Background
Hay was born on 24th of December 1961 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Hay was born on 24th of December 1961 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He is the first and current Chief Fire Officer of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Hay was a firefighter with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service from September 1983 to October 1992. He was a senior instructor at the Scottish Fire Services College from 1992 to 1994.
In 1994, he joined Tayside Fire and Rescue Service.
By 2009, he had risen to the rank of Deputy Chief Fire Officer. Between May 2011 and March 2012, he was seconded to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Advisory Unit.
Returning to the Tayside Fire and Rescue Service, he was appointed Acting Chief Fire Officer on 1 April 2012. Hay was appointed Chief Fire Officer of the newly created Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in October 2013 to prepare for the new nationwide service.
He heads a workforce of more than 9000 firefighters and support staff