Chief Fire Inspector

Oberbrandinspektor (abbreviation OBI ) stands for a rank in fire brigades in:

Germany

• Professional fire brigade in Germany as a civil servant career (depending on the federal state also as chief fire inspector)
• Voluntary fire brigade in the federal states
  • Berlin
  • Brandenburg until 1997
  • North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Saxony
  • Saxony-Anhalt

Austria

• Burgenland as deputy commander or commander
• Carinthia as commander of a company fire brigade, local fire brigade or base fire brigade (deputy if necessary)
• Lower Austria as commander, deputy commander
• Upper Austria with platoon commander or deputy commander
• Salzburg as local fire brigade commander (possibly deputy), senior commander
• Styria as Deputy Commander a fire department
• Tyrol is entitled to the rank of chief fire inspector as a fire brigade commander (if applicable, deputy) or duty post plan

Poland

• Poland as an ensign in the professional fire brigade

Italy

• South Tyrol as a professional fire brigade