Emergency Services,
Health and Safety Conference & Exhibition

The Conference and Exhibition will offer anyone working within the Emergency Services, with an interest in Health & Safety, a rare opportunity to learn about the very latest issues facing them and their colleagues.

The Exhibition will consist of approximately 25 major companies showcasing their latest products and services.

The Conference program explores vital information which is essential knowledge to the Health & Safety professional working in the Emergency Services. (Including: Police, Ambulance, Fire, NHS and Local Councils)

This is a Conference NOT TO BE MISSED with unusually low delegate rates and special offers.

To print off our booking form please click here or to book online please click here

Day one - 2nd July 2007

Benchmarking and how it can help with Health & Safety
11.00 to 12.30 - Conference Registration - Exhibition open

12.30 to 13.45 - Lunch in Exhibition area

13.45 to 14.00 - Opening of Conference by Chairman - Jeremy Jacobs

Jeremy Jacobs could be described as a man of many parts with experience in
TV, corporate video; radio, motivational speaking; MC, meeting facilitation and chairing. A versatile presenter with a deep, authoritative (but friendly) voice, he has an authenticity built on his life experience spanning 25 years of business-to-business sales.

Health & Safety Benchmarking for the Emergency Services:

Benchmarking is the process by which an organisation compares its Health and
Safety processes and performance with others to learn how to -

* Reduce illness and accidents * Improve compliance with Health & Safety law
* Cut compliance costs


14.00 - 14.45:  An Introduction to Health and Safety Benchmarking (including
an introduction to Contour)

14.45 - 15.00:  Coffee

15.00 - 15.45:  Workshop (Benchmarking a Hypothetical Situation)

15.45 - 16.00:  Coffee

16.00 - 16.30:  Workshop feedback and closure

Presented by Paul Sutcliffe, White Young Green Consultants



Day two - 3rd July 2007

Developing Health & Safety in the Emergency Services
09.00 to 09.20 - Conference Registration and Exhibition open

09.20 to 09.30 - Opening by chairman - Jeremy Jacobs

09.30 to 10.00 - Key Note Speech - Geraldine Thorpe - IIRSM Board of
Governors

Geraldine takes up a new appointment as Clerk to the Authority and
Monitoring Officer, to the Avon Fire and Rescue Service in May.   Prior to
this she was a Senior Manager and Principal Lawyer, practicing in local
government and she worked closely with the corporate Health and Safety Team,
in particular bringing and defending Health and Safety prosecutions.  She
provides training as a consultant, and lectures at the University of the
West of England.  She has a special interest in Health and Safety and has
worked alongside the HSE to raise the profile of health and safety issues in
schools.

Image: IIRSM Coat of Arms

10.00 to 10.45 - Personal protective equipment a Help or a Hindrance - Chris
Bee, Human Factors Business Manager, Health & Safety Laboratory 

10.45 to 11.15 - Tea and coffee served in Exhibition area

11.15 to 12.00 - Managing Occupational Road Risk - Graham Feest, Secretary,
AIRSO (Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers)

12.00 to 12.45 - Alcohol & Drugs in the Workplace - why people abuse
substances, what to look for, Policy, Training, Effects on colleagues, drug
testing and how it should be dealt with - Peter Jackson, London Drug Policy
Forum

12.45 to 14.00 - Lunch in Exhibition area

14.00 to 14.45 - Dynamic Risk Assessment -Carl has extensive practical
experience of applying risk management principles into different types of
organisations including Police, MOD and Healthcare.  Carl Williams, Human
Applications. 

14.45 to 15.30 - Case studies - TBC

15.30 to 16.00 - Tea and Coffee

15.45 to 16.45 - Legal Update - Training, Training, Training: The Court of
Appeal Decision in Pennington v Surrey County Council [2006] - Risk
Assessments in Practice: Case Law Update - When Harry Met Sally: Health and
Safety Law Meets Employment Law - Jeff Zindani, Solicitor & Managing
Director, Forum Law

16.45 to 17.00 - Panel discussion and final Q & A and Chairman Close

The Exhibition:

The Exhibition will consist of approximately 25 companies showcasing their latest Health & Safety products and services. Exhibitors to date include: Kays Medical, Cardiac Science, PTH Group, Progressive Safety and Swiss One Safety.

Venue:

Ramada Hotel and Resort Birmingham, near Birmingham City Centre and easy reach of the M6 and M42 J9. If you require accommodation we have an allocation of rooms held at the venue hotel for £99 single occupancy per night B & B. Please contact the hotel directly and mention the Conference to get the special rate.
Contact reservations on - 0121 351 3111

Price: The Delegate Rate is £130 + VAT

(The delegate rate for attendance to the Conference and Exhibition includes lunch, tea and coffee on both days). Attendance for just the afternoon of Day 1 is £75 + VAT or just Day 2 is £95 + VAT.

For those who require invoices before cheques or Purchase Orders can be raised please return the registration form requesting an invoice.

To book your place at the Conference & Exhibition please download and print off the Conference Registration form fill out and return to the address below, or complete our Online Registration form.

Please make cheques payable to: Packfords & Young Ltd.
(A VAT receipt will be issued and sent to you).

Please return your completed form to:

Laurence Young
Packfords & Young Ltd. (Conference and Event Organisers)
21 Willow Rd, Poyle Ind. Est., Colnbrook, Slough, SL3 0BS

Tel: 01753 681800 Fax: 01753 684925 Email: Laurence@Eventworld.co.uk