FIT Team

Our team is made up of members from both the Olean Police Department and the Olean Fire Department.

Fire Department

Chief

Tim Richardson

Captain

Pat Zink

Firefighter

Tim Hite

Firefighter

Bryan Swift

Police Department

Chief

Jeff Rowley

Captain

Robert Blovsky

The primary responsibilities of the fire investigator are to determine the origin and cause of a fire scene. Fire investigators use the standard guide as set forth in NFPA 921 and determine a fire cause in one of four categories:

  1. Incendiary – Fires that are intentionally and maliciously set
  2. Accidental – Fires caused by non-malicious electrical, mechanical, chemical, nuclear and/or careless means
  3. Undetermined – Fires that may have more than one possible ignition source and therefore cannot prove one definitive source of a single ignition point
  4. Natural – Fires ignited by acts of nature, such as lightning

Sergeant

Lance Edwards

Patrolman

Brian Cross