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Alan Marshall, a Fellow of the AIES, is currently State Officer – Deputy Superintendent of the Victorian branch of St John Ambulance Australia (SJAA), a volunteer position, Alan has over 30 years experience in Emergency Management.
He was the Field Commander at Gisborne Victoria during the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires and in the Integrated Emergency Control Centre Melbourne during the recent Victorian bushfires (2009).
President for Victoria Division of the AIES, Alan is also a board member of the St John Council Victoria and Commander in the Order of St John.
Alan is a long term member of the Melbourne Airport Emergency Committee and regional municipal emergency planning committee. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Management and holds certificates in training and assessment, information technology, business management and emergency management. He was on the Victorian committee of the Australian Government National Emergency Support Fund which contributed to the increased funding to Victoria.
A member of the management committee for Melbourne Underground exercises and Melbourne Airport exercises over many years, Alan has contributed to the development of National St John Ambulance major event planning and fire response guidelines, based on the Australian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS) structure and principles.
Retired from a background in electrical engineering, Alan was initially employed by the Government of Victoria in Power Operations but later went into private industry where he was Manager Body Electronics and Design with an automotive supply company.
Alan suggests Emergency Management Officers must continue to inform, to educate, and to build a (bushfire) prevention and mitigation culture in our community and believes that it is our responsibility to pass on the knowledge and training to our replacements so it is not lost or buried in the familiarity of day to day events.
