ABOUT US

Kevin retired as Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC) from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) with over 31 years of service and experience as a strategic operational Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) professional.  

He was a fully qualified and experienced Fire Engineer and a Chartered Engineer interim registrant with the Engineering Council via the IFE.  He was  awarded the grade of Fellow by the IFE in recognition of his significant individual responsibility and exceptional contribution to the fire engineering profession.

He had experience in roles from Firefighter through to DAC across fire prevention, protection and response.  He sat on the Corporate Management Board of Enfield Local Authority and also provided strategic FRS advice to the Government of Sierra Leone on behalf of the UK Government.  He was the Incident Commander of many major incidents in London and a counter-terrorism National Liaison Officer, a role he undertook during the 7/7 terrorist bombings in London.

His experience coupled with a First-class BEng (Hons.) in Fire Engineering and MBA gave him the ability to communicate his knowledge and skills at all levels of any organisation.

In the role of DAC he served in several strategic positions, most recently, before retirement, in Regulatory Fire Safety providing leadership & technical support to, over 70, fire safety professionals delivering specialist fire safety throughout London, the UK and abroad namely:

- Fire engineering
- Fire investigation
- Petroleum licencing 

- Business engagement & support
- LFB Primary Authority Partnerships
- Transport infrastructure fire safety (London Underground & airports)
- Fire safety at major outside events (Notting Hill Carnival, PRIDE etc.) 

Kevin developed considerable competencies in fire and rescue operations, fire safety engineering, terrorism mitigation and recovery, business continuity & resilience, and crisis management; all of which is underpinned by the strategic managerial experience necessary to pragmatically and cost effectively deliver these business imperatives. 

Kevin continued to undertake international conference speaker engagements, collaboration on international fire protection projects such as with the USA and was a member of the International Fire Safety Standards, Standards Setting Committee. Kevin also served on the International Fire Safety Standards, Standards Setting Committee; a committee of 20 “international fire safety/protection experts” charged with writing an International Fire Safety Standard.

https://ifss-coalition.org/standard-setting-committee/

This work is currently led by a coalition of some 67 of leading organisations from around the world, committed to producing and supporting shared principles for fire safety in buildings. 

https://ifss-coalition.org/coalition-organisations/

Kevin was also a member of the British Standards Institute committee responsible for writing BS 9997: Fire Risk Management System-specification.