The examples of good practice set by the award winners help to bring more women, ethnic minorities, gay and disabled people into the fire and rescue service by supporting a change of culture across the organisation.
Award winners included Rex Webb based at Salisbury Fire Station and Lorraine Abrahams, Director of Service Improvement, Avon Fire & Rescue Service.
Fire Minister Parmjit Dhanda, presenting the awards, said he was inspired to hear about the work of the practitioners who were challenging inequality and promoting diversity, adding it was time for these examples to become the norm rather than the exception through the Government's new Equality and Diversity Strategy.
