Randall Metz

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT RANDALL METZ

Chief Metz serves as a Deputy Director with Willdan Engineering, managing the firm’s Fire Services Division, providing third party contract services to fire departments throughout the country. He currently serves as the Fire Marshal of the City of Sierra Madre. Chief Metz recently retired as the Division Chief/Fire Marshal serving the City of Carlsbad in San Diego County (CA). He has 34 years of fire service experience with concentrations in fire prevention and fire administration. He has established himself as an industry leader nationally, while promoting through the ranks of the Southern California fire service. He has served departments that range from small bedroom communities to large metro-sized county agencies. He has been an active member of the national code development process for over 20 years, and has served on numerous committees at the national and state level representing fire and building officials.Chief Metz holds a Master of Public Administration Degree, as well as degrees in management and fire technology. He has been credentialed by the Center for Public Safety Excellence as a Chief Fire Officer (CFO) and Fire Marshal (FM), and is a 2018 graduate of the National Fire Academy’s prestigious Executive Fire Officer Program (EFO). He has been a registered instructor through CA State Fire Training for over 20 years, and has been part of the curriculum development cadre for the State Fire Marshal’s Office since 2010. He currently teaches the Certified Fire Marshal curriculum for the state.Chief Metz is a Past President of the California Fire Prevention Officers, Past President of both the Orange County and San Diego County Fire Prevention Officers Associations. In 2017, he was elected as President of ICC’s Region I Chapter, representing the states of California, Nevada & Hawaii. Chief Metz was the 2016 recipient of the Fire Official of the Year Award, presented by the California Building Officials Association, and the 2018 recipient of the William E. Fox Award and the 2024 recipient of the Mary Erickson-Rattan Award, presented by the California Fire Prevention Officers Association. He currently serves as Vice President of the California Fire Prevention Institute’s Board of Directors, California’s premier fire service education conference. Chief Metz currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Code Council since 2021, and is the past Chair of ICC’s Fire Service Membership Council, as well as a past member the International Fire Code Development Committee.