Dave Pemberton

After a 29-year career within the Fire and Rescue Service, the last 13 at a strategic manager level, I’m incredibly excited to be part of the team behind P2P Fire.

During my fire service leadership career, I developed a strong passion for enabling individuals and teams to be the best they can be. With a transformational and empathetic leadership style, I have a strong track record of building high performing teams through empowerment, trust and recognising that wider diversity leads to better outcomes.

The part of my career I found most energising was supporting and coaching individuals to pursue their career development goals, and preparing them for the processes they have needed to undertake to achieve them. I’ve been ideally placed to be incredibly successful in my approach, with many years of experience on the ‘other side of the table’, as both the lead, and member of selection and promotion appointment processes up to middle manager level.

I have a deep understanding of what Fire and Rescue Services are looking for in candidates, and I’m looking forward to continuing to support the fire sectors continuous improvement journey by helping talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds to deliver to their full potential.

Outside of the workplace you will usually find me on self-propelled two-wheels. I’m an avid mountain biker (I’m a qualified mountain bike guide and coach) and occasional roadie. I love the great outdoors and regularly succumb to the pull of the mountains. In winter it even leads me to travel outside of the UK to strap a pair of planks to my feet.