Pedro Louro
Municipal Civil Protection Coordinator at Município de Espinho- Claim this Profile
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Manuel Leão
Profissionalismo e dedicação à missão são traços que melhor o definem. Emergência e Proteção Civil é a nossa causa em comum! Estou certo de que continuaremos a partilhar mais projetos em comum... DIREXPortugal -Realistic Trauma & Fire Traing Scenários sempre ao dispôr dos que formam e treinam os operacionais dos operacionais de defesa, segurança e salvamento.
Mauro Montenegro
Pedro is a person that is always seeking for new and tough challenges, a born leader and a library of knowledge. Improving and work hard are its middle names. Whatever the challenge is, he is a win bet.
Manuel Leão
Profissionalismo e dedicação à missão são traços que melhor o definem. Emergência e Proteção Civil é a nossa causa em comum! Estou certo de que continuaremos a partilhar mais projetos em comum... DIREXPortugal -Realistic Trauma & Fire Traing Scenários sempre ao dispôr dos que formam e treinam os operacionais dos operacionais de defesa, segurança e salvamento.
Mauro Montenegro
Pedro is a person that is always seeking for new and tough challenges, a born leader and a library of knowledge. Improving and work hard are its middle names. Whatever the challenge is, he is a win bet.
Manuel Leão
Profissionalismo e dedicação à missão são traços que melhor o definem. Emergência e Proteção Civil é a nossa causa em comum! Estou certo de que continuaremos a partilhar mais projetos em comum... DIREXPortugal -Realistic Trauma & Fire Traing Scenários sempre ao dispôr dos que formam e treinam os operacionais dos operacionais de defesa, segurança e salvamento.
Mauro Montenegro
Pedro is a person that is always seeking for new and tough challenges, a born leader and a library of knowledge. Improving and work hard are its middle names. Whatever the challenge is, he is a win bet.
Manuel Leão
Profissionalismo e dedicação à missão são traços que melhor o definem. Emergência e Proteção Civil é a nossa causa em comum! Estou certo de que continuaremos a partilhar mais projetos em comum... DIREXPortugal -Realistic Trauma & Fire Traing Scenários sempre ao dispôr dos que formam e treinam os operacionais dos operacionais de defesa, segurança e salvamento.
Mauro Montenegro
Pedro is a person that is always seeking for new and tough challenges, a born leader and a library of knowledge. Improving and work hard are its middle names. Whatever the challenge is, he is a win bet.
Credentials
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High Degree in Command and Leadership
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High Degree in Emergency Management
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Several forest firefighter courses like safety at operations, brigade and battalion team leader, recon and evaluation team, track machines operational commitment, aircraft operations command,...
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Several prehospital courses like NR-EMT, EMT-Paramedic, ACLS, AMLS, PHTLS, TCCC, ATT, ITLS, EMPACT, ITLS-M, TTLS, PEPP, GEMS, PPC, Wilderness Emergency Care, Prolonged Field Care...
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Several rescue operations management courses like incident command post, crisis task force, rescue operations organization, emergency operation centers, complex terrorist coordinator attack, train managment, medical response to major incidents,...
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Several scuba diving courses like open water, advanced open water, deep dive specialist, wreck specialist, rescue diver, nitrox, side mount, swift water rescue technician, intro tech, skipper, jet ski rescue
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Several structural firefighter courses like urban and industrial firefighter and instructor, HAZMAT, forced entry, rapid intervention team, flashover, ventilation, aircraf fires...
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Several technical rescue courses like cars extrication, urban search and rescue in colapsed buildings, confined space rescue, high angle rescue, high buildings rope rescue,...
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Experience
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Município de Espinho
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Portugal
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Municipal Civil Protection Coordinator
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Jul 2020 - Present
- Director of the Municipal Civil Protection Service (SMPC) - Coordinator of the Municipal Operational Coordination Center (CCOM) - Direct advice to the Mayor - Secretary of the Municipal Civil Protection Commission (CMPC) - Secretary of the Municipal Security Council (CMS) - Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Integrated Management of Rural Fires - Municipal Representative at the Sub-regional Commission for the Integrated Management of Rural Fires of Oporto Metropolitan Area MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: - Organization and physical installation of the SMPC, including a Emergency Operations Center - Coordination of the Municipal Task Force against COVID-19: support sites for the population, municipal personal protective equipment reserve, management of the local vaccination center, support to the public health unit on tracking positive patients, political decision-making advisory, management of public information - Largest civil protection exercise on a municipal scale (48 hours continuous exercise) - MASCAL’21 - Implementation of a radio network for Lifeguards and the Fire Department Sea Rescue Unit - Municipal Civil Protection Emergency Plan (ongoing) - External Emergency Plan of a high risk "Seveso Industry" (ongoing) - Municipal Forest Fire Protection Plan (ongoing) - Events emergency response planning - Public awareness, warning and preparation - Civil protection staff training Show less
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Bombeiros do Concelho de Espinho
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Portugal
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Public Safety
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Fire Officer
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Nov 2015 - Present
- 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 - Day to day management, like logistics and human resources aspects - Strategic guidelines and technical orientations development like standard operating procedures - Drills and exercises planning and supervision - Mass gathering and events response planning and command operations - Train of trainers and training management - 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 disasters MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: - Review of all fire department management process and ISO 9001:2015 and certification of full management system (first in Portugal) - 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 - Certification of the Fire Department as a professional training center (DGERT) - Implementation of a marketing and public relationship office - Car fleet and and operational equipments restructuring Show less
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External Lecturer at Higher Education
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Nov 2019 - Present
- 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 Show less
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Escola Nacional de Bombeiros
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Portugal
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Trainer
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Jan 2009 - Present
- Structural firefighting trainer - First responder and EMT trainer (2014-2022) - Structural firefighting trainer - First responder and EMT trainer (2014-2022)
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Freelance
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Egypt
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Human Resources
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1 - 100 Employee
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Frequent invited speaker
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2005 - Present
More than 40 participations in congresses, seminars, webinars, and discussion forums as a speaker. More than 40 participations in congresses, seminars, webinars, and discussion forums as a speaker.
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Independent adviser, trainer and provider
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Jan 2007 - Jun 2020
- 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 - 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
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INEM
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Portugal
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Emergency Medical Technician and Instructor
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Sep 2004 - Feb 2016
- 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 Show less
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Operational Commander of the Fire Departments Group
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Mar 2013 - Nov 2015
- Operational coordination of the two local fire departments with unique synergetic gains in operational response, human resources management and standardization procedures MAIN 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) - Operational coordination of the two local fire departments with unique synergetic gains in operational response, human resources management and standardization procedures MAIN 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)
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Chief Fire Officer
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Apr 2010 - Nov 2015
- Management and leadership of a fire department with more than 50 firefighters, 12 vehicles and 2000 emergency calls per year - Command and control of large and/or complex rescue and firefighter operations MAIN 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 Show less
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Education
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2020 - 2020
ISCIA - Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração
Postgraduate Degree, Municipal Civil Protection Coordinator -
2017 - 2019
Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências
Master, Risks and Civil Protection -
2008 - 2010
ISLA - Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia
Licentiate degree, Health and Safety Engineer (HSE) -
2006 - 2007
Universidade Lusófona
Postgraduate Degree, Protection and Emergency Management
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