For Every Response

The Chief Fire Officer of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service joined Dr Claire Park for a fireside chat with Catherine Levin in what turned out to be the most popular session at The Emergency Services Show 2025. They had a wide ranging discussion about leadership, culture, training and how what Fin and Claire learned from their extensive careers in the military shapes what they do in their current roles. 

Speakers:

• Catherine Levin, host
• Fin Monahan, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
• Dr Claire Park, Kings College Hospital

 

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Chief Fire Officer Peter Arnevall travelled to the show from Sweden where he heads up the Stockholm Fire Brigade. He and NFCC contaminants lead, Luke Gazzard, lead a fascinating comparative discussion about firefighters and contaminants. The panel looks at practical solutions and considers why culture should be at the heart of this important topic.

Speakers:

• Luke Gazzard, Avon Fire and Rescue Service (host)
• Peter Arnevall, Stockholm Fire Brigade
• John Ashton, West Midlands Fire Service
• Becky Yates, Avon Fire and Rescue Service

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Lancashire was one of the first police forces to adopt body worn video and is now looking at live streaming to improve situational awareness and response. In this episode hear the discussion about how forces can use it effectively to ensure victims benefit from a swift and effective response.    

Speakers:

• Rich Preston, host
• Chris Hardy, Lancashire Constabulary
• Dave Hannan, Lancashire Constabulary 

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In this episode we hear from Dawn Poulson Whelan and Andrew Price who explore personal lived experience of disability in the ambulance service and policing. They talk about the collaborative work they have done to improve inclusion for staff, patients and service users.

Speakers:

• Joy Flanagan, host
• Dawn Poulson Whelan, East of England Ambulance Service
• Andrew Price, Derbyshire Police

 

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Austrian PPE manufacturer TEXPORT sponsored this year’s Protecting the Protector’s Stage and in this episode, Catherine Levin finds out about their approach, innovations and the future of firefighting protective clothing. She is joined by Tim Wight from TEXPORT and Chris Colgan from Hunter Apparel.

Speakers:

• Catherine Levin - host
• Tim Wight, TEXPORT
• Chris Colgan, Hunter Apparel

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David Davis is the Chief Clinical Information Officer for the London Ambulance Service. He is at the forefront of trying out a branch of artificial intelligence that is all about voice. In this fireside chat with host Rich Preson, find out how Ambient Voice Technology could be the key to saving time on paperwork so that paramedics can spend more time with patients.

Speakers:

• Rich Preston, host
• David Davis, London Ambulance Service

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Asked to set up a fire service in the remote region of the Himalayas, John Aitchison didn’t hesitate and building on his years establishing Fire Aid Nepal, he was the right person for the job. In this episode chaired by stage host Joy Flanagan, he is joined by Dr Matthew Lee, a specialist in the effects of climate change and public health to talk about resilience and capability in one of the world’s most challenging environments.

Speakers:

• Joy Flanagan, host
• John Aitchison, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Dr Matthew Lee, Fire Aid

 

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The third and final episode featuring speakers from the College of Policing on the Protecting the Protectors Stage comes from David Cook and Frankie Westoby. They share their experience of debriefing incidents. They talk about a wide range of incidents - including getting the audience to participate in some debriefing of their day - and touch on the learning from the disorder from 2024 to share some great insights based on their decades of experience in policing.

Speakers:

• David Cook, College of Policing
• Frankie Westoby, College of Policing

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Ordnance Survey hosted its own pavilion at The Emergency Tech Show and Egbe Manners leads the way in this episode where the panel talk about data about place - geospatial data - and how it is key and how some forces are using it to focus resources and drive down crime. 

This session used slides and imagery that we cannot provide links to here, but this should not detract from your enjoyment of this episode from our GIS experts. 

Speakers:

• Rich Preston, host
• Egbe Manners, Ordnance Survey
• Martin Jackson, Cumbria Police
• Rob Goldsmith, Devon & Cornwall Police
• Ceri Lloyd, Devon & Cornwall Police

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The College of Policing join this episode brought to you from the People & Skills Stage. The focus here is on what it takes to professionalise neighbourhood policing. Hosted by Joy Flanagan, the panel talk about making sure those who are working in these areas of policing have the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to do the job effectively and are recognised as the specialists they are. 

Speakers:

• Joy Flanagan, host
• Jo Taylor, College of Policing
• Jamie Daniels, College of Policing
• Nicola MacGregor, College of Policing

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In this episode we are joined by two police chaplains who together with Jenna Flanagan from Oscar Kilo, the police wellbeing service, talk about how to look after police officers when the incident is over. They talk with great compassion and poignancy about the murder of three young girls at a dance class in Southport in August 2024 and the police response to the public disorder that followed.

National Police Chaplain Matthew Hopley leads this conversation which continues the theme of learning from the summer 2024 riots, as our panel share how chaplaincy and wellbeing are at the heart of recovery.

Speakers:

• Catherine Levin, host
• Matthew Hopley, National Police Chaplain
• John McCarthy, Merseyside Police Chaplain
• Jenna Flanagan, Oscar Kilo

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Taking a Dragons Den style approach to this session on the Emergency Tech Leaders’ Stage, Tony Blaker probes three small suppliers at the show about how their solutions are helping solve wicked problems in policing. Listen on to find out what solutions are on offer and what this 30+ year veteran of policing had to say to help them build their presence in a crowded technology landscape. 

Host Rich Preston also asks questions, putting our suppliers through their paces in this fascinating new approach on this AWS sponsored stage.

Speakers:

• Rich Preston, host
• Tony Blaker, NPCC
• Matt Steel, Pocketalk
• Richard Blears, Everblue
• Nick Haw, Kasm Workspaces

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