
📞 Please report fires through 999 rather than through our social media channels. 🚒 999 is staffed and answered 24/7 by our Fire Control team for them to dispatch crews as necessary.
Fin Monahan
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@MonahanFin
AVM (Retd) Fin Monahan OBE DFC PhD. Chief Fire Officer South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Former military officer RAF. Historian, organisational culture PhD.

📞 Please report fires through 999 rather than through our social media channels. 🚒 999 is staffed and answered 24/7 by our Fire Control team for them to dispatch crews as necessary.

🛴 Did an e-bike or e-scooter make it onto your Christmas list? 🔋 If you plan to plug it in the moment it's unwrapped, NEVER charge it in a corridor or room that provides the only means of escape. For more on e-transport safety 👇 🔗 bit.ly/ebikes-scoot

















🤝We're thrilled to welcome Fin Monahan OBE DFC PhD as our new Chief Fire Officer at #TeamSouthWales. 🚒Fin takes on this vital role, continuing to prioritise operational excellence, an inclusive culture and our on-going commitment to serving our communities. 👨🚒Welcome Chief!

📚🗣️Why is military culture so important, and what role does it play in the outcome of conflicts? In this new paper for FASI, AVM Fin Monahan @DirectorDCDC highlights the enduring role of military culture in modern warfare. Read in full🔽 ow.ly/VtM250QjFY3

✈️How has the RAF's culture around safety and risk shifted and what is the right balance in the context of today’s threats? In a new FASI paper, @DrSophyAntrobus examines the RAF’s changing relationship with risk – its approach, attitude, and appetite. kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/ass…



"Because we flew - we envy no man on earth". Anon. Somewhere over Afghanistan, October 2008.

Taxying back in at Kandahar. September 2008. No Paveway 4 yet but we obviously had the TERMA pod which I seem to have used! Tanks outboard for balance had we dropped the EP2+ weapons. MoD photo taken by the team visiting from Al Udeid.