ICC Board Member

State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey serves as the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal. He began working in the civil and fire protection engineering field over twenty-five years ago. He received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 1998 and his master’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2001. He is also a licensed New Hampshire Professional Engineer.

Sean worked in consulting engineering prior to joining the Concord NH Fire Department as the Assistant Life Safety Officer in 2005. He served the Concord NH Fire Department for 13 years and progressed to the rank of Deputy Fire Chief and became a Deputy State Fire Marshal in 2018.

Sean also has over twenty years of experience in the call/volunteer fire service serving the towns of Goffstown, NH and Warner, NH beginning as a volunteer emergency medical technician in Goffstown, NH. He has held the positions of firefighter/advanced emergency medical technician, rescue lieutenant, rescue captain, Deputy Fire Chief and Fire Chief in Warner, NH. He is certified as a New Hampshire Chief Fire Officer II.

Sean serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the National Association of State Fire Marshals, Chair of the Fire Service Membership Council of the International Code Council, FM Global Fire Service Advisory Group and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers Fire Service Subcommittee.