Firefighters without Borders

Clemens is a medical biotechnologist from origin. He  became a fire officer in 2000 and started working at the regional fire brigade Mid- and West-Brabant. In the years to come he fulfilled numerous positions, for instance chief of the material department. He worked for ICET in Sri Lanka in 2008 and 2009. 

After returning to the Netherlands he rejoined his former collegues at the regional fire brigade. At the moment he’s studying to become the health and safety expert at the fire brigade. In doing so he’s trying to link best safety practices with psychological and philosophical ideas. 

In his spare time he loves to attend his philosophy classes, to be an amateur magician and to travel to non ordinary places. He has his own ideas about Facebook and has a sincere interest in politics, people and culture.  

Peter is the general director of the safety region Utrecht.  Next to that, Peter is Director Public Health in that region. Before becoming active in the Safety region, Peter had a carreer in the military.  In 2003 Peter received his PhD in Social siences at the university of Leiden. He did research in refugee crises.

He is the commander of The National Dutch Urban Search and Rescue unit. 

Alfred started as a volunteer fire fighter years ago in Loon op Zand. After that he became a career fire fighter in Helmond. In 2000 Alfred became the head of a dispatch unit in the region Mid- and West-Brabant. He became a fire officer in 2005 and worked in the training department fulfilling different positions. At the moment he works as a on duty officer.

 

A few years ago, the municipality of Tilburg started a project to support the municipality of Matagalpa , Nicaragua. In 2005 Alfred became involved and with a few colleagues (Clemens, Thorsten, Clemon Tonnaer and Wilbert Kleijer) started to support the fire department of Matagalpa. The work was very fulfilling and after the project stopped, he decided to continue the work in a different form i.e. Fire fighters without Borders.