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Nasir Jilani
Nasir Ahmed Jilani (born 19 June 1979) is a British Bangladeshi and a Fire fighter by profession. He is well known for his outreach work in the local community which involves the promotion of fire safety measures, delivering lectures and offering advice to local people. He has particularly sought to raise awareness of the dangers associated with fires and the consequences of a poorly working smoke alarm, or indeed no smoke alarm whatsoever, amongst those who are most vulnerable, and has primarily focused on addressing this within ethnic minority groups, namely the Asian community from which he originates.

As a representative of the fire service, Nasir, regularly attends special events in the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Kensington, Chelsea, Camden and Islington, such as The Baishakhi Mela in Brick Lane and The Carnival in Notting Hill. The aim of these events is to engage young people in discussions on matters relating to the prevention of arson and hoax calls, whilst also promoting the recruitment of future fire fighters and Nasir enjoys being able to give young people an insight into his career, so far, as a London fire fighter. To many British Asian/Bengali young people he could be seen as something of a role model and it is hoped, through interaction, he will encourage others to aspire to achieve what he has professionally. Nasir, brought up as a devout Muslim, was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh and came to Britain in the mid-eighties with his mother, brothers and sisters in order to join his father, who had previously immigrated to Britain in 1958. In order to provide a home for his young and growing family his father had undertaken a variety of work in both factories and hospitals in different parts of the country. including Bradford, Birmingham and Watford before finally settling in the East End of London. Nasir grew up in the Limehouse and Bethnal Green areas of the East End of London, he attended the Marion Richardson Primary School, and later both Sir John Cass Redcoat Secondary and Morpeth Comprehensive Schools before moving on to study at Tower Hamlets College.

After leaving College Nasir worked in the catering and security industries before deciding on a career with the London Fire Brigade, which he joined in 2006. With hard work and determination he successfully completed his initial training at Southwark Training Centre and was sent to his base posting at an operational fire station in the London borough of Islington, where he is currently still serving as a Fire fighter.