For emergencies

Our People

- Senior management team -

Louise Harrison

Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive

Louise joined the Service as Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive Officer in December 2023 after working in policing for over 31 years, most latterly as the Director of Operations for the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

During her career she has undertaken a diverse number of uniformed operations, specialist, and command roles. These have included working closely with fire and rescue service and multi-agency partners on many community safety, public protection and safeguarding initiatives.

Meet the rest of the team

Senior management team

Mick Osborne

Deputy Chief Fire Officer

Mark Hemming

Director of Finance and Assets

Paul Scanes

Graham Britten

Director of Legal and Governance

Simon Tuffley

Head of Prevention, Response and Resilience

Douglas Buchanan

Head of Protection, Assurance and Development

Anne Stunell

Head of Human Resources

Anne-Marie Carter

Head of Technology, Transformation & PMO

Asif Hussain

Deputy Director of Finance & Assets

Anneli McCallum

Executive Assistant to CFO and DCFO

Katie Nellist

Democratic Services Officer