The Fire Crime in Europe Conference 2008
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service,
Northumbria Police and Laboratoire Central de la Prefecture de
Police had the pleasure of hosting the very successful inaugural
Fire Crime in Europe Conference 2008 on Monday 15th and Tuesday
16th September 2008.
The Conference was held at the Marriott Hotel
Gosforth Park, near Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 174 delegates
from 21 European Countries attended the event which formed a key
part of the European Commission Directorate-General for Environment
funded project entitled: European Exchange of Best Practice in
Arson Prevention and Investigation (grant no:
7.030601/2006/448114/SUB/A3).
Click here to view the European Exchange Web page
The conference was opened with a speech by
Brian Hesler, Chief Fire Officer and Director of Community Safety
for Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service. He was then followed by
speeches by the other host partners: Michael Craik, Chief Constable
of Northumbria Police followed by Bruno Fargette, Directeur
Laboratoire Central de la Prefecture de Police (France). The
Chairperson for the event was Max Hood, now County Fire Officer for
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service and Chair of the Arson Control
Forum.
The conference agenda incorporated the 3
opening speeches, 16 plenary presentations and 3 workshop sessions.
Selected speakers and workshop leaders represented 11 countries,
giving a truly European content. The attached files in English,
French and German provide a full list of the plenary presentations
delivered.
As has been indicated, delegates were given
the opportunity to attend two of three interactive workshops. The
workshops delivered included:
Workshop 1 - "An Holistic Approach to
Arson Prevention" – delivered by the Community Safety Academy
within Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (UK).
Workshop 2 - "Fire Investigation: In
Search of Pan-European Best Practice" - delivered by the Fire
Service College in Poznan, Poland, and the Wielkopolska Provincial
Fire Brigade, Poland.
Workshop 3 - "Computer Modelling of
Fires" - delivered by Laboratoire Central de la Préfecture de
Police, France.
Presentations and workshops delivered at the
event raised awareness of best practice in effective methods of
preventing and investigating arson. The event also provided a forum
for the elaboration of lessons learned and the opportunity for
networking between arson practitioners from across Europe. Due to
the success and extremely positive feedback received from delegates
attending the conference, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service
are now assisting other organisations that are planning to design
and deliver Fire Crime in Europe Conferences in 2010 and 2012.
Further information
If you would like to any further information
about the event, please use the links on this page to access a
number of relevant documents. If you have any further queries,
please contact Rob Stacey at Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service
on ++44 (0)1670 621167 or via email at Robert.Stacey@northumberland.gov.uk
Please note that the European Commission
does not accept any responsibility for information published on
this webpage or for any use made of the information contained
therein. The European Commission does not
accept responsibility for any aspect of the Fire Crime in
Europe Conference 2008.
Related Websites:
Northumbria Police
Laboratoire Central de la Prefecture de Police
European Commission
D-G Environment
