Paul Dove, Fire Marshal

Fire Marshal Dove has been employed by the City of Coldwater Michigan, Fire Department for thirteen years and has served twenty-two years in the professional fire service.  He is a past president of the Michigan Fire Inspector’s Society and served as Code Committee Chairmen for ten years.

He is a former principle member of the NFPA Life Safety Code and Building Code Technical Committee on Fire Protection Features and former member of the NFPA North Central Fire Code Development Committee.  He holds and maintains fifteen national and multi-state professional certifications as Fire Officer, Inspector, Plan Reviewer and Investigator.

National & Multi-State Certifications:

• National Professional Board Certification for Fire Investigator
• National Fire & Explosion Investigator Certification (IAAI)
• National Fire Inspector Certification Level II (NFPA)
• National Fire Inspector Certification Level I (NFPA)
• National Plans Examiner Certification (NFPA)
• State of Michigan Fire Officer II Certification
• State of Michigan Fire Officer I Certification
• State of Michigan, Instructor Certification
• State of Michigan, State Inspector Certification
• State of Michigan, Firefighter II Certification
• State of Michigan, Firefighter I Certification
• State of Florida, Driver Engineer  Certification
• State of Florida, Fire Officer Certification
• State of Florida, Municipal Fire Inspector Certification
• State of Florida, Firefighter Certification

Professional Memberships:

• National Fire Protection Association
• National Fire Protection Association – Fire Science & Technology Section
• National Fire Protection Association – Building Fire Protection Service Section
• International Fire Marshal’s Association
• Michigan Fire Inspectors Society
• Michigan Chapter of International Association of Arson Investigators

Committees and Boards:

• National Fire Protection Association – Former Principle Member, Life Safety Code & Building Code Technical Committees for Fire Protection Features
• National Fire Protection Association – Former Member, North Central Region Fire Code Development Committee
• Michigan Fire Inspectors Society – Former Code Development Committee, Chairman
• Michigan Fire Inspectors Society – Past President
• Michigan Professional Firefighters Local 2555, Past Vice-President

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• March 2008, NFPA 1124 Fire Works
• Who Should Go, Commercial and Residential Fire Alarms
• The Code, Just Another Tool in your Toolbox – Inspector 911 Website, 2008
• Bridging the Gap – Fire Engineering, 1997