About Me

My name is Robert (Bob) Grundie. I’ve basically spent my entire working career in the fire protection field. I am a graduate of the former Industrial Engineering - Fire Protection & Safety program at Algonquin College in Ottawa and the state certification program for firefighters at the Texas Fire School at Texas A & M University. While in school I worked for the Syncrude Fire Department in Fort McMurray during the summer months. After spending a couple of years as a commercial insurance Risk Assessment Advisor, I was employed for 25 years as a fire inspector and consultant with the Federal Labour Program’s Fire Protection Services, previously known as the Office of the Fire Commissioner of Canada. I spent my entire career in Calgary serving federal departments and agencies as well as First Nation communities, in southern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia.

Additionally, I worked part-time as an Alberta-certified Safety Codes Officer in the Fire Discipline (i.e., a fire inspector) for the Towns of Banff and Olds for 16 years and 10 years, respectively.

And for 12 years, I was the University of Calgary’s Continuing Education Instructor for the Fire Prevention and Safety course in their Occupational Health and Safety certificate program.

I concluded my fire inspection activities for Banff and Olds in 2012 and retired from the Federal Government in 2015. I stopped teaching at the University of Calgary in 2020.