Deputy Fire Chief recognised in New Year’s Honours

Our Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Glynn Luznyj has been recognised in His Majesty the King’s New Year’s Honours List.

Glynn will receive the King’s Fire Service Medal for distinguished service to the fire and rescue sector, in a career which has already spanned 28 years.

Glynn has spent his whole career at Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service and started as a trainee firefighter in 1996 with his first station posting at Newcastle Fire Station. Over the next two decades he progressed through the ranks working at fire stations across the county and in teams at our headquarters before joining our Principal Management Team in 2015. He was appointed Deputy Chief Fire Officer in 2021.

Glynn has led on various local and national projects and is highly regarded by his peers in the fire sector.

Here in Staffordshire he was responsible for introducing a partnership project called the “Community Sprinkler Project” which has seen 19 high rise residential buildings fitted with sprinklers to protect their residents and responding firefighters from the risk of fire.

In recent years he has also supported our response to the conflict in Ukraine by organising convoys of our old appliances and equipment to go to Ukraine.

Glynn has held a number of national roles including the National Fire Chiefs Council lead on smoke detection and he is the Secretary of the Fire Leaders Association. He also spent seven years working at a national level on fire and health partnerships.

Glynn is a keen sportsman and is Secretary of Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service Firesport Association and took up a role in a specialist response team during the London Olympics in 2012.

Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Glynn Luznyj said: “I am extremely proud to be part of a high performing fire and rescue service and this recognition is a great personal honour and one that I will always cherish. It’s a reflection of the good fortune that I have had in working with wonderful colleagues, past and present, in the fire and rescue service.

“I want to pay tribute to the firefighters that I work with who put their lives on the line to ensure the safety of others. I also want to recognise the fire control staff and the prevention, protection and fire support staff who work so hard to keep our communities safe on a daily basis.

“I am indebted to many colleagues who have helped and encouraged me personally over the many years in the fire service, but most of all to my wonderful family who have always been there to support me.”

Chief Fire Officer, Rob Barber commented: “It is so pleasing to see Glynn’s hard work and dedication to improving community outcomes being recognised by his Majesty. Glynn works tirelessly, both locally and nationally, and I am proud to work with him here in Staffordshire.”

Staffordshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Ben Adams added: “My congratulations to Glynn Luznyj on being awarded the King’s Fire Service Medal. It confirms what we already knew in Staffordshire, that he is completely dedicated to supporting the fire and rescue service locally and across the country. He does everything he can to keep Staffordshire safe and is very deserving of this recognition.”