Women in Fire Safety Awards 2026: Shortlisted finalists announced!

Supported by Headline Sponsor Apollo Fire Detectors and boasting a record number of 254 entries this year, the Women in Fire Safety Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of exceptional women working across the fire safety industry, recognising those individuals actively driving innovation, leadership and higher standards.

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Women in Fire Safety Awards 2026: The Finalists

Administrator of the Year

*Chloe Jenson (Bellrock)

*Emma Russell (CHPK Group)

*Hayley Saint (The Portmarnock Group)

*Isla Moffat (OCS Fire Protection Solutions)

*Jaheda Begum (Peabody)

*Jennifer Clark (Jensen Hughes)

*Lucy Magee (Apollo Fire Detectors)

*Melinda Young (Eastern Builders Safety Group t/a EB Safety Group)

*Nicole Brooks (Dean Morris)

*Rosalie Pilkington (OFR Consultants Ltd)

*Rose Hartwell (Churches Fire & Security)

*Zoe Parsons (Hochiki Europe)

Diversity Champion Award

*Beverley Parkes (RP Fire)

*Everyone at Swift Fulfilment (Swift Fulfilment)

*Gavin Skelly (Fire Aware)

*Isaac Mutunga (Soliton Telmec Limited)

*Lesley Leach (Chubb Fire & Security)

*Lucy Mather (West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service)

*Sam Boylan (RiskFire Ltd)

*Sarah Forbes (Design Fire Consultants)

*The Whole Team at Fire Dynamics Group (Fire Dynamics Group)

Excellence Award (Business)

*Charlotte Manley (C-TEC)

*Chloe Barker (Coltraco Ultrasonics)

*Emma Jones (Axion Consultancy Limited)

*Jennifer Whalley (Warringtonfire)

*Jessica Mann (Infuse Marketing)

*Jo Sheehan (Future Group)

*Kelly Nock (Xact Consultancy and Training)

*Melanie Tudor (The Fire Surgery Ltd)

*Monica Y Daniel (Fire Safety Consult Ltd)

*Nicola John (Fire Door Maintenance Training and Development)

*Sam Boylan (RiskFire Ltd)

*Shannon Berry (Firesense Ltd)

Excellence Award (Fire Consultant)

*Ayushi Subedi (Jensen Hughes)

*Catherine Owen (PartB)

*Davinia Potterton (The DALA Group)

*Emily Woodley (PartB)

*Gemma Osborne (Metropolitan Police Service)

*Gemma Pawson (Fire Safe Scotland Ltd)

*Katrina Merritt (City Building Engineering Services)

*Kristie Sullivan (Warringtonfire)

*Maisie Gleeson (OFR Consultants Ltd)

*Samantha Weatherley (Stantec)

*Sarah James (Bellrock)

*Sian Wilkes (Certified Pro Installs Ltd)

Excellence Award (Fire Engineer)

*Alice Pike (Mott MacDonald)

*Amadea Picciau (Tenos Ltd)

*Diana Prostire (Fire Dynamics Group Ltd)

*Dr Shuyuan Lin (Axion Consultancy Limited)

*Lindsay Fox (Unicorn Fire & Safety Solutions Ltd)

*Mabel Higgins (MH Fire Safety Ltd)

*Naomi Fell (SFA Fire & Security)

*Naomi Hooper (Mott MacDonald)

*Rebekah Moore (OHEAP Fire & Security)

*Zhujun Zhang (CHPK Group)

*Zuzanna Bialkowska (Axion Consultancy Limited)

*Zuzanna Feliszek (PartB)

Excellence Award (Social Housing)

*Claire Charles (Tenos Ltd)

*Heather Langridge (Southern Housing)

*Kimberley Prebble (Orbit Housing)

*Megan Major (Shellen Security)

*Stevie Cox (Global HSE Group)

Global Research Award

*Dr Brittany Hollerbach (Center for Fire, Rescue and EMS Health Research, Part of NDRI-USA)

*Fiona Cornfield (The Fire Protection Association)

*Margaret S McNamee (Lund University)

Inclusive Company Award

*Anstey Horne

*Axion Consultancy Limited

*Certified Pro Installs Ltd

*Chubb Fire & Security (UK & Ireland)

*Design Fire Consultants Ltd

*Energia Group

*Hoare Lea

*Mott MacDonald

*OCS Fire Protection Solutions Installation Team

*Trigon Fire Safety

*Women Talking Fire CIC

International Rising Star Award

*Dr Emelie Lantz (Researcher and On-Call Firefighter)

*Gizelle Danine Jamero (Arup)

*Paula Murphy (Jensen Hughes)

International Woman of the Year

*Aedin Hassett (Browne Fire and Security)

*Amanda Kimball (Fire Protection Research Association/National Fire Protection Association)

*Anne Wijayasuriya (Joule Group)

*Ashley Vargas (Barnard College, Columbia University)

*Beschi Jeyakumar (Sherwin-Williams Pvt Ltd)

*Bruna Esposito (Ramtech)

*Christina Alexandropoulou (Philip Morris International)

*Paula Murphy (Jensen Hughes)

*Pilar Sancho (Elmdene International)

Rising Star Award

*Alina Erkulova (Trigon Fire Safety)

*Chloe Flowers (Isoler Ltd)

*Demi-Leigh Perry (Abel Alarm)

*Egle Siusiene (Apollo Fire Detectors)

*Lauren Postill (City Building Engineering Services)

*Millie Botley (Vimpex)

*Momoi Suda (Arup)

*Nicole Allan (Design Fire Consultants)

*Pragati Yarlagadda (Olympus Management)

*Sabrina Goodall (Balfour Beatty)

*Samantha Wootten (Trinity Fire & Security Systems)

*Sareh Akbarpoor (Stantec)

Woman of the Year

*Alona Fedotkina (Kilnbridge Fire Protection)

*Clare Clifft (Birmingham City Council)

*Ellen Gaisie (Airey Miller)

*Isabel Elswood (The Fire Protection Association)

*Julie Sharp (Isoler)

*Kate Swinburne (OFR Consultants Ltd)

*Lauren Paver (Triton Group)

*Roxy Palmer (Churches Fire & Security)

*Ruth Oliver (British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association)

*Stephanie Rampton (The Regency Group)

*Tracy Gregory (Premier Technical Services Group Fire Consultancy Division)

*Vicki Swaine (3Safety)

Lifetime Achievement Award

This prestigious award is chosen by our Judging Panel of key industry bodies and figureheads. It will be awarded on the night to an outstanding individual who has made a tremendous contribution to fire safety during their lifetime.

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