1. Diverse Fire and Rescue Services – personal experience
ESSP meeting 12th Nov 2018
Diverse Fire and Rescue Services – personal experience
Dawn Whittaker
Chief Fire Officer, East Sussex FRS

2. Career John Lewis Partnership as a graduate trainee in 1988
Northamptonshire County Council as a Performance Manager in 2002
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service as Senior Manager in 2004
Qualified operationally, progressing to Assistant Chief Fire Officer then Deputy Chief Fire Officer by 2008
Seconded to Central Government to support the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser in 2014
East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service as Deputy Chief Fire Officer in 2016
Following at interim period, formally took up role as Chief Fire Officer in 2017
Chair of Board of Trustees for a National Charity (RLSS)
NFCC Lead Officer for Water Safety and Drowning Prevention and co-author of the Drowning Prevention Strategy .

3. ‘Why it matters to me’ Welsh, Women, Direct Entry
Leadership is not talking about it
Authenticity
Our approach is revolutionary…really?
Valuing difference to make a difference

4. Headline stats

5. Headline stats

6. Home Office - future for FRS
The Home Office is launching a new campaign to help fire and rescue services change that.
Firefighters in England are approximately 95% male and white.
Only 5.2% of firefighters in England are women, and 3.9% are from an ethnic minority background (BAME).

7. Questions