Welcome to season two of For Every Response, the podcast from Emergency Services Times, sponsored by MSA Safety.

You will have enjoyed dipping into the episodes from season one where we shared all the sessions from The Emergency Services Show and The Emergency Tech Show. This time we bring you a series of interviews with leaders from across the emergency services.

EST Editor, Catherine Levin and Deputy Editor, Lanna Deamer talk to ten leaders who provide insights into how they work in a complex world and ensure communities stay safe.

The first episode drops on 6 May and you'll hear Catherine talking to David Boyle, national JESIP lead.

New episodes drop every Tuesday.

Be sure to subscribe to find out who else they are talking to every week until mid July. After that, the team will be all about the shows, so look out for updates on those.

And, you will still receive CPD accreditation from our partner CPDMe.

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The Saving Lives is Not Enough report sets out opportunities for fire and rescue services to work with other agencies to achieve better outcomes for people affected by burns. In this session with Krissie Stiles, a burns and plastic surgery nurse specialist, Mark Rist formerly of Kent FRS and RIchard Smith from London Gatwick Fire Service, they share their experience of implementing interventions set out in the report and share why it has become an important part of their service delivery.

Speakers: Krissie Stiles, Leigh Day | Mark Rist, Kent Fire and Rescue Service | Richard Smith, Gatwick Airport Fire Service

Chair: Joy Flanagan

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Wildfires hit the headlines more frequently than ever before and while the fire and rescue service lead the response, mitigation and prevention strategies require a wider collaborative approach. Our experts discuss why wildfires are everyone's problem and that without ownership by those who can influence change, the problem will simply remain.

Speakers: Professor Guillermo Rein, Imperial College | Rob Gazzard, Forestry Commission | Andy Elliott, Wildfire Training and Consultancy Ltd

Chair: Claire Whitaker

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The ambitions of the Emergency Services Network are impressive but delivering large, complex technology programmes is notoriously hard to do. Rich Preston gets into the detail with former chief constable Simon Parr who is leading the charge to update the way that the blue lights communicate with each other and across the varied terrain of Great Britain. They discuss the impact it's having now and in the future.

Speaker: Simon Parr, Emergency Services Network team

Chair: Rich Preston

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End user experiences of new PPE has become an important aspect of providing fit for purpose PPE. However, can a small representative group adequately reflect the experience of the whole work force and at what cost to suppliers and ultimately the fire service? In this session, our panel encourages the audience to participate in the debate.

Speakers: Chris Colgan, Hunter Apparel | Roddy MacKinnon, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service | Nat Wilson, Workwear Solutions International

Chair: Brett Egan-Briers

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This episode is sponsored by MSA Safety

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Suicide is a tough topic to talk about and in this session, Steve Whittle, founder of charity Tough to Talk provides a frank, open and, at times, hard to hear insight into why men reach breaking point, drawing on his own experiences. Together with Chief Inspector Stewart Codling, Chair of Thames Valley Police Men's Forum, they focus on what the emergency services can do to support men's mental health and wellbeing.

Speakers: Steve Whittle, Tough to Talk | CI Stewart Codling, Thames Valley Police

Chair: Joy Flanagan

This episode is sponsored by MSA Safety

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In this inspirational fireside chat, Steph Parker will shares her passion for tackling climate change while bringing a firm dose of reality when it comes to the challenge for the blue lights reducing their impact on our world. She talks about the Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance and how it's not just the sustainability experts' job to green the workplace and help us all reach net zero.

Speaker: Steph Parker, Energy Systems Catapult

Chair: Claire Whitaker

This episode is sponsored by MSA Safety

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CPD accreditation from CPDme

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