Portraits d’IMPGTiens – IMPGTiennes

First officer of the Fire and Rescue Center of Leuven, I have two distinct hats.

The first is administrative. We are only two officers for a hundred or so personnel and we have to supervise the human resources aspect, the training and education of the personnel, the technical aspect and the infrastructures of the center in addition to transverse missions for the Marine Fire Battalion of Marseille (creation of orders, studies, investigation, project?).

As a substitute for the president of the officers of the Marseille Marine Fire Battalion, I am also invited to meetings and associated work.

My second hat is operational. I am a group leader and I am engaged as a Commander of Rescue Operations (COS) on large-scale interventions such as fires, road accidents, gas leaks, and large-scale health missions.

In the field, I almost always have at least twenty people under my command. The Fire and Rescue Center makes about 18500 interventions per year (that is to say almost 51 interventions per day) and having 30 vehicles at disposal, the operational activity is intense.

I am also a specialized officer for helicopter interventions, I can be involved in specific/inaccessible forest fires, ship fires at sea and counter-terrorism operations. Currently undergoing European training, I will eventually be deployable under the aegis of the European Civil Protection Mechanism on very large-scale operations following wars or natural disasters.

In addition to these two hats, I intervene as a GOC3 trainer at the ENSOSP (Aix pole and Vitrolles technical platform) as well as a FDF3 trainer at the ECASCValabre.

What I like the most in my job :

The daily challenge of the job. It has, for me, a deep meaning. Having so many organic and operational responsibilities in a first job allows you to grow very quickly from a professional and human point of view. No two days are alike, with many imponderables, whether administrative or operational, arising daily.

The diversity of the profession is particularly enriching and the continuous evolution, whether through assignments or training, allows for a real development of skills. The military framework requires a systematic rigor and a 365/24 involvement, without fail.

The credibility and trust of the men must be earned daily, as the former General De Villiers said.

Diploma obtained at the IMPGT :

Master 2 Public Management course - Quality Management and Societal Risk Management (2018-2019).

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