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Dany cotton sally harper london fire brigade
Dany Cotton, (born 11 June 1969) is a British firefighter. Since 2017, she has served as the Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade and is the first woman to hold this position. She had previously been the Director of Safety and Assurance at the London Fire Brigade. In 2004 Cotton became the first woman to be awarded the Queen's Fire Service Medal. She is the National Chair of Networking Women in the Fire Service.
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- Dany cotton sally harper london fire brigade
- London fire commissioner dany cotton london safety plan
- Early life and education
- Career
- Honours and awards
- References
London fire commissioner dany cotton london safety plan
Early life and education
Cotton was born 11 June 1969, in London. She was a member of the Air Training Corps as a teenager.
Career
Cotton joined the fire brigade in 1988, her first placement was at Wimbledon Fire Station. Aged 19, she had been a full fire-fighter for just three months when she attended the Clapham Junction rail crash. In 2007, she was assigned the post of Area Commander, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the British Fire Service. In 2010, she became Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade and in 2012 Assistant Commissioner.
In September 2016, Cotton was appointed interim Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade following the retirement of Ron Dobson. She took up the position on 1 January 2017. Cotton's official title will remain "Interim Commissioner" pending a restructure of the Brigade later in 2017, at which point she will become full "Commissioner".
On 14 June 2017, Cotton was in overall command of the LFB when faced with the massive Grenfell Tower fire which she described as "An unprecedented incident." She appeared at several media briefings to give updates on casualty figures, challenges faced and firefighters' progress.
Honours and awards
In 2002, Cotton was named Outstanding Public Servant of the year. In the 2004 New Year Honours, Cotton became the first woman to be awarded the Queen's Fire Service Medal, given "for distinguished service." On 30 October 2008, she was awarded the Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
In 2010, she was named by The Independent as one of "100 women who changed the world". In 2014, she won the Public Service Category of the First Women Awards.