Director of the Municipal Civil Protection ServiceCoordination of the Municipal Operational Coordination CenterSecretary of the Municipal Civil Protection CommissionSecretary of the Municipal Security CouncilSecretary of the Municipal Committee for the Integrated Rural Fire Management System and representative of the Subregional CommitteeMAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:- Open the service with four main functional areas and an Operational Coordination Center- COVID19 Municipal Task Force Coordination: support locations, emergency shelters, personal protective equipment reserve, local vaccination center management, public health unit support, political decision-making assistance, public information management - Planning and execution of repatriation of Ukrainian citizens - war of 2022- Certification of Commitment to Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience - United Nations Program - Making Cities Resilient- Community program for public access to automatic external defibrillators- Largest civil protection exercise on a municipal scale (48 hours exercise) - MASCAL’21- Strategic Local Action Plan for Sea Rescue and Assistance to Bathers- Mass gathering and events risk assessment, prevention and emergency response planning- Police, Maritime Police, Lifeguards, Heather Intelligence Advisor, Cleaning Fire Areas Risk municipal contracts management- Annual program for public information, education and awareness risks- Notification service for preventive and emergency information dissemination - Implementation of a municipal fire safety service - inspection, survey, assessment of projects and self-protection measures- Emergency response planning for high-risk situations- Municipal Civil Protection Emergency Plan (ongoing)- External Emergency Plan of a high risk "Seveso Industry" (ongoing)- Municipal Forest Fire Protection Plan (ongoing)- Study for the implementation of a municipal video surveillance network- Study for the implementation of a Municipal Police

- Management and leadership of a Fire Department attending up 4.000 emergency calls per year- Command and control of large and/or complex rescue and firefighter operations- Strategic goals and institutional priorities planning- Quality Management System supervisor- Day to day supervising of logistics, human resources, training programs and public communication aspects- Strategic guidelines and technical orientations development like standard operating procedures- Drills and exercises validation and supervision- Mass gathering and events response planning and command operations- Train of trainers and training management- Leadership and guidance to actual and future leaders- Several deployments by the National Authority of Emergency and Civil Protection for task force units, incident command posts and aerial fighting coordination in forest fires and other deployments for natural disastersMAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:- Review of all management process, including software, no paper process, and ISO 9001:2015 full certification areas (first in Portugal)- Certification of the Fire Department as a professional training center (DGERT)- Professionalization of all the main services and specialization teams- New Main Station - full involved in project and building construction- Establishment of a permanent Sea Rescue Service- Implementation of a Marketing and Public Relationship Officer- Establishment and development of special rescue areas: search and rescue in collapsed structures, rescue in swift waters, sea rescue unit, drone’s unit, technical rope rescue- Acquisition and restructuring of the fleet of vehicles and operational equipment- High participation on Municipal COVID Task Force – call center, decontamination buildings, shelter areas preparation, etc. - Creation of a national program for firefighters physical training – FPT

- Emergency Management Science - prevention, preparation, response and recovery phases- Civil Protection System- Incident Command System- Strategies and Tactics for most common operations - Logistics at daily basis and during operations- Basic media training for incident commanders- Leadership lessons from the field- All Hazards Disaster Response- Mass Casualty Incident Management- Design, organization and planning of incident and civil protection exercises- Risk management- Reconnaissance and situation assessment teams

- Structural firefighting trainer- First responder and EMT trainer (2014-2022)

More than 40 participations in congresses, seminars, webinars, and discussion forums as a speaker.

- Emergency and rescue operations planning and training- Fire prevent and fire brigade training for industrial risk companies- First aid and prehospital care training - basic and advanced levels- Tactical casualty care for police special units and military special forces in different countries - training and providing- Basic health care, diseases prevention and mitigation for remote areas- Hostile emergency care projects consultant

- Coordination of the working group of the new advanced EMT course - October 2010 - April 2014 - Proof reader of "Proposal for Improvement of Ambulance Technical Transformation" - September 2012- Participation in a humanitarian mission at East Timor - 2010- Service Supervisor - October 2008 - June 2009- Ambulance Group Coordinator with more than 30 EMT - April 2007 - July 2009- Member of the Jury for EMT job admission - September 2007- EMT instructor - 2007 - 2014- Crew member of Motorbike Medical Emergency - September 2005 - 2009- Prevention team member in national and international mass gathering, political and VIP events- Prehospital care

- Operational coordination of the two local fire departments with unique synergetic gains in operational response, human resources management and standardization proceduresMAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:- Definition of operational education and training programs- Development of instructor training programs- Response to emergency and rescue coordination- Planning, implementing and monitoring the fusion of two independent fire departments (1st case in Portugal)

- Management and leadership of a Fire Department attending up 2.000 emergency calls per year- Command and control of large and/or complex rescue and firefighter operations- Strategic goals and institutional priorities planning- Day to day supervising of logistics, human resources, training programs and public communication aspects- Strategic guidelines and technical orientations development like standard operating procedures- Drills and exercises validation and supervision- Mass gathering and events response planning and command operations- Train of trainers and training management- Leadership and guidance to actual and future leaders- Several deployments by the National Authority of Emergency and Civil Protection for task force units, incident command postsMAIN ACHIEVEMENTS:- New recruiting, education and training models with more than 70% of new firefighters in active positions- The largest investment in qualification processes- The biggest personal protective equipment distribution- Creation of emergency response criteria protocols- Responsibility delegation and distribution, simplification and informatics management methodologies- Main services professionalization- The biggest force deployment for national enforcement of forest firefighting every year