Jobs in Burbank, CA

About the role

Global Emergency Preparedness & Response (GEPR) builds organizational resilience by enabling The Walt Disney Company’s business segments to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and crises. GEPR establishes global frameworks, standards, and tools that support consistent crisis management capabilities while empowering lines of business to execute response activities aligned to their operational realities. The team partners closely with Global Security, HR, Safety, Technology, Legal, Communications, and business segment leaders to strengthen preparedness, improve response coordination, and embed a culture of readiness across a complex, global enterprise. Within GEPR, the Walt Disney Studios Fire Department is a private fire department dedicated to supporting The Walt Disney Company’s properties in the Los Angeles Area. Based at the Burbank studio lot and supporting additional Company properties, including the Glendale Campus and Prospect Studios, the department is responsible for fire prevention, fire and life-safety programs, fire code compliance for properties and TV/Film productions, fire protection system oversight, alarm response and investigation, emergency response coordination, and operational. The department collaborates closely with the Burbank, Glendale, and Los Angeles Fire Departments to support fire and life-safety objectives and ensure a coordinated response to emergencies affecting Disney properties.  In limited circumstances, Fire Department personnel may take immediate action to investigate, contain, or extinguish incipient-stage fires when it is safe to do so.

What you'll bring

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple operational, administrative, compliance, and emergency response priorities across a fire service organization.
• Experience developing, implementing, or overseeing incident command, emergency management, or emergency response team programs, including training, exercises, activations, and after-action improvement processes.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and effectively communicate with executive leadership, regulatory agencies, emergency response partners, and cross-functional business stakeholders.
• Experience supervising, coaching, and developing fire service personnel, including career staff, volunteers, and training instructors.
• Skilled in developing and managing departmental inventory and budget requests.
• Ability to properly utilize fire department personal protective gear, including turnouts.
• Qualified to take and successfully pass a respiratory fit test for the use of a self-contained breathing apparatus mask.
• California State Fire Marshal Fire Fighter I Certification or equivalent.
• California State Fire Marshal Fire Fighter II Certification or equivalent.
• California State Fire Marshal Prevention 1A and 1B Certification or equivalent.
• California State Fire Marshal Fire Officer 1 or equivalent.
• California State Fire Marshal Fire Safety Officer certification, obtainable within one year of hire.