For Every Response

This is the final episode of a short series of the podcast called Tech Perspectives brought to you in partnership with The Emergency Tech Show and the Police Digital Service.   Catherine talks to Chris Cope, Chief Information Security Officer for Police Digital Service.   They talk about cyber resilience, how to make it accessible and understandable to a non-technical audience. Chris says that cyb...

This penultimate episode of a short series of the podcast called Tech Perspectives is brought to you in partnership with The Emergency Tech Show and the Police Digital Service.   Catherine talks to Scot Dunn Chief Digital and Innovation Officer for Humberside Police.   This conversation builds nicely on from those earlier in this series as we look at how a police force can innovate when it has lim...

This is the fourth episode of a short series of the podcast called Tech Perspectives brought to you in partnership with The Emergency Tech Show and the Police Digital Service.   Catherine talks to Callum Faint, Chief Fire Officer for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and national lead for digital, data and cyber.    The fire and rescue service is a rich environment for technology and in this...

This is the third episode of a short series of the podcast called Tech Perspectives brought to you in partnership with The Emergency Tech Show and the Police Digital Service.   Catherine talks to Corinne Russell, data ethics lead for Police Scotland. She is part of a data team that is looking at the way that data is being used in the force. They talk about how ethics should be considered when adop...

This is the second episode of a short series of the podcast called Tech Perspectives brought to you in partnership with The Emergency Tech Show and the Police Digital Service.   Catherine delves into the detail with technology leaders from the emergency services and this time talks to John Derryman, Chief of Corporate Services in Wiltshire Police. John comes to policing after a career in the finan...

This is the first of a short series of the podcast called Tech Perspectives brought to you in partnership with The Emergency Tech Show and the Police Digital Service.   Catherine delves into the detail with technology leaders from the emergency services. Starting with the new Director of Police AI, Al Murray. Having led on AI for the National Police Chiefs' Council for some time, he's now working...

Nestled between two series of the podcast, Catherine talks to Reverend Matthew Hopley, the National Police Chaplain. He tells her about his role three years in and how he came into policing in 2011 after a career in retail. He talks with great warmth and compassion about the pastoral care offered by police chaplains - 500 volunteers working in police forces across the country. Reflecting on recent...

As we launch registration for 2026 The Emergency Services Show and The Emergency Tech Show, it seems like a great time to hear from four first time exhibitors who were part of the 2025 shows. We spoke to BODD, Tigers Eye, Try & Lilly and Dals. They tell us about their experiences as we find out what they do to solve challenges faced by first responders. Hosted by Claire Whitaker in our on-site...

In the final episode of this season of For Every Response, Catherine talks to Dr Gareth Davies who heads up the medical team supporting the world famous TT Races on the Isle of Man. With hundreds of competitors converging on the Island for the races that take place during May and June every year, the need for specialist medical care is vital. 150 volunteers form the team and provide care from phys...

In this episode of the pod, Catherine Levin gets into the detail about the on-call firefighting system with Craig Flannery. Craig is the Chief Fire Officer for Mid and West Wales and his service has large numbers of on-call firefighters, drawn from local communities, these are people who will drop everything to respond to fires. The on-call firefighter has a day job and offers 'availability' to th...

As Sir Andy Cooke leaves HMICFRS, he talks to Catherine Levin about his five years leading the inspectorate.  Reflecting on what he's seen from police forces, he reinforces the need for them to get the basics right. Leaving just after the government published the police reform white paper that could see the creation of a national police service and with changes in governance, Sir Andy shares his o...

In an unusual departure for this podcast, Catherine Levin interviews two guests. She talks to Tom Baker and Ian Hogarth who together are the experts keeping the fleet of the RNLI on the road and at sea. They get into the detail about how you maintain a diverse fleet that is so geographically dispersed and used by hundreds of volunteers.  Tom looks after the boat fleet and shares how the boats are...

In this episode of For Every Response, we hear from Kate Fisher-Stevens who heads up the National Data and Analytics Office which is part of the National Police Chiefs’ Council. It's a new organisation and shows a commitment to putting data at the heart of reform - with the recent policing white paper describing the government's ambitions to unleash the power of people through data.  Kate shares h...

Report Fraud was launched earlier this year and in this episode, Catherine Levin talks to Chris Bell from the City of London Police who ran the programme to create this new national service.  He tells Catherine how this transformation programme brought together existing fraud services under one banner to tackle fraud and cyber crime with a firm focus on the victim. It's a complex process that Chri...

In this episode Catherine digs into the detail of how the Emergency Operations Centre works by talking to Dan Ainsworth. Heading up operations for the North West Ambulance Service, Dan offers a rare insight into how the emergency and non emergency calls are handled by 900 operators working on 111 and 999 response.  They talk about the systems, processes and technology but also highlight the human...

As the Chief Executive Officer of the National Emergencies Trust, Mhairi Sharp heads up an organisation that responds in the immediate aftermath of disaster. She talks to Catherine Levin about how it's possible within four hours of an incident occurring to muster the resources required to set up a national fundraising appeal that can, as it did during Covid, lead to as much as £100m in donations. ...

In the second episode of our 'in conversation' series Catherine Levin talks to Lucy Macleod who is a Group Commander with London Fire Brigade but is involved in many areas of fire and rescue activity. She shares how she finds time to not only look after the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham for her day job but also bring her wellbeing dog Blue to the Brigade to provide calm and relief from the tra...

In the first episode of our 'in conversation' series Catherine Levin talks to Kathryn Stone, the most recent inspector to join His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. Kathryn has an impressive CV and is hugely qualified for this important role, telling Catherine that she has found the sector welcoming and one where she is entirely comfortable. She is not a former...

Following on from the ESN Q&A bonus episode we bring you a second conversation, this time with the JESIP team who joined Catherine Levin for a webinar on 29 January. Fielding 50+ questions sent to the team beforehand and during the live broadcast, they cover a wide range of topics from communications to scope, from the value of training and exercising and of course sharing the learning to impr...

In this bonus episode we bring you the conversation with the Emergency Services Network team who joined Catherine Levin for a webinar on 15 January. Fielding questions sent to the team beforehand and during the live broadcast, they get into the detail about what ESN will mean to the emergency services once it is delivered by 2029. Speakers: Catherine Levin, Emergency Services Times Nigel Smith, ES...

Catherine Levin hosts this episode which looks at how to navigate cultural transformation drawing on the experience of fire services in Cumbria and Essex. Joined by Juliette Alban-Metcalfe from Real World Group, they look at how behavioural based leadership and culture change can take root in operational, high-stakes environments and how to create lasting, authentic impact. Speakers:  Catherine Le...

In our second episode with the British Safety Industry Federation, the panel looks at tender specifications. They argue that they are critical to securing the right products that deliver the quality and performance that teams need. Listen on to get insights into how robust tendering ensures end users get what they truly need. Speakers: Natalie Wilson, host Amy Beams, Women in the Fire Service Simo...

With AI fast becoming a big part of our lives, it's the same for the fire and rescue service. In this episode led by the National Fire Chiefs Council discover what some services are doing now, what could be possible in the future and and what they've learned from other sectors. Speakers: Rich Preston, host Callum Faint, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service Frank Long, Royal Berkshire Fire and Re...

The NHS Blood and Transplant Service joined The Emergency Services Show on the show floor to encourage people to find out their blood type and sign up to be a blood donor. On the People & Skills Stage, Kate and Ian shared how they try to create behaviour change through campaigns that seek to get more donors and make blood donation a regular part of their life.   Speakers: Joy Flanagan, host Ka...

In this bonus episode we bring you a short interview that James Devonshire did at the show in our podcast studio at the The Emergency Services Show 2025. He talks to Rob and Egbe about how geospatial data is being used in the police, about the range of tech in place and reminds us why The Emergency Services Show is the place to be for great conversations and learning. Enjoy.  Speakers James Devons...