fire marshal

noun

an official heading a bureau for the prevention or investigation of fires.
a person who has charge of the fire-prevention equipment and personnel of an industrial plant.

fire marshal

a public official responsible for investigating the causes of fires, enforcing fire prevention laws, etc
the head of a fire prevention organization

First recorded in 1860–65

He became a fire marshal in 1992 and was at the scene after the World Trade Center was bombed the following year.

Bucca hung up the phone and started up the stairway with fellow fire marshal John Devery.

Inspector McCausland had just parted company with the fire marshal and was sauntering carelessly about.

At the head of the department there is usually an official called a fire chief or fire marshal, appointed by the mayor.

It was Pete Ellinwood, the fire marshal of the village and custodian of the apparatus.

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