction matrixing).
• Types of investigative findings, types of legal proceedings, professional demeanor