LTC Ling Young Ern

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LTC Ling Young Ern joined the Singapore Civil Defence Force in 2001. He is currently Division Commander of 3rd CD Division. He is directly responsible for the management of the Division Headquarters and oversees the operational readiness of the fire stations, fire posts, regular Units and Operationally Ready National Servicemen Units under the Division. In a major emergency within the Division boundary, he is the Incident Commander directly in charge of the overall ground operations. Prior to the current appointment, he has held various command and staff appointments including Rota Commander of Sengkang Fire Station, Staff Officer (HazMat Resource), Senior Staff Officer (Industrial Risk Analysis), Officer Commanding of Jurong Island Fire Station and Head Operations Branch of HQ 1st CD Division.

Between 2008 and 2010, LTC Young Ern was seconded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). His main responsibility at MHA was to co-ordinate the national preparedness efforts in contingency planning and capability development for peacetime crises and terrorism incidents.

Qualification

  • Degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), National University of Singapore in 2000
  • Degree of Master of Engineering in National University of Singapore in 2001
  • In 2007, he furthered his studies in fire protection at the University of Maryland, College Park, and earned a Degree of Master of Science (Fire Protection) in 2008 with the honor of Phi Kappa Phi



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