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The Corporate Leadership Team (CLT) are responsible for overseeing the running of the fire service, please see an overview of the management team below: 

Steve McGuirk
County Fire Officer and Chief Executive

Steve has undertaken higher education whilst in the Fire Service and now holds a Masters Degree in Management, an Honours Degree in Political and Social Science, and a BSc in Fire Safety, Technology and Management.  He Attended the Civil Service "Top Managers" Programme in 2002...

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Jim Owen
Deputy County Fire Officer

Jim joined Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) in December 2008 as Assistant Chief Fire Officer for Fire Safety. He started with Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service in 1985, he carried out a number of operational and fire safety...

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Paul Argyle
Director of Emergency Response

Paul joined GMFRS in 1986 and worked in a range of operational and specialist postings across the county.Since 2001 Paul held a range of supervisory roles, including Health & Safety, Operations and Training, before being promoted to the role of Area Manager Fire Safety in 2004...

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Peter O'Reilly
Director of Prevention and Protection

Peter joined Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service on 1st March 2011 after serving for twenty one years with Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.

During his time with NIFRS he served in Belfast as a Firefighter, Junior Officer and District Commander...

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Ged Murphy
Director of Finance and Technical Services

As Director of Finance and Technical Services, he has taken on corporate responsibility for procurement, logistics, the vehicle fleet/equipment, estates and sustainability. Prior to working for the Fire Service, Ged worked in local government in St Helens, Warrington and Bury...

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Damian Parkinson
Director of Information Communications and Technology

Damian started at GMFRS in November 2003. He is currently the Brigade Management Team member responsible for all IT systems. Including our Command and Control Systems, all communications in terms of radio, telephony, mobile phones, networking...

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Alyson Hall
Director of People and Organisation Development

Alyson was appointed in 2012 after serving as Head of Human Resources since 2007. Alyson was instrumental in the restructure of HR. Prior to joining GMFRS, Alyson spent nine years at the Environment Agency as Regional HR Manager (North West) and was a member of the Regional Senior Management Team. Alyson is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 

 

Shelley Wright
Director of Corporate Communications

Shelley Wright took up her post as part of Corporate Leadership Team (CLT) in October 2010. Shelley, a trained journalist who began work at the Manchester Evening News as a teenager, has worked for many regional and national newspapers as well as, more recently, in public relations and communications roles across the North West...

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Gwynne Williams
Deputy Clerk and Authority Solicitor

Gwynne undertook her training and qualified as a Solicitor in a private practice in 1989.  In October 1990 she joined Wigan Council as an in-house solicitor and shortly after began working with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service specialising in the area of Fire Safety...

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