Brian Whyte was born in Fife, brought up in Cumbernauld, and from there moved up to Aberdeen. After three years working with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Brian joined Grampian Fire and Rescue Service. He has recently retired from the Service, where he ended his career in charge of the Fire Education Section.
In this capacity, he sat on the community safety partnerships in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray. In addition, he also represented the Service on the Scottish Community Fire Safety Forum, and various other national and regional committees, and was the original presenter of Grampian's ‘Safe Drive Stay Alive'.
Brian was responsible for both editions of the ‘Broons and Oor Wullie' fire safety special, and also produced his own fire safety cartoon, ‘The Hills and Glenns' which featured each month in ‘Whatever News'. He is the author of ‘Consternation Street' – a book of fire safety verse, which is used in Grampian as part of the schools education programme.
In 2005, Brian was awarded the Queen's Fire Service Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. He is also a BSc (HONS) graduate, and has gained diplomas in Criminology and Social Policy, and Sociology.
He has been a member of Crimestoppers for five years, and is currently involved in a number of projects, including the development of a Crimestoppers board game and became Deputy Chairman in June 2007..
Other interests include travelling (both at home and abroad), music (Brian has been a presenter on Grampian Hospital Radio for the past 25 years, and currently hosts the weekly ‘Sunday Sonata'), filming and editing (often much to his wife, Rona's, annoyance), writing (he currently has a couple of books in development), and cheering on Cowdenbeath FC. |
