Chief Bill Killen's Experience

Leadership

• 30 years experience as a Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chief in Florida, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington, DC fire departments
• Conference Coordinator, Emmitsburg III Conference, Emmitsburg, MD
• Conference Chairman Florida Governors Fire Prevention Conferences, 1975-1976
• Chaired City of Bowie Public Safety Committee Study on Fire Protection

Federal/Military

• Fire Chief, Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Kingsport, TN
• Director, Navy Fire & Emergency Services, Washington, DC
• Original member of the Astronaut Rescue Team, Kennedy Space Center for the Apollo and Skylab programs
• Chairman, Department of Defense Fire & Emergency Services Working Group (three terms)
• Represented Department of Defense at the first, second and third Fire Service Leadership Summit meetings in St. Louis, MO and Washington, DC
• Administrator, Department of Defense Fire Department Accreditation Program for 400 Department of Defense Fire Departments 2000 - 2004

Municipal

• Deputy Chief, Glen Echo Volunteer Fire Department, Glen Echo, MD 1991-92
• Bowie Volunteer Fire Department, Bowie, MD 1978-86
• Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, University of Maryland, 1977-79
• Fire Chief, Lake Barton Fire Control District, Orlando, FL 1974-77
• Union Park Volunteer Fire Department, Orlando, FL 1965-69
• Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department, Indian Head, MD 1956-63

Business

• DoD Special Projects Coordinator, L. N. Curtis & Sons, Oakland, CA
• Fire Programs Team Leader, Integrity Solutions, Frederick, MD Special Projects Coordinator, ADS Inc., Virginia, Beach, VA
• Cordovan Company, Bowie, MD Fire and Emergency Services Consultants and Training
• Killen's Tree Service, Orlando, FL professional tree removal
• Killen Enterprises, Inc, La Plata, MD residential refuse collection, professional tree removal, and farm feed sales
• Bumpy Oak Kennels, La Plata, MD and Orlando, FL, breeder, professional trainer and exhibitor of pure bred German Shepherds, Welsh Corgis, Irish Setters and Doberman Pincers

Organizations

• President, International Association of Fire Chiefs 2005-2006
• Former Commissioner, Commission on Fire Accreditation International
• Founder and Charter Chairman of the Federal/Military Section of the IAFC; served three terms as Chairman.
• President International Association of Fire Chiefs Foundation 2000-04, Trustee since 1999 and served as Board Member, and Vice-President.
• National Fire Protection Association Technical Committees 1975-2003
• Maryland Fire Chiefs Association
• Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association
• Virginia Fire Chiefs Association
• Florida Fire Chiefs Association
• Society for the Preservation & Appreciation of Antique Motorized Fire Apparatus in america