Thursday, July 17, 2008

Security: Hazel Blears to speak at Fire & Rescue 2008

Fire & Rescue Exhibition & Conference 2008 - 27-29 August 2008 - ACC Liverpool

London (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government will present the closing keynote address at the annual Fire & Rescue Conference on 28 August 2008 at the newly built Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) in Liverpool. Ms Blears will also take a tour of the accompanying exhibition and visit the co-located World Firefighters Games. The conference will take place at Fire & Rescue Exhibition & Conference 2008, from 27-29 August 2008 at the ACC Liverpool.

Ms Blears comments, "Our fire and rescue service continues to be dynamic and we should actively pay tribute to all our fire and rescue staff who work tirelessly to make our communities safer places to live and work. I'm looking forward to visiting the Fire & Rescue 2008 Exhibition and Conference, where I hope to meet as many members of the fire service as possible."

The Fire & Rescue 2008 conference is an acknowledged platform to debate current fire and rescue issues and long-term trends and developments. The conference is a "must-attend" event for all senior UK and international fire officers as well as locally elected government officials and representatives from the fire prevention industry. The 2008 programme will feature a number of issues currently high on the national agenda such as operational doctrine, flooding, health and safety, comprehensive area assessments, fire insurance, sprinklers as well as equality and diversity.

The speaker panel will also include some of the industry's foremost leaders and opinion shapers with distinguished names such as Bob Neill MP, Shadow Minister for Local Government; Sir Michael Pitt, author of the Pitt Review; Bill Stewart, US Metro Chief President; Brigadier Richard Dennis, Director of British Infantry; Ann Jones, AM of the Welsh Assembly; and Roy Watkinson, Technical & Commercial Director at AXA Insurance.

Representatives from fire and rescue services around the UK will be presenting conference sessions, including representatives from South Yorkshire, Hereford & Worcester, Luton & Bedfordshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

The main plenary sessions will be supported by FCEL's usual programme of highly topical and practical workshops, which this year will cover new technology, skills and competency framework, industrial relations, national standards and interoperability, and post-fire business continuity.

Run on behalf of the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA), the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) and the Fire Protection Association (FPA), and in partnership with Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, hosts of the World Firefighters Games 2008, Fire & Rescue 2008 will cater for the requirements of everyone within the Fire & Rescue Service, from senior and operational level officers through to management level support staff.

The exhibition will host over 150 of the leading suppliers to the Fire & Rescue Service including, AssetCo plc, Draeger, Trelleborg, Bristol Uniforms, VectorCommand, Cosalt, EADS, MFC Survival, Hale Products Europe. Many of these companies will be launching new and innovative products into the market for the very first time.

Spectacular live action displays will take place throughout the duration of the show, where visitors will witness real time demonstrations showing current techniques for firefighting scenarios, such as urban search and rescue, vehicle rescue and water rescue, hosted by Merseyside Fire & Rescue.

Fire & Rescue 2008 will take place from 27-29 August 2008 at the ACC, Liverpool and will be co-located with the World Firefighters Games 2008. For further information on the event or to see the full conference programme, please visit www.fireandrescueexpo.com. Companies interested in exhibiting should contact Ana Monteiro on +44 (0) 20 7921 8164 or amonteiro@cmpi.biz.

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07/16/2008
/NOTES TO EDITORS: 1. The Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP will speak at the event closing at 3:15pm on 28 August 2008 at the ACC
Liverpool. 2. If you would like a press pass to attend the event, please contact Jo Hudson on +44(0)20-7921-8067. 3.
Photography is available to accompany this release. If you would like to receive a selection of images please email
johudson@cmpi.biz./

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+44(0)20-7921-8067, fax +44(0)20- 7921-8059, johudson@cmpi.biz
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