Institutional Fire Safety Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 74200
- Class code
- 74200
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- G3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Institutional Fire Safety Specialist is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 74200.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 05/01/1978.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible work in administering a fire prevention and fire fighting program, and coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the overall safety program of a state institution. An employee in this class is responsible for directing a fire prevention and safety program in an institution, and for organizing and directing fire fighting crews. Work involves inspecting buildings for fire and safety hazards, insuring proper maintenance of fire fighting equipment, and scheduling and overseeing periodic building fire drills. An employee coordinates, implements, and evaluates the institutional safety plans, policies, and procedures in compliance with state and local regulations. Work also involves investigating employee accidents, determining the existence of hazardous conditions and recommending corrective action.
Examples of the work
Administers the institution's fire and safety program. Inspects buildings for fire and safety hazards. Insures that fire fighting equipment in properly maintained and periodically tested. Schedules and oversees periodic building fire drills. Organizes and trains the institution's fire fighting personnel. Interprets and trains the institution's fire fighting personnel. Interprets regulations concerning fire prevention and safety. Investigates fires and employee accidents to determine causes, and develops appropriate recommendations to prevent recurrence. Conducts regularly scheduled meetings as the chairman of the institutional safety committee.
Minimum qualifications
Three years of institution safety work, including one year of fire prevention and fire fighting work, and completion of two years of college; or one year of institutional fire and safety work, and a bachelor's degree; or any equivalent combination of experience and training.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.