Mgr, Emergency Svcs & Studio Fire Chief

Location: Burbank, California, United States

Salary: $115,500–$154,800 per year, plus potential bonus and/or long-term incentive units.

Company

hirify.global is a diversified entertainment and media enterprise operating across Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences.

What you will do

• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for the Studio Fire Department, including fire prevention, life safety, emergency response planning, staffing, budgeting, training, and readiness.
• Lead and develop Fire Captains, volunteers, instructors, and other fire service personnel through performance standards, training programs, and workforce development.
• Oversee inspections, fire protection system testing, impairment management, hazard mitigation, emergency preparedness, and regulatory compliance across supported Disney properties.
• Direct the Unified Incident Command Team program, including governance, onboarding, training, exercises, activations, after-action reviews, and continuous improvement.
• Advise business leaders, production partners, facilities, security, risk management, regulatory authorities, and municipal fire departments on fire protection and emergency preparedness.
• Serve as an on-call senior leader and incident commander, coordinating significant fire, life-safety, and emergency responses and supporting limited fire investigation and incipient-fire suppression activities.

Requirements

• More than 15 years of experience in fire service management.
• Associate’s degree in Fire Technology or equivalent experience.
• California Driver’s License and California State Fire Marshal Fire Fighter I, Fire Fighter II, Prevention 1A and 1B, and Fire Officer 1 certifications, or equivalents.
• Ability to use firefighting personal protective equipment and pass a respiratory fit test for self-contained breathing apparatus use.
• Experience managing emergency response, incident command, training, exercises, activations, after-action improvements, budgets, inventory, and operational priorities.
• California State Fire Marshal Fire Safety Officer certification must be obtained within one year of hire. Current American Red Cross CPR/AED/First Aid certification is also required.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the motion picture and television industry.
• Experience managing Unified Incident Command Teams, emergency management, disaster preparedness, or mutual-aid programs.
• Advanced degree or additional certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Health and savings benefits.
• Educational opportunities and additional Disney-specific benefits and perks.
• Work across Burbank, Glendale, and Prospect Studios properties in coordination with municipal fire departments and emergency management partners.