Contact Information
Mat Chibbaro, P.E.
Fire Marshal
Paul Richards, P.E.
Deputy Fire Marshal
Division of the Fire Marshal
Office of Research Services
National Institutes of Health
Building 15G-2
Phone: (301) 496-0487
TTY: (301) 435-1908
(Photo above) DFM has maintained all on-site services through the pandemic. Shown is the DFM crew about to depart for the Poolesville campus for building inspections and fire hydrant testing (L-R Senior Fire Protection Engineer Ike Yoo, P.E., Assistant Fire Marshal Steve Davis, CFPI-III, CFEI, CVFI, Deputy Fire Marshal Paul Richards, P.E., Senior Fire Protection Engineer & Program Manager Zenia Velazquez, P.E., and Senior Fire Protection Calvin Kane, P.E.).
Division of the Fire Marshal (DFM)
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Our Mission
The DFM has a dual mission:
Our Services
DFM’s mission is accomplished by the proactive delivery of consistent, timely, collaborative, and professional services for NIH-owned* facilities:
Engineering
Enforcement:
Education:
***Note for leased facilities: These are not under DFM’S authority. DFM plays a consultative role only in leased facilities. Please contact the following fire code authorities with any code enforcement concerns in jurisdictions with leased facilities:
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Montgomery County MD
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Rockville City MD
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Baltimore City MD
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Durham County NC
Organization
DFM leadership consists of the Fire Marshal and Deputy Fire Marshal. Staff is organized into two teams:
Both teams are supported by an Administrative Assistant, who will likely be your initial contact when calling the general office number.
Location
The overall Bethesda campus map is here:
https://www.ors.od.nih.gov/maps/pages/nih-visitor-map.aspx. Although our address is 5202 West Cedar Lane, we are in Building 15G-2 on Zelkova Lane accessible from within the campus security perimeter; shown as the red pin on the following map of the north side of campus in relation to the Clinical Center, the Children’s Inn, Building 31, and the Visitor Parking Lot.
