Tom Sutton

I joined the Liverpool Fire Brigade in 1962 which amalgamated with six local fire brigades and eventually became the Merseyside Fire Brigade in 1974. I served for 34 years and ended my career as senior fire prevention officer. For eighteen years I specialised in Fire Safety and retired in 1995. When I retired, I remained a member of the Merseyside Fire Liaison Panel and looking for ways of promoting the fire safety message we decided to create a web site. As I was interested in the internet I took a number of courses with Connect Training and I became the Web Master. We used this method as one vehicle to get a fire safety message across to the people of Merseyside and hopefully the rest of the country. However because the lack of support from the MFRS the MFLP ceased to exist but I decided to continue with the web site as long as there was interest and I could afford to continue. I have been helped by my sponsors which has allowed for me to continue and because of the demise of the MFLP I renamed the web site The Fire Safety Advice Centre.