David Clancy

David Clancy - Principal Advisor

David Clancy established Human Safety Systems in 2006 and is principal of the consultancy. David had a 25 year career as an Operational Firefighter and Officer, starting his career in the Army Fire Service and then building his career within the Country Fire Authority of Victoria.
 
With experience as a consultant across a range of government agencies, large corporate organisations and SME's providing technical advice and reviews on workplace safety, development and review of safety management systems, risk assessments and and research projects. David has lectured at several Universities in emergency management planning, situational awareness and OHS for managers.
 
An area that David specialises in is emergency management and occupational health and safety in emergency response. With a background in human factors and decision making in operational environments and having undertaken research in risk perception and decision making in emergency response David brings both operational experience and academic rigour to the table. David considers himself to be a combination of the both or as he describes "a pracademic". David has presented in both Australia and overseas in the area of safety and human factors in emergency response.

Current Book Writing Activities

David is currently working through his first book which he aims to have published in 2010. This focuses on "risk perception" in firefighting. A primary focus is to demystify the complex psychological area of cognitive psychology (that is what is going on in our heads to form a view of our surroundings) in order to bring to fire managers and firefighters a text that is both readable and provides useful tools to better train firefighters in the area of human factors.

Stay tuned for future updates and if you wish to discuss this future publication feel free to contact David at david@humansafety.com.au or on +61 425 828 655
 

Qualifications

  • Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training
  • Diploma of Management
  • Advanced Diploma of Firefighting (Management)
  • Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)
  • Graduate Diploma in Occupational Hazard Management
  • Master of Occupational Health and Safety

Memberships

  • Chartered Professional Member Safety Institute of Australia
  • Registered Safety Professional (Aust)