PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONAL - FIRE CHIEF AND EMERGENCY SERVICES EXECUTIVEAward-Winning Fire Service Professional - Fire Chief and Emergency Services Executive with a 30+ year Public Safety career, including 15-years supervisory, and 18+ years at command-level.Strong leadership and analytical skills, with an established track record of achieving exceptional results and a collaborative team player who excels at managing personnel and labor relations.A strategic thinker and visionary planner dedicated to promoting initiatives to improve team responsiveness and increasing public safety, I am seeking to obtain a full-time position within the Emergency Management and Homeland Security field that will challenge me and allow me to apply my experience, skills, and successes in a mutually beneficial way to the community and my employer, while providing for future growth and advancement.Currently, I serve in a leadership position as a department Chief in the Prince William County Fire and Rescue System providing services to over 450,000 residents in a 348 square mile jurisdiction. Previously, as Assistant Chief, I oversaw the training of new members and as a VA State Fire Instructor I have mentored and taught students.Acknowledged as an effective communicator possessing strong interpersonal and customer relation skills that help a team focus on the desired goals and objectives of the organization. A resourceful problem solver, I analyze operational capabilities carefully, remain calm under pressure, and simplify complex problems by combining a methodical approach with intuitive decision-making.My flexible planning and organizing have seen me complete wide-ranging assignments within specified deadlines by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, availability of resources, and the opportunity to multitask.Currently serving as Chair of Prince William County Fire and Rescue System Executive committee, my career accomplishment also includes 6+ years as Chairman of Prince William County Fire and Rescue System Health and Safety committee. Working with Prince William County executives, volunteer chiefs, and the Department of Fire and Rescue management we created the new fire and rescue ordinance chapter 9.2 to reform the PWC Fire and Rescue system.Peers, staff, and superiors have described me as an inspiring leader and mentor, loyal, receptive, excellent communicator, equitable, and impartial. Away from work, I enjoy boating and hunting.
Listed skills include Leadership, Responsiveness, Health And Safety, Human Resources, and 5 others.
