Blair Laird Email & Phone Number

An experienced operational manager, paramedic and firefighter with diverse experience in service delivery, resilience and event safety.My career has spanned the NHS, fire & rescue service, event industry and voluntary sector - leading and delivering high quality, cost effective, proactive and customer-focused services. I am an experienced tactical and operational manager, having led the response to major incidents and large events utilising incident management skills, crisis communication methods and inter-agency co-ordination.I have a passion for increasing the quality, professionalism and effectiveness of services to achieve a customer focused approach. I am interested in reducing the risk associated with mass participation sports or entertainment events, developing resilience and improving community safety. Likewise, I believe in the benefits of sharing skills from UK emergency services and voluntary agencies to empower communities in developing countries.Specialties: Operational managementControl Room managementCommand, Control and CommunicationsContingency planningMajor incident and event managementMass participation and grassroots athletic, cycling, multi-discipline and endurance eventsRisk & quality assuranceExercise design and delivery

Listed skills include Emergency Planning, Emergency Management, First Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, and 23 others.