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Alasdair Hay

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Alasdair Hay
Chief Fire Officer
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
In office
October 2013 – February 2019
Succeeded byMartin Blunden
Personal details
Born (1961-12-24) 24 December 1961 (age 62)
Edinburgh, Scotland
OccupationFire fighter

Alasdair George Hay, CBE, QFSM (born 24 December 1961) is a British firefighter. He was the first Chief Fire Officer of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

Early life

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Hay was born on 24 December 1961 in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

Career

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Hay was a firefighter with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service from September 1983 to October 1992.[2] He was a senior instructor at the Scottish Fire Services College from 1992 to 1994.[3] In 1994, he joined Tayside Fire and Rescue Service.[4] By 2009, he had risen to the rank of Deputy Chief Fire Officer.[5] Between May 2011 and March 2012, he was seconded to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Advisory Unit.[2] Returning to the Tayside Fire and Rescue Service, he was appointed acting chief fire officer on 1 April 2012.[6]

Hay was appointed chief fire officer of the newly created Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in October 2013 to prepare for the new nationwide service.[7] He oversaw a workforce of more than 9,000 firefighters and support staff.[3] Hay retired from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on 15 February 2019, handing over to the current chief fire officer, Martin Blunden.

Honours

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In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hay was awarded the Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM) for Distinguished Service. [8] He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.[2] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Scotland's new fire chief is Alasdair Hay". Herald Scotland. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Alasdair Hay named as new chief for merged Scottish fire service". BBC News. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b "New merged fire service chief 'honoured' to be appointed to £165k role". Daily Record. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Scottish Fire and Rescue Service". Scottish Government. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  5. ^ "WITHDRAWAL OF COVER WOULD NOT AFFECT CALL-OUTS". Guide and Gazette. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Tayside chief named head of Scotland's new national fire service". STV News. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Introducing the new Scottish Fire and Rescue Service". Fire Magazine. January 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. pp. 26–27.
  9. ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B8.