Environmental, Health & Life Safety

PURPOSE

The Environmental, Health and Life Safety section shall develop, document, and maintain a management system for environmental, health and safety within Office of General Services operations to provide a safe and environmentally compliant work setting for staff and properties to also include the establishment, maintenance and certification of facility life safety systems.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

•	Serve as the authority for various aspects of an environmental, health, and life safety program within the Office of General Services and coordinate an effort that develops, establishes, documents, and maintains all compliance activities and reporting.
•	Act as the liaison with Broward’s Risk Management Division on related issues and consultant to all Broward County agencies in regard to life safety systems.
•	Perform environmental and safety audits to continually promote a safe working environment for General Services operations.
•	Provide a safety training program for staff to educate as well as comply with OSHA safety training requirements.
•	Research, specify, install, subcontract, budget and project manage, all life safety systems for Broward County agencies that include smoke detection, fire alarm, sprinkler and other fire suppression, exit signs, and emergency lighting.
•	Maintain operation and certification requirements of life safety systems utilizing both internal personnel and coordinating the establishment and use of external contractual services.
•	Integrate systems over time to achieve a centrally located fire and life safety control center to monitor all sites from one location.