Part-time Fire Inspector Patrick Wambo started his fire service career with the City of Maumee Fire Division in March 1976 as a volunteer firefighter. From November 1976-March 1977, he completed EMT-A training at the former Medical College of Ohio at Toledo (MCOT). In March of 1977, he was appointed full-time with the city and attended MCOT’s Paramedic Program (the 4th class in the college’s history) - graduating in June 1977. He has completed fire service-related courses in: Firefighter II, Hazardous Material Operations, Arson Level I & 2, Incident Safety Officer, Fire & EMS instructor, Certified Fire Safety Inspector, and Fire Safety Inspector Instructor. He held the Fire Protection Inspector (formerly Automatic Fire Sprinkler Inspector) Certification from the Ohio Board of Building Standards from 1998-2016. He attended and completed the National Fire Academy’s Fire Prevention Management Program, and in May 2004 graduated from Class 2 of the Ohio Fire Chief’s Association Executive Fire Officer Program. He also held the position of Safety Officer for the Maumee Fire Division.

In 1991, for 1½ years, he worked between EMS runs and fire inspections and was promoted to Fire Prevention Chief in 1993. From 1994 until his retirement from the City of Maumee in April 2007, he was a member of the Lucas County Arson Task Force. He was a Certified Fire Investigator through the International Association of Arson Investigators from 2001-2011. Inspector Wambo has continued to instruct a portion of the Certified Fire Inspector program at State Fire School since 2013.

From April to September 2007, he was the first Training Coordinator for Owens Community College’s Emergency Training Center. On December 28, 2007, Inspector Wambo was appointed by the State Fire Marshal (SFM) as the Code Enforcement Chief for the Marshal’s office. This appointment was the first-ever SFM Bureau Chief selected from northwest Ohio. He was also an instructor for the Ohio Fire Academy’s Fire Safety Inspector course. In mid-2012, he retired as the Bureau Chief. From June 2013 to his retirement from full-time in December 2018, he was Fire Chief for the City of Waterville, Ohio. On June 20, 2020, he was hired as a part-time Fire Safety Inspector for Sylvania Township Fire Department and continues in that position today.

Fire Inspector Wambo holds an associate degree in Fire Science Technology from Owen’s Community College, a Bachelor of Science in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Cincinnati, and a master’s degree in public administration from Strayer University.