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Volume No: 11 Issue No: 04 Date:
November 2010 Editor:
David J. Holden MEng(Hons) Twitter: @999editor
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Directors: John Clarke David Holden Colin Robinson
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davidbrown@mmcpublications.co.uk THANK YOU!
It is 10 years since the launch of Emergency Services Times – the first issue was published in November 2000. I’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all our readers, advertisers and suppliers for all their support over the last decade. I’d like to make particular mention of Steve Bray, from SP Services, who has reserved every Back Cover of the magazine, from Issue 1 to issue 41, and a few more in-between. Thanks, Steve, for all your support, friendship and advice.
One of the main benefits of publishing Emergency Services Times and the Who’s Who Directory, and of organising The Emergency Services Show, is witnessing, first-hand, the professionalism of the UK’s emergency services, who, I truly believe, lead the world in emergency planning, response and recovery. I am also hugely impressed by the innovation in this sector from the manufacturers and suppliers to the blue light sector.
Over the last decade, major incidents on a global, national and local scale have shaped the UK’s emergency services. The Fuel Strike in 2000; the Foot and Mouth epidemic in 2001; the terrorist atrocities of 11 September 2001 in the US, 11 March 2004 in Madrid and 7 July 2005 in London; the Tsunami on Boxing Day 2004; the widespread flooding in Gloucestershire (and the surrounding counties) in July 2007 and in Cumbria in 2009; and this year’s high profile shootings, followed by the inevitable Reviews and Reports, have all been covered by Emergency Services Times. As have the reforms, structural changes and changes to working practices that have followed. In addition, the innovation from suppliers to accommodate these new ways of working has been nothing short of astonishing.
My biggest frustration over the lifetime of the magazine has been in dealing with the Government departments responsible for running the emergency sector. When offered, they have all missed valuable opportunities to put out important messages to the readers of Emergency Services Times, the very people for whom they are responsible! My Editor, David Holden, and I will endeavour to engage further with Government as we move forward into the magazine’s next decade, to ensure each relevant department’s voice is heard.
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“I’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all our readers, advertisers and suppliers for all their support over the last decade.”
There’s no doubt that last month’s Comprehensive Spending Review will have an impact on all of us, both personally and professionally. It’s going to be a tough couple of years, certainly, but I’m confident that the industry will find the resilience to emerge leaner, more proficient and better able to ensure the safety of the public as a result.
Please keep up the excellent work and I hope to welcome lots of you to Stoneleigh Park in November for The Emergency Services Show.
David Brown, Managing Director Emergency Services Times
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