Michael T. Italia, BCO, CZO has been promoted to the Bucks County Region Operations Manager for Barry Isett & Associates, Inc. effective June 1. Mr. Italia joined Isett in 2015 after a career in emergency response on both the local and county levels. Having served as a firefighter, fire marshal and emergency management coordinator in several municipalities for over a decade, he has extensive experience in fire-related code enforcement inspections, plan reviews, fire prevention, life safety inspections and property inspections.
Mr. Italia has worked at length with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and holds certifications from PEMA, the Montgomery County and Bucks County Fire Academies and the National Incident Management Systems of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
At Barry Isett & Associates, Inc., Mr. Italia conducts Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (PA UCC) inspections, zoning inspections, property maintenance inspections and plan reviews, typically serving the Boroughs of Red Hill, Newtown and New Britain. He is also the Fire Inspection Program Manager for the Borough of Phoenixville.
Mr. Italia is involved in service to his community, serving as the Chair of the Warwick Township Planning Commission and is a member of Warwick Township Planning Commission’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan Update Committee. In addition, he serves on Montgomery County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and the Board of Directors for Pennsylvania Association of Code Officials (PACO).
Barry Isett & Associates, Inc., is a multi-discipline and full-service engineering firm that maintains two offices in Southeast Pennsylvania – in Phoenixville and Doylestown. Isett has six offices elsewhere in northeastern and central Pennsylvania – at the company headquarters in the Lehigh Valley, and in Hazleton, Mechanicsburg, Phoenixville, Stroudsburg, Wilkes-Barre and Wyomissing.