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This section is simply a repository for presentations given at various AIRSO organised conferences or seminars in the relatively recent past. The conferences include National Blue Light Users' conferences, St John Conferences, Road Safety WALES, and other regional or partnered events.

You can view the presentations and download any of the pdf files to your computer.

National Blue Light Users' Conferences

2007 Conference
  • Duncan Vernon: Coping with new technologies from a driver and training perspective (pdf version)
  • David Faithful: Your responsibilities and liabilities (pdf version)
  • Graham Slaney: Driving Hours Regulations and the implications for the Emergency Services (pdf version)
  • Dr Paul Jackson: Fatigue/Shift Pattern working & its implications (pdf version)
  • Andy Kirk: Active Traffic Management Systems – what it means for the Emergency Services (pdf version)
  • Dr Jo Barnes: Quality of Life outcomes for road crash victims (pdf version)
  • Paul Sturgeon: Managing driver risk – lessons from the commercial sector (pdf version)
  • Robert Smalley: The Road Safety Act 2006 and the implications for Emergency Services Drivers (pdf version)

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2006 Conference
  • Maria Docking: IPCC Research into police related road traffic incidents (pdf version)
  • Richard Priestman: Driver Behaviour in the Ambulance Service (pdf version)
  • David Gibson: Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Emergency Response Driver Training Programme: "Driving Into The Future" (pdf version)
  • Kevin Day: Emergency Fire Appliance Driver Risk Index (pdf version)
  • Dr David Dawson: Sleeping on the Job - How safe is your workforce? (pdf version)

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2005 Conference
  • David Faithful: Corporate Responsibilities and Outcomes (pdf version)
  • Andrew Morris and Lucy Rackliff: Unrestrained occupants: an ambulance service case study (pdf version)
  • George Smith and Ron Parry: Emergency Response Driving Instructors (pdf version)
  • Peter Roger, Metropolitan Police Driving School: The Implications of the Road Safety Bill (pdf version)
  • Peter Howells OBE: Mountain Rescue Myths & Reality (pdf version)
  • David Crundall: Visual search in hazardous driving situations: The relevance of visual skills for blue-light users (pdf version)
  • George Smith and Ron Parry: Innovative development in driver instructor standardisation (pdf version)

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Road Safety Conference WALES

2008 Conference
  • Kevin Clinton Road Safety: Nationally, where are we going? (pdf version)
  • Meryl James: Road Safety in Wales (pdf version)
  • Dr Cris Burgess: Why do drivers drive like they do? (pdf version)
  • Andrew Howard MBE: Attention and Distraction (pdf version)
  • Robert Gifford: Driving for Work: Issues and Consequences (pdf version)
  • Bill Pownall: Effective Road Risk Management Systems (pdf version)
  • Dr Heather Major: Medical Fitness for Driving (pdf version)
  • Peter Rodger: The Future for Road Users: Culture, Environment, Legislation, Licensing, Population & Technology (pdf version)

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St John Ambulance Conference

2007 Conference

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October 2005 Conference
  • David Faithful: Implications of the HSE guidelines, and corporate responsibility (pdf version)
  • Dr Lisa Dorn and Richard Priestman:Assessing the risk of ambulance drivers (pdf version)
  • Peter Rodger:Driving assessment and training (pdf version)
  • Edward Handley: Setting the standards in assessment (pdf version)
  • Gerard King: Working with volunteer ambulance drivers and crews (pdf version)
  • Paul Montgomery: Good practice (pdf version)
  • Andrew Christopher: London district approach to driver training and development and fleet management (pdf version)
  • Ellaine Young: St. John's Ambulance's approach to driving (pdf version)

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May 2005 Conference

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2004 Conference
  • Ellaine Young: The St John Ambulance policy (pdf version)
  • Edward Handley: Licensed to drive? (pdf version)
  • Dr Cris Burgess: Why do we drive in the way we do? Speeding - A social psychological perspective (pdf version)
  • Andrew Howard MBE: Practical steps in driver selection and deployment (pdf version)

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Telford & Wrekin - Road Safety Seminar

2008 Seminar
  • Graham Feest: The Business Case and Driving Forces. (pdf version)
  • Ian Brooks,: Road Death Investigation and Corporate Accountability. (pdf version)
  • Michael Appleby: Corporate Manslaughter. (pdf version)
  • Bob Winter: Managing the Risk. (pdf version)
  • Graham Wynn OBE: Drink Drugs and Impairment. (pdf version)
  • Ian Walsh: A Case Study - Cutting Costs, Saving Lives and Improving Performance. (pdf version)
  • Graham Feest: Establishing Policy and Practice. (pdf version)

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Page Contents:

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PDF files for downloading

Outreach Work:

Legitimate Blue Lights Users:

For the purposes of the National Blue Light Users' Conference the Emergency Services are defined as those who are entitled by law to drive under blue lights and sirens.
  • Ambulance Service
  • Bomb Disposal Teams
  • Coastguard Service
  • Fire and Rescue Service
  • Human Tissue Transplant Vehicles
  • Life Boat Launching Vehicles
  • Mines Rescue Service
  • Mountain Rescue Teams
  • National Blood Service
  • Police
  • The above list is also enhanced by:
  • St John Ambulance
  • British Red Cross
  • Ambulance Services working within the Commercial Sector

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