Meet the team – Fire
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North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Jonathan Dyson – Head of Paid Service
Jonathan Dyson
Chief Fire Officer
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Senior Information Risk Owner – Mathew Walker
Mathew Walker
Deputy Chief Fire Officer
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Simon Dennis – Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer
Simon Dennis
Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer
The Chief Executive works with the Commissioner, the Chief Constable and Chief Fire Officer, the Chief Finance Officers and other senior managers to ensure delivery of the Commissioner’s vision, strategy and priorities and ensures rigorous scrutiny of operational activities. Further details about Simon Dennis.
Michael Porter – Chief Finance Officer
Michael fulfils the Chief Finance Officer and Section 151 Officer role on a part-time basis, being also Cleveland PCC’s Chief Finance Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Further details about Michael Porter.
Lisa Stitt – EnableNY
Lisa is the Assistant Chief Officer for North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service as part of EnableNY.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Structure
North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority
- Chief Fire Officer Jonathan Dyson
- Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Director of Service Delivery, Mat Walker
- Assistant Chief Officer for enableNY Lisa Stitt
- Area Manager Director of Service Improvement and Assurance Damian Henderson
- Group Manager – Operational Assurance Mark Naylor
- Group Manager – Service Improvement Euan Long
- Area Manager Director of Emergency Response and Training Ben Illsley
- Group Manager – Craven and Harrogate District Any Creasey (Temporary)
- Group Manager – Hambleton and Richmondshire District Bob Hoskins (Temporary)
- Group Manager – Scarborough and Ryedale District Marc Warren
- Group Manager – York and Selby District Tony Peel
- Group Manager – Operational Training Jens Archer (Temporary)
- Area Manager Director of Community Risk and Resilience Tom Hirst
- Group Manager – Protection and Risk Pete Gregory
- Head of Prevention and Early Intervention Vicky Coe
- Group Manager – Response and Resilience James Manning
Updated 4 September 2023