11th January 2025

New Chief Fire Officer

As you may know the West Midlands now have a new Chief Fire Office in Simion Tuhill.

Following completion of his university studies, Simon initially worked in the pharmaceutical and medical industry.

He began his fire service journey in London Fire Brigade in 1998 and over a career based manly in central London, attended large and major incidents including the 7/7 bombings, for which he received a commendation, and the Grenfell Tower fire. In 2020, he joined Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service as Area Commander and became Assistant Chief Fire Officer.

He subsequently moved to Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service as Deputy Chief Fire Officer.

During his time in Northamptonshire, which included being Interim CFO, he guided the service through significant organisational and political turbulence, stabilising and working closely with staff to improve the service.

He is a qualified Gold Commander and holds a Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Incident Command in Fire and Rescue Services, as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership in Public Services from the University of Warwick.

1th January 2025

Minutes of City of Coventry & Solihull

The Minutes of the City of Coventry & Solihull Sub- Borough held on the 07th November 2024

Click National Association of Retired Firefighters

05th January 2025

Meetings

All Minutes of National Council, Dudley & Sandwell, West Midlands and City of Wolverhampton & Walsall have been updated.