Welcome to the Fire Life Safety Committee

Gabriel Reza is employed with the Glendale Fire Department and holds the position of Fire Environmental Safety Specialist. He has been with the City of Glendale for 15 years and previously worked for the City of Los Angeles. 

Gabriel is assigned to the Fire Engineering Unit where he conducts plan review of all fire protection systems and is the lead New Construction Inspector for the Glendale Fire Department. He holds over a dozen State Fire Marshal course certifications in all matters related to fire prevention including a variety of ICC certifications.  

Gabriel also currently holds the position as President of the Southern California Fire Prevention Officers Board of Directors.  

Foster McLean is employed with the Glendale Fire Department and holds the position of Assistant Fire Marshal. He has been with the City of Glendale for 17 years and previously worked for the City of Ventura Fire Department and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

Foster is assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau where he oversees the fire prevention activities of the City including existing occupancy inspections, vegetation management program, and plan review and development.  He holds numerous State Fire Marshal course certifications related to fire prevention, as well as, a variety of ICC certifications, such as Fire Inspector I, Fire Inspector II, Plan Reviewer and California UST inspector.  

Foster also currently Chairs the Southern California Fire Prevention Officers Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) committee and is a long time member of the State Fire Marshal Chapter 7A/WUI Committee.