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 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 (third term)
• 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

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

• Cordovan Company, Bowie, MD Fire and Emergency Services Consultants and Training 1982-1985
• Killen's Tree Service, Orlando, FL professional tree removal,1965-1974
• Killen Enterprises, Inc, La Plata, MD residential refuse collection, professional tree removal, and farm feed sales, 1962-1965
• 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, 1962-1977

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.
• NFPA Technical Committees 1975-2003
• Maryland Fire Chiefs Association
• Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association
• Virginia Fire Chiefs Association