Lorna promoted to fire safety manager

Lorna Smith, fire safety manager

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The female fire maestro at our Northamptonshire health and safety consultancy has been promoted to manager, leading one of the company’s three dedicated divisions.

Lorna Smith joined Acorn Safety Services in August last year as a senior fire risk assessor.

Less than nine months after her appointment, Lorna has been promoted to fire safety manager. She will head up the Fire Safety department, with two other specialists in charge of the consultancy’s Health and Safety section and Legionella division respectively.

Lorna, who previously worked as a Health and Safety consultant for a large insurance company, regularly shares her expert knowledge with the rest of the team, who are regularly visiting diverse types of building including fast food outlets, care facilities, and a renovated 17th century glass factory, as well as numerous offices, warehouses and public buildings.

Lorna said: “I am delighted to have been promoted to Fire Safety Manager. The Acorn Safety team has been so welcoming, and I enjoy the wide variety of work that we do. Keeping people safe and protecting life is the key factor in all fire safety work and I am proud of how well we do that.

“It has been incredibly busy since I started here and we’re now in the process of growing the fire safety division in order to effectively meet customer demand.”

Acorn Safety Services operations director Zeynep Guzelkasap said: “Lorna has been an incredible asset to our business from the moment she arrived. Her knowledge and expertise are second to none and she embodies everything we look for in a fire risk assessor. She is conscientious, meticulous, and passionate and this promotion is wholly deserved.”

For further information about Acorn Safety Services visit www.acornhealthandsafety.co.uk or call 01604 930380.


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