For Every Response

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...

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   This episod...

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 This episode is spo...

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 Dav...

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...

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 so...

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 thi...

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 a...

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. Nat...

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...

Jason Gillard makes his first appearance at the show and in this episode, he leads a panel discussion on how to move from uniformed service to another career. Together with People & Skills Stage host, Joy Flanagan, they discuss the importance of purpose, identity, and community in navigating this next chapter. And they all agree that peer support can be the difference between a lost opportunit...

As promised, here is the first of our bonus episodes. Catherine Levin spent the day near Bridgend in South Wales to observe a multi-agency exercise involving police, fire, ambulance and other partner agencies responding to a major road traffic collision.  Catherine grabs time with the leads from the blue light agencies to find out about what the objectives were, how JESIP works in action and what...

The Protecting the Protectors Stage was new for 2025 and saw four partners curate content for the show. Starting with the College of Policing, we hear about the response and learning from the 2024 riots. We spend this episode with T/Superintendent Laura Douglas and Andy Hunt where they brought their own riot gear on to the stage. In a compelling session, Laura and Andy debunk the myths of public o...

Opening up the Emergency Tech Leaders' Stage for 2025, Rich Preston returns for his third year to host discussions with a wide range of speakers from across the emergency services. Amazon Web Services sponsored the stage this year and in this episode, hear from AWS Head of non-profit, Charlie Anderson and her panel as they explore how the emergency services are using cloud-based technology to inno...

It's Monday, so we bring you a session from the People & Skills stage. We kicked off day one of the show with a 30 minute conversation with Phill Matthews who runs Fighting Fire Fit.  With a focus on fitness at this year’s show, listen to firefighter performance coach, Phill as he shares great advice and tips on how to stay well while working on shifts. He talks to host Joy Flanagan about heal...

In a first for the The Emergency Services Show, we built a podcast studio on the show floor. Set up to give the Emergency Services Times team the chance to interview guests from across the blue lights, the schedule was eclectic and with silent disco headphones on hand, visitors could listen in. And now you can hear some of the interviews too.  In this episode, EST Deputy Editor Lanna Deamer interv...

In a first for the The Emergency Services Show, we built a podcast studio on the show floor. Set up to give the Emergency Services Times team the chance to interview guests from across the blue lights, the schedule was eclectic and with silent disco headphones on hand, visitors could listen in. And now you can hear some of the interviews too.  In this episode, EST Editor Catherine Levin talks to t...

Kicking off season three of the pod, we hear from the People & Skills stage at The Emergency Services Show where the Equality and Human Rights Commission launched new guidance that affects the emergency services.  EST Editor Catherine Levin interviews Martyn Jones, Andy George and Ben Selby about why the collection of equality data matters in the emergency services and the benefits it brings f...

Welcome to season three of For Every Response, the podcast from Emergency Services Times, sponsored by MSA Safety .  We are back and this time we bring you 43 sessions from The Emergency Services Show and The Emergency Tech Show 2025 With so much content available at the shows, it's your chance to listen to sessions you missed. New episodes drop every week until late January 2026: Mondays - People...

In the run up to The Emergency Services Show and The Emergency Tech Show, we bring you a four part mini-series focusing on what you will find when you visit the NEC on 17 and 18 September. Released on the eve of the show, the final episode of this mini-series comes to you from the West Midlands, the home of the NEC. Catherine Levin talks to first time exhibitors Worcestershire Medal Service and Eu...

In the run up to The Emergency Services Show and The Emergency Tech Show, we bring you a four part mini-series focusing on what you will find when you visit the NEC on 17 and 18 September. Be sure to register for your free pass to the show using this link today. In this third episode Caitlin Barr shares what's going on in our new Protecting the Protectors stage sponsored by TEXPORT. She chats with...

In the run up to The Emergency Services Show and The Emergency Tech Show, we bring you a four part mini-series focusing on what you will find when you visit the NEC on 17 and 18 September. Be sure to register for your free pass to the show using this link today. In this second episode Catherine Levin checks out the technology solutions in The Emergency Tech Show. She starts off by chatting with ho...

In the run up to The Emergency Services Show and The Emergency Tech Show, we bring you a four part mini-series focusing on what you will find when you visit the NEC on 17 and 18 September. Be sure to register for your free pass to the show using this link today. Starting off with Lanna looking at health and wellbeing, we hear about a new fitness area featuring experts from fire and police; we see...

In this special bonus episode to complete this season of the pod, Catherine Levin talks to Jonathan Webb and Gareth Lewis who run the Anti-Violence Collaborative Wales. It's a great follow from the Adam Hopper episode earlier in this season. Jonathan and Gareth work for NHS Wales and there they are taking a multi-agency approach to dealing with violence against staff from police, fire and ambulanc...

In this episode, Catherine Levin talks to Rachel Tuffin, interim Director of the Centre for Police Productivity at the College of Policing.  They get into the detail about data, evidence and research needed to underpin the delivery of the government's safer streets mission. Touching on body worn video, live facial recognition and hotspot policing, they discuss how policing can innovate, scale up a...