Keith Bell

Associate Tutor @ The Fire Service College

About

Having retired from the UKFRS I am now providing training and expertise to the private sector. I am an experienced officer in the UK Fire and Rescue Service and have carried out a variety of roles over 28 years including: • Incident commander at a wide variety of operational incidents • Instructor in operational and specialist areas • Incident command tutor • Learning, development and assessment • Project management Since leaving the UKFRS I have provided services in the private sector specialising in Incident Command Training for overseas students I am an enthusiastic and dedicated professional committed to gold standard outcomes that are delivered on time.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Greater Lincoln Area

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Skill

Disaster Response, Public Sector, Government, Policy, Firefighting, Emergency Services, Emergency Management, Public Safety, Risk Assessment, Crisis Management, Risk Management, Change Management, Rescue, Exercises, Incident Command, Fire Management, Training, Preparedness, Hazardous Materials, Fire Protection

Experience

Associate Tutor

The Fire Service College

2014-9 - Present · 12 yrs 1 mo

Moreton in Marsh

Associate Tutor delivering across a wide range of Fire Service disciplines and specialising in Incident Command and training for overseas delegates.

Station Manager Incident Command

The Fire Service College

2010 - 2013-5 · 3 yrs

I worked within the Fire Service College (FSC) Incident Command team and for 2 years was course lead for the following: • ICF (Incident Command Foundation course) • ICF2e (assessable version of the ICF) • ICCWM (Incident Command course for Crew and Watch Managers) • 008e (Incident Command e learning package) • Incident Command for Network Rail As course lead I was responsible for the design, development, management and delivery of the above courses. During this time I was also involved with the development of the national standards for the new Incident Command BTEC qualifications. Following the successful introduction of these national standards I designed the original ICL 1 (Incident Command Level 1 course) for the FSC, aimed at supervisory level incident commanders. For my last year at the FSC I was part of the tactical incident command team and was responsible for the development, management, delivery and assessment of the following: • ICL 2 (Incident Command Level 2 course) aimed at tactical/silver level operational incident commanders • Silver level incident command training for private sector companies including o National Grid o British Telecom o British Petroleum o PERO • Bespoke incident command courses for UKFRS and non FRS organisations including overseas delegates Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS). 25 years experience including 10 years as Station Officer at the busiest Stations within TWFRS. 2 years as Divisional Training Officer responsible for: • Design and delivery of the divisional training programme • Key stage probationer assessment • Assessment and validation of operational watches • Design, delivery and assessment of Divisional, Service and Regional level exercises I was also lead MDI (Mass Decontamination Instructor) for TWFRS and as such was responsible for design and delivery of Mass Decontamination training and exercises at Service and regional level.