Annual Fire Conference, 15 and 16 March 2022

Plenary 3 

Rosie Clarke, Head of Inclusion and Diversity Services (North), Inclusive Employers
Luann Donald, Senior Advisor for Inclusion, LGA
Rob Barber, Chief Fire Officer, Staffordshire FRS
Matt Sutcliffe, Head of Service Delivery, Humberside FRS

Plenary 4 – Building Safety 

Gavin Tomlinson, Chair of the Fire Protection Board, Chief Fire Officer, Derbyshire FRS
Zoe Wilkinson, Deputy Director, Fire Safety, Home Office
Lorna Stimpson, Chief Executive, Local Authority Building Control

Plenary 5 – Efficiency

Mark Hemming, Director of Finance and Assets, Buckinghamshire FRS; Emma Lawrence, Head of Fire Funding, Home Office; and Phil Shillito, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Humberside FRS

Plenary 6 – Effectiveness

Mark Hardingham, Chair, NFCC
Phil Garrigan, Chief Fire Officer, Merseyside FRS
Suzanne McCarthy, Chair, Fire Standard

Workshop 2 – Workforce engagement

Tim Edwards, Interim Chief Fire Officer, Norfolk FRS; Ruth Grant, Organisation Development Lead, Norfolk County Council; and Dr Martin Reddington, Director, Kinetiq

Workshop 5 – Improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the fire and rescue service

Nadia Bob-Thomas, Assistant Portfolio Director, People Pillar, Fire & Rescue Services Portfolio, HMICFRS