Dave Collingwood

Experience

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  Barclays UK Bank

  Feb 1989 - Jan 1993

  Bank Clerk

  General cashier duties and sales

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  Humberside Fire & Rescue Service

  Jan 1993 - Apr 2014

  Roles and Responsibilities• Managing a team of professional Firefighters• Lead and support people to resolve a wide range of emergency incidents e.g. fire, chemical, environmental, biological, water, medical and vehicle.• Support the development of teams and individuals - includes overseeing, planning, delivering and taking part in training and development e.g. hot fire training, vehicular extraction and breathing apparatus.• Trauma Care/First Aid instruction - as a lead instructor responsible for training and assessing personnel throughout the service not just my own team.• Responsible for safety and testing of a wide range of equipment - includes the overseeing of the maintenance and testing of all life & non life critical equipment within workplace e.g. fire appliances, breathing apparatus and fire fighting equipment.• Health & Safety of my team and the public – this includes daily risk assessments, dynamic risk assessments and site specific risk assessments for exercises and training venues.• Investigate and report on events to inform future practice e.g. fire reports, fire investigations and emergency incident debriefs with a view to improving service delivery and improving Health & Safety.• Support the efficient use of resources and acquire store and issue resources to provide service. Show less Roles and Responsibilities• Leading a team of professional Firefighters• Lead and support people to resolve a wide range of emergency incidents e.g. fire, chemical, environmental, biological, water, medical and vehicle. • Inform and educate the local community and industry to improve awareness of safety matters• Contribute to fire safety solutions to minimise risks to the local community and industry• Lead the work of teams and individuals to achieve their objectives• Support the development of teams and individuals through training and personal development• Investigate and report on events to improve future practice Show less Roles and Responsibilities• Design and deliver training packages for the local industry including basic firefighting, firewarden, confined space entry and advanced industrial firefighting• Design and deliver training packages for the offshore industry including Oil and gas fire fighting, use of escape sets and aspects of BOSIET• Design and deliver training packages for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, in particular First Aid Trauma Care and AED training• Risk assessing practical training exercises to ensure the safety of all delegates• Monitor and access development needs of delegates, providing support and guidance as necessary Show less • Respond to a wide range of emergency incidents e.g. fire, chemical, environmental, biological, water, medical and vehicle.• Maintaining equipment in a constant state of readiness • Inform and educate your community to improve awareness of safety matters• Save and preserve endangered life and property• Protect the environment from the effects of hazardous materials• Support the development of colleagues in the workplace• Contribute to safety solutions to minimise risks in the community and industry• Inform and educate the local community and industry to improve awareness of safety matters Show less

  • Operational Support Watch Manager

    Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  • Operational Watch Manager

    Jun 2008 - Dec 2013

  • Operational Crew Manager

    Jul 1998 - May 2008

  • Industrial Training Instructor - Crew Manager

    Dec 1996 - Jun 1998

  • Firefighter

    Jan 1993 - Nov 1996
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  Humberside Fire Brigade

  Oct 2015 - Sept 2016

  Part of a project team responsible for the development and management of Hull F.I.R.S.T. - Falls Intervention Response and Safety Team.This was a project developed in partnership with Humber NHS Foundation Trust and Hull Clinical Commissioning Group - the aim of the project was to provide an alternative response using Fire Fighters to respond to Falls Incidents, provide safety advice and install interventions to help reduce the number of falls within the Hull area.Hull F.I.R.S.T. has been commissioned and in operation since October 2015 to date the team have been successful in responding to and assisting in the reduction of Falls within the Hull area - they have received a number of awards for their work and have been used as a national exemplar for similar projects nationally. Show less

  • Temporary Station Manager - Performance & Standards

    May 2015 - Sept 2016

  • Watch Manager - Medical Response/Falls

    Oct 2015 - Mar 2016
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  Humberside Fire & Rescue Service

  Sept 2016 - Feb 2023

  Responsibilities:• Provision of Operational, Driver, and Incident Command Training to meet service need and national competence standards.• Support, coordinate, and manage the delivery of all Non-Operational Training to meet service requirements.• Advanced Tactical Operational Response and Support.• Development of plans, budgets, and strategies.Key achievements:• Development of an ALL Service Training plan 2021-24• Managed Training through COVID-19 meeting all competence requirements• Improved governance; Training frameworks, policies, standards, and supporting systems and processes.• Embedding of National Operational Training Framework.• Increased understanding of Incident Command at all levels, identified by HMICFRS.• Significant improvements in Training Delivery.• Innovation Award 2020. Show less Responsibilities:• Provision of all service fleet and equipment• Civil Protection, Business Continuity, and COMAH Exercising.• Research and development to support emergency response.• Advanced Tactical Operational Response and Support.• Development of supporting plans, budgets, and strategies.Key Achievements:• Key involvement in the implementation of the National Operational Guidance project• Introduction of Smoke Hoods to service• Review of fleet budget and provision Show less Responsibilities:• Lead and manage Protection, Prevention, and Response within North East Lincolnshire.• Represent the Service on North East Lincolnshire (NEL) Strategic partnerships• Advanced Tactical Operational Response and Support.• Development of supporting plans, budgets, and strategies.Key Achievements:• Working with partners supported an initiative to reverse the adverse trend of secondary fires in the East Marsh Ward of NEL.• Following a full schedule of engagement with all NEL staff, set up a people initiative to support the resolution of local issues Show less Station Manager – Various – Sep 2016 - Apr 2019Responsibilities:• Lead local performance at station and section level to meet the requirements of the Strategic Plan and IRMP.• Support the development, competence, and welfare of teams.• Intermediate Tactical Operational Response and support.• Hazardous Material and Environment Tactical advice.• Leadership and management of service projects.• Support the development and management of local plans and strategies.Key Achievements:• Successful project transitioning and integrating an operational fire station to an Integrated Care Centre (ICC) working in partnership with City Healthcare Partnership (CHCP), Public Health, and Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).• Implementation of Emergency Medical Response in Lincolnshire as part of a 6 Fire & Rescue Service (FRS) partnership with East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS).• Supported the development of HFRS Falls Intervention Response & Safety Team (FIRST) – Hull FIRST working in partnership with Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS), CHCP and Hull CCG. Show less

  • Group Manager- Head of Training

    Jan 2020 - Feb 2023

  • Group Manager - Emergency Preparedness

    Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Group Manager - Service Delivery North East Lincolnshire

    May 2019 - Sept 2019

  • Station Manager - Service Delivery and Projects

    Sept 2016 - Apr 2019
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  Capita

  Feb 2023 - now

  Area Manager Capita Fire & Rescue