HM Inspector

Fire Services Act, 1947

Inspectors of Fire Brigades

Section 24.

(1) For the purpose of obtaining information as to the manner in which fire authorities are performing their functions under this Act and as to technical matters relating to those functions, inspectors may be appointed by His Majesty, and the Secretary of State may appoint assistant inspectors and other officers.
(2) The Secretary of State may pay to persons appointed under this section such remuneration as he may with the approval of the Treasury determine.

In July 2001 the satellite office in Glasgow was closed.

CHESHIRE FIRE CHIEF TO BE NEW HM CHIEF INSPECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES FOR SCOTLAND

The Secretary of State is to recommend to Her Majesty the Queen that Mr Dennis Davis (52), currently Chief Fire Officer with Cheshire Fire Authority, should be appointed HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland in succession to Mr Neil Morrison who will retire from the post in April this year. Mr Davis OBE, OstJ, QFSM, C Eng, CIMgt, FFireE, MInstE will take up appointment in May.
He was born in Walsall and educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall. He became a Firefighter at the age of 18 with Walsall County Borough Council where he progressed to Sub-Officer level. He joined Cheshire Fire Brigade as a Station Officer in 1971 and moved through the ranks to become Deputy Chief Officer in 1983. He has held his current appointment as Chief Fire Officer with Cheshire Fire Authority since 1986.
Mr Davis is a past President of the Institution of Fire Engineers and current Management Committee Chairman. He has also served as President of CACFOA (The Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers' Association). He is married with two sons.

BACKGROUND
1. The Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland holds a Royal Warrant from Her Majesty the Queen under the Fire Services Act 1947.
2. The appointment is for three years with the possibility of extension by mutual agreement.
3. The Chief Inspector is directly accountable to the Secretary of State for Scotland (in due course this will be to the Scottish Executive) and is his senior professional adviser on fire matters, presenting an annual report to the Secretary of State, which is presented to Parliament and published. He leads HM Inspectorate of Fire Services, the central task of which is to carry out inspections of fire brigades in Scotland as well as providing expert assistance in the development of policy and in the preparation of legislation. The Inspectorate also plays a key part in the promotion of common standards throughout brigades and in the formulation of advice to fire authorities through the machinery of the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Councils. The Chief Inspector is responsible for ensuring that the resources made available to the Inspectorate are used in the most efficient and cost effective manner.
4. The post is full-time and the salary is about Ł80,000. HM Inspectorate of Fire Services is based in Saughton House, Edinburgh.

News Release: 0303/99
11 February 1999

Fire Chief to Chief Inspector

The First Minster is to recommend to Her Majesty the Queen that Mr Jeff Ord, currently Firemaster with Strathclyde Fire Brigade, should be appointed HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland.
Mr Ord OstJ QFSM GIFireE will take up appointment in March 2004 in succession to Mr Dennis Davis, who will be leaving the post at the end of this year.
Born in Sunderland, Mr Ord joined the Fire Service at the age of 18, serving in Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade before moving to the Fire Service College teaching in leadership and management skills.
He was then promoted to Assistant Chief Fire Office in Kent Fire Brigade before becoming Chief Fire Officer of Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service, where the County Council also appointed him as a Director of the Council.
He then became Chief Fire Officer of South Yorkshire Metropolitan Fire and Rescue Service before taking up his current appointment at Strathclyde in May 1999.
Mr Ord is President of the UK Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers' Association and Vice President of the National Fire Services Benevolent Fund. He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University of Glasgow in 2002.
He is married to Beryl with a son, Christopher.
The Chief Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland holds a Royal Warrant from Her Majesty the Queen under the Fire Services Act 1947.
The appointment is for three years with the possibility of extension by mutual agreement.
HM Inspectorate of Fire Services is based in St Andrew's House, Edinburgh. The Chief Inspector is directly accountable to Scottish Ministers and is their senior professional adviser on fire matters, presenting an annual report to Ministers, which is presented to the Scottish Parliament and published.
He leads HM Inspectorate of Fire Services, the central task of which is to carry out inspections of fire brigades in Scotland as well as providing expert assistance in the development of policy and in the preparation of legislation.
The Inspectorate also plays a key part in the promotion of common standards throughout brigades and in the formulation of advice to fire authorities.
The Chief Inspector is responsible for ensuring that the resources made available to the Inspectorate are used in the most efficient and cost effective manner.

News Release: SEJD373/2003
03/12/2003

News

12/6/2010 In the Queen's Birthday Honours List Advisor, Retained Duty System, Jim Smith was awarded the Queen's Fire Service Medal.

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1951? to 1958?	A. D. Wilson	was there 1951, 1965.
April 1967 to 21/3/1968	James D. McNicol O.B.E.	Ex Glasgow Fire Service
1968 to 1978/79(approx)	John Jackson OBE MIFireE	Ex Firemaster Angus Area Fire Brigade
? to ?	Paddy Watters	Ex Chief Newcastle Fire Brigade
1984 to 1989	Richard Knowleton	Ex Firemaster Strathclyde Fire Brigade
1989 to 1993	Alex. Winton CBE QFSM MIFireE	Ex Firemaster Tayside Fire Brigade
1993 to April 1999	Neil Morrison QFSM
May 1999 to ?	Dennis Davis OBE, OStJ, QFSM, CEng, CIMgt, FIFireE (Life), MinstE.
1/3/2004 to 30/11/2007	Jeff Ord CBE QFSM OStJ GIFireE	Ex Firemaster Strathclyde Fire Brigade
30/11/2007 to Jan 2008	Keith MacGillivray MBE	Assistant Firemaster Strathclyde on secondment

January 2008 to 12/12/2008	Keith MacGillivray MBE	Interim until post is filled permanently
12/12/2008 to	Brian Fraser QFSM	Ex Chief Fire Officer South Wales Fire & Rescue Service
2010 to 2016	Steven Torrie QFSM	there May 2011
2016 to 31/5/2018	Martyn Emberson QFSM	ex CFO of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service there 2017
7/6/2018	Simon Gerald Routh-Jones, QFSM	ex CFO Wiltshire Fire and Rescue then Assistant Inspector HMFSI 2016

? to January 1976	?
January 1976 to ?	St Andrews House, EDINBURGH.
Present	Saughton House, EDINBURGH. EH1 1LN.