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Chair of WRO and Chief Fire Officer of Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service, Dave Webb was born in Solihull in 1959 joining the West Midlands Fire Service at the age of 18 in 1977. Dave joined Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service as the Chief Fire Officer on the 1st September 2002. Currently he is the Regional Secretary for CFOA and Regional Chair for the Association of Principal Fire Officers. Dave is a fan of most sports but has a particular liking for football, rugby, cricket and motor sport. He also enjoys a wide range of music.
 
Peter is currently employed by Telecom New Zealand as a member of their Supply Chain team. Peter joined the NZ Fire Service in Fielding as a volunteer in 1976. Throughout his time with the Fire Service Peter has risen to the rank of Chief Fire Officer of the Fielding Brigade and President of the United Fire Brigades Association.
 
Secretary of WRO, Cameron is a member of Strathclyde Fire & Rescue where he leads RTC Training Development. Recently, SFR released him to work fulltime with the WRO, UKRO and International Development Programme (IDP). As head of the IDP he has created links with the World Health Organisation and has assisted with their Pre Hospital Care Systems Programme for low and middle income countries, he has helped developed strong links with the Global Road Safety Partnership which has produced a number of projects. He has extensive international experience and has worked in Romania, Poland, South Africa, Russian Federation and the Czech Republic.
Dave is currently a Group Manager with Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service and is responsible for Service` Training and Development. He is the UKRO treasurer and is assistant head of the IDP. Dave has been with the WRO for over six years and has held the position of treasure for most of them..
He has considerable experience in developing the skills of rescue services throughout the world, especially in developing countries.
 
ACO of South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, John Hoey heads up the The Challenge Development Committee and looks at how the challenge will evolve each year. Recent developments have been to allow the top team from each brigade in the UK, aiming to have the top 20 of these teams undertake a complex scenario with entrapments and life critical injuries. Out of these, the top three teams are then funded by UKRO to participate in the World Challenge. Belfast 2005 saw the introduction of a first aid (trauma) event and a trial event for an extended extrication scenario, line rescue and urban search & rescue.
 
Has been involved with Emergency Medical Services for the last 27 years. He has attended numerous courses in Disaster Management (Local and International). He has also completed training in dealing with Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Agents in the United States, he also trains persoonel as Rescue Workers at the University of Technology. He presently is developing an Urban Search and Rescue protocol on behalf of the Provincial and National Government and in his last year of completing his Master Degree in Disaster Management.
 
Actively employed in the Fire Service for 31 years. He has served as a Volunteer Fire Fighter as a Career Fire Fighter in a Composite Dept., and Later as Chief Fire Prevention Officer and Fire Chief in Northern Ontario. Bruce was a member of the Ontario, Office of the Fire Marshal from 1987 until 2002 serving in the field as a Fire Services Advisor, where he trained thousands of Ontario’s fire service in Auto-Extrication Skills. Bruce also managed the Northern Fire Protection Program and was an Operations Manager in Southern Ontario. In 2002 Bruce was appointed Deputy Fire Chief, for Canada’s Captial, The City of Ottawa. Presently, Chief Montone is responsible for Special Operations, including Haz-Mat/CBRN, Rescue activities including Water& Ice, Auto-Ex, High Angle, Confined Space, USAR and Rit Operations. The Divisions of Training, Fire Prevention, Communications, Incident Safety, and Maintenance complete his portfolio. Chief Montone is the Chairman of TERC Canada. He has a long active history with emergency services in a variety of areas including officer development, employee wellness, performance improvement, program evaluation and team building. His true passion… Golf, provides him with a necessary escape from duty.
 
Lee Johnson is currently Commissioner of the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service. Lee began his fire service career in 1975 as a firefighter with the Townsville Fire Brigade Board.In 1985 he transferred to the South Coast brigade as a Sub-Station Officer and was promoted to Station Officer that same year. He was promoted to Deputy Chief Officer, Rockhampton, in 1988 and then District Commander in 1990, following the transition to the new Queensland Fire Service. When the Queensland Fire and Rescue Authority was established in 1997, Lee was appointed as Commissioner, Central Region, and then as Commissioner, Brisbane South Region in September 2001. He was then appointed as Commissioner following the November 2001 transition to Queensland Fire and Rescue Service. In 2004, Lee was awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal – the highest individual honour awarded to Australian firefighters. Lee has been on the Executive Committee since 1997 and was appointed President in 2005. .
 
Paul (PJ to his friends) began his involvement in the emergency services as a volunteer with the Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) in 1983 as a Uni student. PJ went on to work in the ICU at a major hospital in Melbourne. This meant he saw people both during the rescue and their treatment. In 1989 he joined the staff of VICSES as a Regional Training Officer in Gippsland and was then promoted to Regional Emergency Management Officer at Ballarat in 1992. In the same year Paul was awarded a scholarship to study road rescue in Europe, where he was first exposed to the concept of an extrication challenge. In 1995 Paul moved to Melbourne to take up a role providing emergency planning advice to the private sector through the VICSES Consultancy Section where he worked on major events such as the Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix and also aid funded international development projects including a review of the Mozambique National Fire Service in 2001. In 2002 Paul was appointed Manager Community Safety. Throughout his VICSES career Paul has been actively involved in developing promoting improved practices in motor vehicle extrication. Paul is an inaugural member of ANRARA. He was the Secretary of ANRARA and then ARRO from 1995 to 2004 and chairs the ARRO Technical Committee. He was elected as Vice President of ARRO in 2004 and World Rescue Organisation Assessor Coordinator in 2005.
 
Glen Maule is an Area Director for the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) based in Toowoomba. He has thirty years service in the QAS and has had experience in the training area as well as a vast range of experience in operations and management for rural and urban ambulance services. Glen was first elected onto the Australasian Road Rescue Organisation Committee in 2002 and subsequently elected as Secretary in 2004. In 2004, Glen was honoured with being awarded the Ambulance Service Medal.
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