Paul Edmonds

Background

About Paul Edmonds

30 years + experience, ranging from operational response to national policy roles. Principal at Red Dragon Consulting, based in the Okanagan, British Columbia- Advanced emergency management, resilience, and preparedness services assist FN, local, provincial, and federal governments, industry, and organizations in preparing for all types of emergencies and business continuity. Public Safety Canada and EMCR Provincially Qualified Contractor. ICS Canada Instructor. Building Resilient Communities Conference 2024+ Prev Vice-Chair BCAEM Steering Committee: EPBC Conference 2020 - 2023 OBWB: Technical Committee, as requested Strategic Alliance for Emergency Resilience Group, Director Prev UK Committees & Boards - EPS, Emergency Management, Civil Protection, Risk, Pipeline, Security, Flood Regulation, & other incident sectors. Experience Senior government interaction and decision-maker Emergency Management. Governance. Strategic and Operational Management. Major incident consequence management. Incident Management and Flood Risk Strategy: lead for Government Agency on national policies on incident management and flood risk, including all preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. Lead gov. representative on incident management policy. Senior Change Manager National Role and Authority. Shadow Board Member. NPP Security Clearance Level 3 authorized CTSA liaison operations.(Police/Military). Five-year term: Chair Mutual Aid Partnership for major energy sites, ports, and power station. The UK Government's flagship project for working together and resilience. Six-year term: DP Police Force Local Resilience Forum Risk Group Chair, identifying risks, publishing of a Community Risk Register, including CT parallels. Participation in hundred-plus exercises, notable examples: Director Regional Olympic 2012 Counter-Terrorism Preparedness Exercise. Joint Exercise Director multi-agency major maritime oil and hazardous substances exercise -450 participants/15 ICPs./OC. Director of Major Flood, Industrial, Fire, Disaster, Maritime, and Human Health Exercises. RESPONSE: Incident Strategic, Tactical and Operational manager, advisor, and officer plus incidents impacting people, communities, infrastructure, and environment. Major Incident Manager and Liaison. National Recovery Manager Wales 2012, Strategic Manager. ICS Competent. EOC & GOC ICS Instructor Strategic (Gold) Incident Commander - Association of Chief of Police Officers On Shore Commander - Maritime Coastguard Agency Decorated for outstanding incident management service UK.