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Dany Cotton Chair

Dany Cotton is currently serving as an Area Manager in the London Fire Brigade.  She joined the fire service in 1988, aged 18 after leaving college having studied for A levels.  She attained her first rank of promotion after serving 7 years as an operational firefighter. Since then she has gone on to become the highest ranking woman firefighter in the country.  She has served at several fire stations and in different  departments, and is currently working in the Central Service Delivery department.  She has been the Chair of Networking Women in the Fire Service for 6 years.  Dany was awarded the Queen's Fire Service medal in the New Year's Honours list January 2004 and Public Servant of the Year in 2002.   Her hobbies include mountain biking, fitness training, skiing (badly) and watching rugby.

Mani Gilbert King Vice Chair

I joined East Sussex Fire and Rescue in Sept 1994. My first station was Preston Circus Brighton. Once I got my CM's bars I was on the move working from stations all over the county. I did a spell in our Appliances and Equipment Department and then I had two years working in the training school and left there to be a WM at the Ridge in Hastings.  I then moved to our HQ's where I did a specialist role at SM level, I moved sideways into fire safety and then picked up a flexi duty SM role looking after Bexhill and Pevensey. Im still at Bexhill but Im currently the Borough Commander setting up our new structure. As well as my Borough responsibilities, I am an active member of our harassment advisors team offering advice to all work colleagues as and when they call. I also get involved in critical incident de-briefs. I believe in being honest, getting the best out of people and taking the time to listen to worries and concerns. I have a fab job and work with a great team both here and on the Network.