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Fire Prevention Bureau Staff

 
Fire Marshal:                                                                   Deputy Fire Marshal:
 
Deputy Chief Rob Kinniburgh                                            Jonathan Leonard 
Office: 704-336-2478                                                       Office: 704-336-8374
rkinniburgh@ci.charlotte.nc.us                                          jpleonard@ci.charlotte.nc.us 
 
 
The three inspection divisions listed below make up the Central Division, North Division, and South Division. There are 4 specialized teams that are responsible for specialized types of inspections as indicated below. To request an inspection, contact the main office at 704-336-2101.  

"NC" - New Construction Inspections
"SCH" - School Inspections
"HIT" - Hazardous Material Facility Inspections
"IT" - Institutional Facility Inspections (including licensed day cares and group homes*).

*NOTE: Day care and group home inspections are divided North and South, no "central" section assignment.
 
 
Central Division:
 
Dale Carter - Senior Fire Inspector 
Office: 704-336-8800
 
Kim Allred - Cell: 704-426-0054 - kallred@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Tim Basham "NC" (new construction) - Cell: 704-995-3249 - tbasham@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Steve Dolschenko "NC" (new construction) - Cell 704-995-3242 - sdolschenko@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Dallas Garrett "NC" (new construction) - Cell: 704-562-8697 - dgarrett@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Colin Triming "NC" (new construction) - Cell: 704-562-5286 - ctriming@ci.charlotte.nc.us 

Patrick Sullivan - Cell: 704-534-2982 - psullivan@ci.charlotte.nc.us  
 
 
North Division:
 
Jimmy Thompson - Senior Fire Inspector
Office: 704-336-8513
 
Raul Cabrera - Cell: 704-995-3250 - rcabrera@ci.charlotte.nc.us 
 
Don Dishno - Cell: 704-579-9878 - ddishno@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Stephen Guthrie (SCH - South) - Cell: 704-995-3248 - sguthrie@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Garret Harrold - Cell: 704-995-4571 - gharrold@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Sheila Sullivan (SCH - North) - Cell: 704-995-3247 - ssullivan@ci.charlotte.nc.us 

Claude Wilson - Cell: 704-622-0384 - cwilson@ci.charlotte.nc.us

 
South Division:
 
Calvin Wright - Senior Fire Inspector
Office: 704-336-8382
 
Ed Bair - Cell: 704-995-3240 - ebair@ci.charlotte.nc.us
 
Adam Cloninger (HIT - North Division) - Cell: 704-995-4570 - acloninger@ci.charlotte.nc.us

David Conrad - Cell: 704-534-2922 - dconrad@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Jessie Horton (IT - South Section) - Cell: 704-995-3657 - jhorton@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Leigh Kish (IT - North Section) - Cell: 704-995-3243 - lkish@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Fred Lowery - Cell: 704-562-9053 - flowery@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Kevin Miller (HIT - South Division) - Cell: 704-995-3246 - kmiller@ci.charlotte.nc.us  

Kevin Starnes - Cell: 980-722-1499 - kstarnes@ci.charlotte.nc.us 


The following inspectors make up the Plans Review Division that is headed by a Senior Fire Plans Examiner:
 
Joseph "Randy" Turner - Senior Fire Plans Examiner
Office: 704-336-3814
 
Nader Fahami - Office: 704-336-3812 - nfahami@ci.charlotte.nc.us
 
Jeffory Wright - Office: 704-432-1752 - jswright@ci.charlotte.nc.us

David Williamson - Office: 704-432-1072 - dwilliamson@ci.charlotte.nc.us

Ashley Riggins - Office: 704-432-5249 - ariggins@ci.charlotte.nc.us
   
 
The following inspector is assigned as the Water Supply Coordinator for the Fire Department. For fire hydrant tests/flow requests, contact:
 
Butch Williams - Office: 704-336-6783 - prwilliams@ci.charlotte.nc.us  
 
 
Administrative Staff:
 
Fire Department permits:
 
Aseelah M. Hall 
Office Assistant V
Office: 704-336-2119
 
 
For any information not listed above, contact the Fire Prevention Bureau at:
704-336-2101
 
For smoke detector requests, call:
704-336-2697