Experienced Chief Officer offering extensive list of successes building and leading talented and diverse teams in fire administration. Highly committed to safety and continuous provision of quality emergency response. Possess excellent communication skills enabling good coordination and collaboration among diverse employees and work groups.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Battalion Chief
Vancouver Fire Department
Vancouver, WA
02.1997 - Current
Performed frequent station inspections and drafted reports and plans for issues of importance.
Determined how to deploy personnel during periods requiring special fire department response and assigned activities.
Completed fire reports of incidents I assumed Incident Command.
Developed scheduling and coordination of shift staffing levels, changes and activities.
Supervised and coordinated tactical methodology used in resolving emergencies and other situations.
Oversaw proper implementation of best practices, policies, and procedures in alignment with regulations and operational needs.
Directed work of 40 firefighters engaged in extinguishing fires.
Coordinated, scheduled, and maintained team resources to achieve top levels of operational readiness.
Implemented comprehensive training operations, inspections, and performance evaluations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management, Communications And Leadership
Concordia University
Portland, OR
05.2002
Skills
Risk Management
Firefighting operations
Resources allocation
CPR and first aid
Community Relations
Disaster management
Emergency response procedures
Personnel management
Budgeting
Staff performance evaluation
Certification
Hazmat Scene Incident Commander - Washington State
EMT - Washington State
Instructor - Blue Card
Instructor - IFSAC
Timeline
Battalion Chief
Vancouver Fire Department
02.1997 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Management, Communications And Leadership