One of the best known and respected
people in the U.K. fire industry has been
distinguished as a Member of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire by
Queen Elizabeth. 
Leslie Heaviside, Engineering
Director for Wormald (Ansul) U.K. in
Manchester, England, has enjoyed a 50-year career
with Wormald beginning as a General Engineering
Apprentice with Mather & Platt.
Twice each year on New Year’s Eve
and her official birthday on June 6, Her Majesty
the Queen bestows a number of honours on British
citizens, who are recommended to her by the prime
minister.
Awards such as these are a fascinating
part of British culture – kings and queens
have honoured people with them since the
fourteenth century. The awards go mainly to
high-ranking civil servants, county, and
city officials, people involved in charity
work, but to only a few representatives of
industry such as Heaviside.
“I am absolutely delighted with
this award, which came as a complete
surprise,” Heaviside said. “I am
fortunate to have had a lifetime career in fire
protection, and while I am thrilled to accept the
honour, I am also pleased that it reflects a
recognition of the good work that is being done
by our industry in protecting lives and property
from fire.”
Heaviside is a past chairman of the
British Automatic Sprinkler Association, a member
of Eurofeu Committee on Fire Suppression,
Chairman of the British Standards Institution
Subcommittee on Fire Protection, a Member of the
CEN (European Standards) Fire Protection
Committee, Leader of the U.K. Delegation to ISO
Committee, and Director of the Loss Prevention
Certification Board.
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