Fire Protection Consultant

Rick Ruh

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Kennesaw, GA 30152

Ojective Consideration for Fire Protection position

Experience

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Fire Marshal

Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services Canton, GA.

Manage Plan Review and Inspection Bureau for growing community of 200,000.

Developed outreach programs for Contractors and Design Professionals.

Managed and developed budget for staff of 8 employees.

2003 to 2007

TVA Fire & Life Safety, Inc. Smyrna, GA

Vice-President

Provided Leadership to staff of 80 professionals for fire protection design and engineering services to the top retail corporations in the country.

Code consultant for one the largest fire protection-engineering firms in the country.

Developed procedures for evaluating employees and production of work product.

1998–2003

City of Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

Plans Examiner

Lead plans examiner for Building and Fire Code.

Assisted in developing plans review procedures for both building and fire code issues.

Implemented training courses for staff members and the community, Lunch and learn and new International Code requirements as they pertain to North Carolina.

Assisted in development of new North Carolina Rehab Code.

1990-1997

Broward County Fire Marshal

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Battalion Chief, Technical Services Manager

Manger of Plans Review and Code enforcement for large county organization.

Developed permitting process, plans review procedures for county and contracted cities.

Implemented standards for code enforcement and permit issuance.

Instructor in code enforcement and fire science in local community college.

1985–1990

State Fire Marshal

Tallahassee, FL

Engineer II Supervisor

Supervise staff of Plans Reviewers and Inspectors for State of Florida Fire Marshal.

Developed Administrative rules for enforcement of Fire and Building Codes.

Instructor of firefighting and fire science courses in local community college.

1980-1985

Port Orange Fire Rescue

Port Orange, FL

Fire Marshal/Training Officer

Responsible for code enforcement, plan review and training for small fire department in Central Florida.

Developed plan review program for fast growing community.

Managed fire safety program and two fire inspectors.

1976-1980

Lauderhill Fire Rescue

Lauderhill, FL

Firefighter/EMT

Driver/Engineer

Acting Lieutenant

Education

1969-1971 Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

72 Semester Hours, Law Enforcement

1973 To present Community Colleges

Fire Science and Code Enforcement Courses

National Fire Academy- Methods and Means of Instruction (80hrs), Fire Inspection and Fire Investigation (120hrs), Fire Inspection II (80hrs), Plans Review (80hrs) and Code Analysis (80hrs)

Courses through the University of Cincinnati Open Learning for Fire Science Degree.

Over 2000 hours of Classes from and with the State Fire College of Florida.

Accomplishments:  Select outstanding employee for the Florida Department of Insurance (State Fire Marshal)

Member of the North Carolina Rehab Code Advisory Board

Selected as guest speaker to the National Fire Academy

NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist

Level III Building and Fire in North Carolina

References: Jim Tschupp, Assistant Director, Permits and Inspections, City of

Raleigh

Ralph Bless, Vice President, TVA Fire & Life Safety, Inc.

Charles Raiken, Division Chief, Broward County Fire Marshal

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