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from the Fire Sector Summit. First though, congratulations go to Jonathan O’Neill, who received his well deserved OBE in November at Buckingham Palace for his services to fire safety! You’ll have noticed our new look, new name and new


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feel – Dominic Louks, head of subscription services at the FPA, explains in Viewpoint why we’ve made these changes going forward. From my perspective, the name change refl ects the different risks our readers and the fire and rescue service now deal with, our 2018 issues featuring interesting, diverse focus topics as a refl ection. This topic list, in our editorial programme, is featured in this issue, so if you see a theme you’d like to write about, or if you’d like to let me know what you think about the new look and name, please get in touch with me at wroszczyk@ thefpa.co.uk With increasingly volatile weather worldwide, natural


events are testing the abilities of fire and rescue services to respond and save lives. Immense damage caused by hurricanes and typhoons this year show this is a global issue, while the higher frequency of storms in the UK pose rescue services new challenges. UK fl oods have proved to be very diffi cult to manage and


respond to, for those trying to save lives and protect property. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue’s Paul Slaven and BRE’s Peter White analyse different aspects of fl ood response and risks, including resilience, repair and rescue. Wildfi res have also caused irrevocable damage internationally


this year, and require a very different firefighting response. Robert Stacey discusses a multinational project, IGNIS, that aimed to coordinate European response. Waste fi res are an unfortunate consequence of storage of rubbish and recycled material, creating major inconvenience to travel and health risks. The FPA’s Phil Drage discusses how to respond, as well as training available to tackle them. Howard Passey meanwhile writes on fi re risks relating to


kitchen exhaust vents, ahead of an FPA event that aimed to examine the management of fire risks in commercial kitchens in December. Finally, this issue features our report from October’s Fire


Sector Summit, while our pre event drinks reception saw a fantastic speech from Nick Ross he has kindly allowed us to share with you. We have so much content in fact that we will be publishing another report in February, bringing you further comprehensive and detailed coverage of an important day for the sector. I hope you enjoy our varied content in this issue, and our


new look. We’ll return in February, so from all of us, here – Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


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Editor William Roszczyk introduces this month’s edition


ELCOME TO the December/January issue of F&RM, focusing on environmental challenges including flood risks and wildfires, waste fires and reportage


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