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Stuart Brown

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Stuart Brown

Retired infantry soldier with twenty-two years of service. Competent, trustworthy and level-headed — comfortable in pressurised environments, with a broad operational background spanning security, the armed forces, aviation firefighting, refrigeration and corporate interiors installation work.

01 / About

About

Twenty-two years in the Irish Defence Forces — infantry soldier, APC crewman, armoury support, transport platoon driver, and bodyguard to a Commanding Officer on overseas mission in Syria. Followed by eight years as an Aviation Firefighter with the Irish Air Corps at Casement Aerodrome.

Since 2025 I've worked as a Maintenance & Installation Technician with Universal Floral and as an Event Security Team Leader for largescale events such as Electric Picnic, Longitude, and FAI Dublin events. PSA-licensed and Garda-vetted for event security work, with current counter-terrorism awareness training and tactical firearms instructor training completed in 2026.

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02 / Strengths

How I work

Calm under pressure

Twenty-two years in uniform — including overseas operational deployments — built a habit of staying calm when the situation isn't. Useful on a venue door, a firefighting call, or in leading security response teams for high-profile events

Operational reliability

Whether it's a fire truck inspection, an armoury audit, or a floral install handover, the job is to make sure the thing actually happens — on time, properly documented, no drama.

Multi-disciplinary trades

Security, firefighting, refrigeration, welding, MEWP work, heavy-vehicle driving and floral installation. Diligent, dedicated and trustworthy. 

Trusted with people & assets

Bodyguard duties for a Commanding Officer overseas; safe-keeping of weapons and ammunition for a 120-soldier company; PSA-vetted door supervision. Trust is the through-line.

03 / Experience

Career to date

  1. Jun 2025 — PresentTechnician

    Maintenance & Installation Technician

    Universal Floral — Northern Cross Business Park, Finglas, Dublin 11

    • Regular maintenance of client floral installations — corporate planting (living and artificial), living walls, external planting and hydroculture (soil-free) systems.
    • Working alongside the horticulturist team through each phase of interior landscaping installs to keep delivery smooth and efficient.
  2. Feb 2023 — Jun 2025Technician

    Refrigeration Technician

    Biddulph Refrigeration — Millennium Business Park, Co. Dublin

    • 24 hours per week supporting the Refrigeration Engineering team servicing client refrigeration plants.
    • Preventative maintenance, repair work on large industrial ice machines, and regular power-tool work including MIG welding.
    • Worked at heights, drove MEWPs and a large commercial trailer.
  3. 2015 — 2023Emergency

    Aviation Firefighter

    Irish Air Corps — Casement Military Aerodrome, Dublin 22

    • Eight years' service as an Aviation Firefighter, trained to drive a Rosenbauer Panther firefighting truck (38,000 kg).
    • Maintenance and upkeep of fire trucks; domestic fire cover for the airbase and road traffic collision response.
    • Key point of contact for air traffic control; trained in radio communications.
  4. 2010 — 2015Defence Forces

    Transport Platoon — Driver / Administrator

    Irish Defence Forces — Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6

    • Drove a full range of vehicles for Commissioned Officers — cars, 4x4s, minibuses, up-armoured 4x4s (5,000 kg) and trucks (7,500 kg).
    • Managed the transport pool: mileage, maintenance and fuel-usage oversight.
  5. 2004 — 2010Defence Forces

    Armoury — Company Quarter Master Support

    Irish Defence Forces — Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin 6

    • Safe-keeping and maintenance of weapons for a 120-soldier company.
    • Regular auditing of weapons and ammunition and the supporting administration for ordnance inspections.
    • Acted as Deputy for the Company Quarter Master in his absence.
  6. 2001 — 2015Defence Forces

    Irish Defence Forces Soldier

    Irish Defence Forces — Overseas deployments

    • 22 years' service. Deployed overseas to Kosovo (×2), Liberia, Sierra Leone, Lebanon (×2) and Syria.
    • MOWAG (22,000 kg) APC Crewman for Mechanised Infantry on five overseas missions.
    • Syria (2014) — driver and bodyguard to the Commanding Officer of the Irish mission for six months.
    • Infantry Soldier (2001 – 2004): regimental duties, cash escorts, aid to the civil power during extreme weather events.

04 / Credentials

Qualifications & toolkit

Qualifications

  • Certificate in Counter Terrorism Awareness

    Recognised provider

    May 2024

  • PSA Door Supervisor Licence

    Recent Garda vetting 

    RENEWED JUNE 2026

  • International Fire Safety Training Centre (IFTC)

    Irish Air Corps

    2023

  • MOWAG APC Crewman's Course

    Irish Defence Forces

    2005

  • Tactical Firearms Instructor — training

    EBSSA International Training

    Feb 2026

  • Behavioural Detection — training

    Pulse Security 

    Sep 2025

Licences, certs & equipment

  • Driving licence categories B, BE, C, C1, D1, W
  • Site Safe Pass (to Feb 2027)
  • Working at Heights, Manual Handling, Abrasive Wheels, MEWP
  • MIG Welding (2010)
  • Defensive Driving Training (2004 – 2015, ongoing)
  • Encrypted Comms Operator (2007)
  • Rosenbauer Panther firefighting truck (38,000 kg)
  • MOWAG APC (22,000 kg) crewman & up-armoured 4x4 driver

05 / Gallery

On the job

Placeholder tiles below — real photography drops in here as shoots come back from site.

Event install01
Site survey02
Route prep03
Floral build04
Venue handover05
Loaded out06
Fire cover07
Night cutover08
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