An evaluation of the role of fire extinguishers

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About the author David Wales CCXP MSc FRSA David is the founder of SharedAim Ltd., a company established to help organisations deliver excellent customer experience and enhance performance. It specialises in using a human first approach that recognises the dynamic and complex nature of people’s lives. Uniquely, this allows organisations to take an outside-in view and have a realistic understanding of how they fit into their customers world. Prior to this, David had a distinguished career in the Fire and Rescue Service, where he instigated and led an award-winning national study of human behaviour in fires. His insights provided an entirely new perspective and changed thinking and practice in the sector, in the UK and internationally. As a result, he was appointed as the first customer experience manager in the FRS, where he was also recognised for his innovation. In 2019, his co-authored report ‘Saving Lives Is Not Enough’ (https://tinyurl.com/SLINE2019) was published, bringing a survivor and evidence-based perspective to challenge current pre-hospital burn care arrangements. David completed a MSc in risk crisis and disaster management at the University of Leicester. His dissertation was titled ‘Unrecognised: The public role as first responders to dwelling fires’. He retains an interest in supporting the emergency sector and is an advisor to several international crisis and disaster organisations. He has held a variety of voluntary roles, including the international research lead for the National Fire Chiefs Council and the evidence champion (for the FRS) with the Alliance for Useful Evidence. An award-winning presenter, best-selling author, awards judge and recognised customer experience influencer, David has worked extensively across multiple sectors. Taking a human-centred approach, David advocates the need to re-imagine and transform services in partnership with citizens and communities. 54 21
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Aim and audience This report was pr
Page 6 and 7: Definitions Dwelling fires - fires
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Page 36 and 37: 174. BS 5306-8 considers that encou
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Page 50 and 51: REFERENCES British Standards Instit
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