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#328 Kristina Stiles - Burns, Trauma & recovery beyond the fire ground Sep 19, 2024

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Kristina Stiles is an internationally recognised expert and educational resource on burn care, a specialist burns and plastic surgery nurse for 20 years.
A Keynote speaker, presenter and content creator across nursing, wound care, trauma, pre-hospital, academic and industry meetings, webinars, e-learning modules, App based resources & podcasts.
She was quality improvement project lead instrumental in developing regional and national Clinical Practice Guidelines on emergency burn care, a referral form for a regional burn centre to standardise specialist advice given to referring non-specialist clinicians, and patient information leaflets on life after burn injury.
Founder of the British Burn Association’s Pre-Hospital Special Interest Group, working across speciality boundaries with the Fire and Rescue Services, Ambulance Services, HEMS, trauma, specialist burn services, tissue viability and wound care, and charity services. Innovator with an award-winning project portfolio, including educational specialist board game - “The Burns Game”, children’s book on burn prevention and first aid - “Family Oops and Burns First Aid”, and “Saving Lives is Not Enough” report, which proposes quality improvement recommendations for pre-hospital burn care to ensure optimal long-term outcomes for burn survivors.
An advocate for the patient voice and recipient of the "Outstanding Patient Care" and "Innovation in Care” awards and a proud Ambassador of the national children’s burns charity.
you can connect with Kristina HERE or email her on krissie.stiles@gmail.com
more info discussed in podcast is HERE
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#327 Decision-making & Teamwork in high pressured environments with Dr Nikki Power Sep 16, 2024

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Dr Nikki Power is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Organisational Psychology. Her Research focusses on teamwork, interoperability & the socio-cognitive processes involved in decision-making and teamwork in high pressured work environments. She has conducted research on the psychology of indecision - identifying the principles that predict why decision-making can derail and ways to overcome it & also conducted research on the psychology of interoperability as part of a funded project on the Psychology of Interoperability working with the Emergency Services.
you can find her research HERE
you can connect with her HERE or vie email on n.power3@liverpool.ac.uk
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#326 Incident command, Managing Big Jobs & What to consider with Dan Stephens Sep 13, 2024

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Today we welcome returning guest Dan Stephens back onto the podcast as we discuss Incident command, managing big and small incidents & the principles, tactics, considerations and models available to commanders in the UKFRS. Dan walks us through some of the incidents he has attended and taken command off and the approaches he adopted that he feels have served him and other colleagues well & many of which may serve future generations of commanders.

Some more background on Dan - As a highly experienced and operationally competent Chief Fire Officer/Chief Executive Officer he was Chief Officer/Chief Executive Officer of the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade having previously served for 7 years as the Chief Fire Officer of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service.
Dan led Merseyside through 7 years of the most significant challenges in the history of the organisation maintaining excellent levels of performance throughout. With extensive operational leadership experience around critical incident decision making Dan has been the Fire and Rescue Service Incident Commander at a number of major incidents.
Dan was the Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Operations Coordination Committee, the strategic lead officer for National Resilience and capability lead officer for Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and the UK International Search and Rescue Team (UK ISAR). He was awarded the Queens Fire Service Medal (QFSM) in the Queens New Year’s Honours List 2015 for service to the Fire and Rescue Service.
Prior to joining the FRS he was a soldier in the Third Battalion, The Parachute Regiment from which he was discharged with an Exemplary Service Record.
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#325 Change Management & The Complexity of Change with Stephen Carver Sep 09, 2024

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STEPHEN CARVER B.Sc M.Sc C.Eng EurIng FIRM FAPM - is rated as one of the top 3 lecturers at one of Europe’s top MBA Business Schools. He has a reputation of taking complex management concepts such as Project, Programme and Crisis Management and being able to distil them down, into highly informative and fun lectures - often using “storytelling” techniques. His attitude is “if you haven’t done it – you shouldn’t be teaching it!”

He has lectured to the British armed forces pro bono for the last 20 years – and is rated as top lecturer on ACSC and ICSC. He has lectured at almost every UK military base including Shrivenham, Hereford, Conningsby, Devonport, Cosford, Uxbridge, Faslane, Falklands, Germany, Erbil and Valley. He recently shared a lively stage debate with Charles Haddon Cave at Shrivenham discussing ethical leadership.

Unusually, for an academic, he has actually spent most of his working life in real business. He started as an engineer in the offshore oil business and then worked his way up the corporate ladder at Virgin and then Halliburton reporting directly into the CEO. He still runs his own, highly successful, Project Management company working with organisations from Banks and Law firms to manufacturing and pharma.
Stephen is an unusual blend of Academic, Businessman and Teller of Tales. He has taught in almost every country in the World, and has appeared on National Radio and TV.
you can reach Stephen HERE or via email at stephen.carver@cranfield.ac.uk

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#323 Antarctic Fire Angels: The Great World Race 777 Sep 06, 2024

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Returning guests George & Bex from The Antarctic Fire Angels Both wholetime fire fighters with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) and Mid & West Wales Fire Service (MAWWFS) respectively come on to discuss there next big challenge THE GREAT WORLD RACE 777 following them successfully skiing from Union Glacier to Constellation Inlet and to the South Pole in 52 days, 10 hours and 30 mins as a South Pole expedition in January 2024, they are now planning and building the Fire Angel Foundation which will see female Fire Cadets and Girl Guides embark on a three month program, culminating in a mini expedition in Sweden where they will build self esteem, confidence and learn to support each other during times of adversity.

Find out more about them HERE
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#322 Mental Health, 999:RESET, Ben Nevis and Reframing Success Sep 05, 2024

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999 RE:SET is a charity based in Scotland creating weekend experiences for First responder Mental & physical wellbeing in the outdoors.
You can find more information and book onto their upcoming weekend where the podcast will be in attendance on their platforms below
Instagram HERE

their Twitter is HERE

Also on the episode is Siobhan AKA "The Fire Mum" who you can find HERE
We hope to see you at the next 999:RESET event September 20th 2024
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#321 Gerard Mann Leadership Resiliency Mindset & Culture Sep 02, 2024

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Gerard Mann is an experienced Leading Firefighter, Instructor & international conference speaker from Melbourne Australia.
You can contact Gerard through his Linkedin HERE
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#320 TABLET COMMAND with Andy Bozzo & Will Pigeon Aug 26, 2024

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Tablet Command provides the industry-leading Mobile CAD, emergency incident response and management solution to more than 25,000 users and 600 public safety agencies across the United States and Canada. Tablet Command software solutions enhance safety and operational efficiency for emergency responders on the ground by providing comprehensive, real-time information under a single pane of glass. Tablet Command also records operational performance data as a byproduct of the incident management process. This data, and the insight it can provide, have never before existed in the public safety sector. To learn more, please visit www.tabletcommand.com.
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#319 NOW & NEXT with Pete & Carl Aug 22, 2024

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Carl Boasman first appeared on the podcast back in episode #301 Leadership & The Impact we have on others. Since then Carl has come onbaord with the podcast team supporting on our strataegic partnership work and in today episode we are talk about:
- Carl joining the podcast
- Reflections on the growth and guests from the podcast
- A look at the NOW & NEXT that's happening in the sector
you can reach Carl at carl.boasman@tffpc.com
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#318 Professor Paul Christensen Recharged - Specialist Consultant for Lithium Ion Battery Safety Aug 19, 2024

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Professor Paul Christensen is a subject matter expert & Consultant on all aspects of lithium-ion battery safety including fire detection and suppression. He is Senior Advisor to the National Fire Chiefs Council & lead for continuing Professional Development on lithium-ion battery safety across the sector covering basic lithium-ion battery science and technology, thermal runaway and consequences (including case studies), additives & safety systems, detection and suppression of fire and explosion avoidance and mitigation.
Paul first came on the podcast on episode #215 and today we review the developments within this evolving technology and the hazards posed to the public & first responders
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