Fire Inspectors and Investigators
Protective Service Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 33-2021.00
Inspect buildings to detect fire hazards and enforce local ordinances and state laws, or investigate and gather facts to determine cause of fires and explosions.
AI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.26–0.28· 2 ISCO-08 groups
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
ILO value for each linked ISCO-08 group
- ISCO-08 3112Civil Engineering Technicians0.28
- ISCO-08 3119Physical and Engineering Science Technicians Not Elsewhere Classified0.26
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
30 rated tasks · 13 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (43.3%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks
Task statements from the O*NET® 31.0 Database, core tasks first.
| Task | Type | β (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Prepare and maintain reports of investigation results, and records of convicted arsonists and arson suspects. | Core | 1 |
| Testify in court cases involving fires, suspected arson, and false alarms. | Core | 0 |
| Package collected pieces of evidence in securely closed containers, such as bags, crates, or boxes, to protect them. | Core | 0 |
| Conduct inspections and acceptance testing of newly installed fire protection systems. | Core | 0 |
| Analyze evidence and other information to determine probable cause of fire or explosion. | Core | 0.5 |
| Photograph damage and evidence related to causes of fires or explosions to document investigation findings. | Core | 0.5 |
| Examine fire sites and collect evidence such as glass, metal fragments, charred wood, and accelerant residue for use in determining the cause of a fire. | Core | 0.5 |
| Inspect buildings to locate hazardous conditions and fire code violations, such as accumulations of combustible material, electrical wiring problems, and inadequate or non-functional fire exits. | Core | 0 |
| Instruct children about the dangers of fire. | Core | 0 |
| Conduct fire code compliance follow-ups to ensure that corrective actions have been taken in cases where violations were found. | Core | 0 |
| Inspect properties that store, handle, and use hazardous materials to ensure compliance with laws, codes, and regulations, and issue hazardous materials permits to facilities found in compliance. | Core | 0 |
| Write detailed reports of fire inspections performed, fire code violations observed, and corrective recommendations offered. | Core | 1 |
| Identify corrective actions necessary to bring properties into compliance with applicable fire codes, laws, regulations, and standards, and explain these measures to property owners or their representatives. | Core | 0.5 |
| Develop or review fire exit plans. | Core | 0.5 |
| Inspect and test fire protection or fire detection systems to verify that such systems are installed in accordance with appropriate laws, codes, ordinances, regulations, and standards. | Core | 0 |
| Coordinate efforts with other organizations, such as law enforcement agencies. | Core | 0 |
| Attend training classes to maintain current knowledge of fire prevention, safety, and firefighting procedures. | Core | 1 |
| Review blueprints and plans for new or remodeled buildings to ensure the structures meet fire safety codes. | Core | 0.5 |
| Teach fire investigation techniques to other firefighter personnel. | Core | 0 |
| Conduct fire exit drills to monitor and evaluate evacuation procedures. | Core | 0 |
| Teach public education programs on fire safety and prevention. | Core | 0 |
| Recommend changes to fire prevention, inspection, and fire code endorsement procedures. | Core | 0.5 |
| Subpoena and interview witnesses, property owners, and building occupants to obtain information and sworn testimony. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Conduct internal investigation to determine negligence and violation of laws and regulations by fire department employees. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
| Test sites and materials to establish facts, such as burn patterns and flash points of materials, using test equipment. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Dust evidence or portions of fire scenes for latent fingerprints. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Arrange for the replacement of defective fire fighting equipment and for repair of fire alarm and sprinkler systems, making minor repairs such as servicing fire extinguishers when feasible. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Issue permits for public assemblies. | Supplemental | 1 |
| Supervise staff, training them, planning their work, and evaluating their performance. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Develop and coordinate fire prevention programs, such as false alarm billing, fire inspection reporting, and hazardous materials management. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
Occupation information
Sources and attribution
This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database (https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. AI Changing Work has modified all or some of this information: the O*NET-SOC code, title and task statements are reproduced in English without change; task-type labels are shown in the page's language and tasks are listed core first; any Korean occupation title shown on the Korean-language page is AI Changing Work's translation; any KSCO-8 unit groups linked to this occupation were paired with it by AI Changing Work's judgment, and the relation labels and statuses are AI Changing Work's additions. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Any AI exposure figures on this page are published by third parties, not by AI Changing Work, and none is part of the O*NET information. OpenAI publishes task-level scores (MIT License) for O*NET 27.2 task statements; each is shown next to the O*NET 31.0 task statement with the same task ID, whose wording can differ from the 27.2 statement that was scored. OpenAI also publishes occupation-level scores for O*NET-SOC codes in the same release, and any such score is shown on the O*NET occupation with the same code. Anthropic publishes an observed exposure index in the Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes relative AI exposure categories (public domain); both are published per SOC code, and each value is shown on every O*NET occupation with that code. The International Labour Organization publishes a generative AI exposure index in ILO Working Paper 140 (CC BY 4.0) for ISCO-08 unit groups; AI Changing Work links those groups to O*NET occupations by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC and 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC crosswalks as published, without case-by-case selection, and these crosswalks match many groups only in part. Where several unit groups are linked, each group's published value is listed, and any summary shows only the lowest and highest of those values with the number of groups; no exposure figure is averaged or recalculated. Any employment figures are published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the SOC group containing this occupation. Each source is credited where its figures are shown.
O*NET OnLine: 33-2021.00 Fire Inspectors and Investigators
KSCO 코드·명칭: 한국표준직업분류(제8차 개정) — 통계청 고시 제2024-328호 (2024-07-01 고시, 2025-01-01 시행). 저작권법 제7조 제2호의 고시 항목이다. 명칭 표기(가운뎃점·띄어쓰기)는 해설서 2차 정오 반영판의 표기를 따랐으며, 고시 항목표와는 18개 명칭에서 가운뎃점 글리프나 띄어쓰기만 다르다. 통계청은 2025년 10월 국가데이터처로 개편되었다. 이 페이지의 KSCO 연결은 통계청·국가데이터처의 공식 연계표가 아니다.