Fire Officers Association

	You are directly consulted on matters that affect you.
	To see real openness and accountability in fire and rescue service affairs.
	Equality and diversity in all areas of the FRS.
	About pressures and stressors placed upon managers.
	The role of managers in delivering service objectives and will fight for this to be reflected by appropriate rewards.
	Focused solely on fire and rescue service matters.
	All members receive equal representation.
	Its members are able to interpret raw information and form opinions.

The success and direction of an organisation must originate from its members. That is why we will consult you to ensure we reflect and represent your views. If confrontation is at the forefront of an agenda, real progress and benefits will not materialise. To provide the best representation for its members an organisation must provide help, assistance and guidance for them, whatever their problem or difficulty.
We do not select the issues we will represent you on: you do.

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We believe that the interests of our members are best served through the process of consultation and negotiation. In this way we can play a constructive role in the changes that are inevitably taking place within the service.

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Management of the Association is vested in a group of experienced and dedicated people comprising the Executive Board who, with the exception of the Chief Executive and other full time officials, are all serving managers in Local Authority Fire & Rescue Services. Their managerial experience within the service enables them to understand fully the wide range of issues facing the modern fire & rescue service.

Glyn Morgan - Chief Executive

	Glyn joined Nottinghamshire fire service in 1978 and transferred to Strathclyde Fire Brigade in 1983. His first 17 years of service was operational apart from two years as a fire safety officer, two years as a Divisional Staff Officer and a further two years preparing Strathclyde brigade for a shift to unitary authority status in advance of Scottish local government reorganisation in 1996. From 1998 to his retirement in 2008, he worked in the areas of Best Value, performance, planning and consultation for Strathclyde Fire and Rescue gaining wide experience knowledge of quality, modernisation and service improvement issues. Glyn was Secretary to the Fire Services Consultation Association (FSCA) for its first two years of existence. FSCA being a partnership of 51 UK fire and rescue services, established in 2003 to procure and manage a national contract for consultation services. For the FOA he has served as President, Vice President, Health and Safety Representative, Branch Secretary and Executive Board member for Scotland. He has represented the Association on the Firefighters Pension Committee since 1996 and since 2005, on equality and diversity matters. He has also represented the Association on the Middle Managers' Negotiating Body since January 2008. Glyn was appointed to the position of Chef Executive in October 2008 after retiring from the fire and rescue service.
President: Vacant pending completion of election process

Tony Lawson - Vice President

Photgraph Tony Lawson

Tony joined West Midlands Fire Service in 1981 and on promotion in 1989 transferred to Mid Glamorgan Fire Service; subsequently moving to South Wales Fire and Rescue Service on amalgamation in 1996. Apart from 12 months his entire service has had an operational element, for the last 18 years he has worked in fire safety on the flexible duty system. In his current role he predominantly deals with the investigation of breaches of fire safety law and the subsequent preparation of prosecution cases.

He joined NAFO in 1990 and was Branch Secretary until 1996. He was elected as the South Wales FOA Branch Secretary in 1999 and Wales Regional Representative in 2001. Tony holds several qualifications in law awarded by the Institute of Legal executives, and has represented several members at disciplinary hearings and appeals, both under the Discipline Regulations and the current ACAS guidelines.

Tony is a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers and a member of its international General Assembly; he is also the senior examiner responsible for the operations examinations. He is a member of the Institution’s accreditation panel, and in that role, has approved several training centres and courses.

Jeff McCall - Vice President

Jeff joined the London Fire Brigade in 1981. He has been a Divisional Officer then Group Manager for the last 16 years. During that time he has had a varied career across most key FRS functions, including posts in operations, fire safety, policy development, and training and development. Since 2003 he has been responsible for all driver and marine training in London.

Jeff has been the Secretary for London Region since its inception in 2004 and joined the Executive Board to represent London in 2006.

Craig Thomson - Co-opted Executive Board Member

Craig presently serves in East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service as an Area Manager. His role within the Association encompasses the work of Branch Sec within East Sussex, Regional Representative South East England and Executive Board Member serving on the Management Board.

Peter Kelman
Peter retired from Strathclyde Fire Brigade June 2003 in the rank of SDO after 34 years service. Prior to his retirement he served in Central Area Fire Brigade until regionalisation in 1975 when the brigade was amalgamated into Strathclyde Fire Service. Following Amalgamation Peter continued as an operational officer until he transferred in the role of Divisional Officer responsible for Discipline. During his service Peter served on the following project secondment's:

. Health and Safety ( European Directives), and
. Vehicle Mounted Data System

Peter's duties prior to his retirement included Divisional Officer Fire Investigation, and Senior Divisional Officer Community Safety In relation to his trade Union work Peter has held the following positions: Brigade Secretary (FBU) 1973 -1974 NAFO Brigade Chair and District Secretary 1977 -1980 NAFO Scottish NEC Member 1980 - 1988 (from where he moved to the back benches as elder statesman and general factotum!!!) From 1987 Peter has served on Employment Tribunals as lay member. He has worked for the Association since 2004 dealing mainly with employment and discipline issues.

Michael Davidson
Michael joined Strathclyde Fire Brigade in April 1977 serving in most stations in Glasgow ‘B’ Division as an operational officer, in various ranks.

He was promoted to Station Officer in 1987, and served as a Fire Prevention Officer for seven years before returning to Operational Duties. He was promoted to ADO in 2004, and seconded to the New Dimensions Project via the SHMI.

Prior to his retirement after 30 years service he has held several posts for both NAFO and FOA. Michael is currently engaged by the Association to assist with issues in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Graham Setterfield
Graham joined the fire service as a Junior Fireman with Kent Fire Brigade in 1963. During the following 31 years he also served in Bedfordshire and Humberside, undertaking duties on all types of duty system, with operational, training, staff, and fire safety responsibilities. He completed his service in the rank of Assistant Divisional Officer.

For a number of years he also served as a Member of the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council and its various committees, as well as being a member of the National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire Brigades. Graham served as Chief Executive of the Fire Officers' Association from its formation in 1994 to September 2008.

Graham is now semi-retired but remans with the Association in an advisory capacity.

Coupled with the above officials and officers are the all important administration staff Chris, Tina and Alex who provide the first port of call for our members throughout the United Kingdom.

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