John Anthony MBE
British APCO Past President & Trustee
John has recently retired after several years working with the Home Office as a Business Partner on the ESN programme. Prior to working on the ESN programme, he served for over 45 years with the London Fire Brigade as their Project Director for ESN Transition and the national Fire Service Business Change Lead on the Emergency Service Communications Programme (ESMCP). At London Fire Brigade he served in an operational capacity as Assistant Commissioner where his responsibilities covered Operational Response which included mobilising and the regional control room, incident command policy, incident communications, operational staff deployment and industrial relations.
He represented the London Fire Brigade throughout the ill fated national Fire Control Project and represented the Chief Fire Officers Association as the Senior User on the national Firelink Project which delivered a digital communication capability to the UK Fire Service.
John was made an MBE in June 2014 for services to the Fire and Rescue Service. He became President in March 2017, taking over from Keith Phillips OBE and stepped down in March 2023, handing the baton to Chris Lucas.
Contact: john.anthony@bapco.org.uk