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Scott Andrew Keelan

Born April 1972 in NSW, Australia, Scott is currently employed by the NSW Rural Fire Service and lives on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. While enjoying his volunteer and professional career since September 2005, Scott has developed many and varies skills in Emergency Management and Incident Control.

Scott's career objectives are to;

• continue to challenge myself in all areas;
• be an adaptive employee, able to meet the requirements of any opportunity presented to me;
• develop my leadership skills and provide supervision to work teams;
• be responsible for significant outcomes which drive change in the workplace and also a shift in community attitudes;
• build my aptitude for delivering training programs and competency based assessment and ensure I am a sought after employee with a strategic focus on meeting legislative and regulatory outcomes;
• demonstrate my passion as a fire awareness educator in the van of policy change.

If you were to ask Scott about his role in future emergency management, he would tell you that contemporary fire mitigation and bush fire hazard reduction will rely on a sound understanding of environmental factors which influence fire behavior, and a practical understanding of community expectations and attitudes when confronted with emergency situations.

Scott believes he has the drive and focus to be coordinating programs which deliver these important outcomes.

Employment history

August 2010 — present

NSW Rural Fire Service, Northern Tablelands Team District Services Officer (Grade 6/7)

• Strategic implementation of Bush Fire Risk Management Plans;
• Inter-agency negotiation to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes;
• Provide ongoing mentoring and supervision to subordinate staff;
• Community Engagement program facilitation;
• Volunteer support and community based fire awareness training;
• Coordination of Development Control related training to local council staff;
• Bushfire Hazard Reduction Certificates;
• Customer service and conflict resolution;
• GIS mapping / Risk Plan mapping;
• Completion of Risk Management Plan and Fire Trail Register.

September 2005 — August 2010

NSW Rural Fire Service, Riverina Zone Fire Mitigation Officer (Grade 4/5)

• Project development and invoice management;
• Grant application writing and project follow-up;
• Bushfire Hazard identification and application of treatments;
• Management of high volume work load;
• Management level liaison with other agencies
• Follow legislative and regulatory guidelines
• Interpret technical drawings
• Well developed time management skills

April 2001 — December 2003

Handyman / Grounds Keeper Self employed while undertaking full-time University study

• Project management
• Budget projections and cash handling
• Manual labour

December 1994 — March 1999

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Pty Ltd Production Line Operational Team Leader

• Well developed leadership skills
• Hazard identification and report writing
• Workplace negotiation with multilingual groups

Education history

TAFE NSW 2013 – 2014 (pending)

Diploma of Management

TAFE NSW 2010 – 2011

Workplace raining and Assessment (BSZ to TAA)

University of New England 1999 – 2005

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Fire Ecology

Seven Hills High School 1984 – 1989

Higher School Certificate, Music, hands on practical subjects.

Fire Fighting & Emergency Management related Experience

NSW RFS - Began volunteer career in 2001.

• 2003 Advanced Fire fighter, Rural Fire Instructor, Helicopter Winching Skills
• 2004 Rural Fire Driver, Village Fire fighter, Trainer Assessor (ASR), Remote Area Fire Team
• 2005 Crew Leader (Supervision) & Crew Leader (Wildfire), Chainsaw Instructor
• 2006 Community Safety Assistant, Rural Training Coordinator
• 2007 Community Safety Facilitator
• 2009 Incident Management Planning Officer
• 2010 Community Liaison Officer
• 2011 Development Assessment Levels 1&2
• 2012 Dip. Management pre TAFE courses
• 2013 Prepare Burn Plans
• 2014 Group Leader (training in progress), Communications Control & Command
• 2014 Prescribed Burn Supervisor (currently in training)

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