FireFit Conference – Merseyside 2008
Fit for Service, Fit for the Future
To be held at the Liverpool Marriott Hotel South
Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd September
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service are hosting the FireFit Conference in 2008. This Conference will fall in Liverpool’s Capital of Culture Year and will co-inside with the county hosting the World Firefighter Games, at the new Echo Arena in Liverpool city centre.
Merseyside shall be holding the Conference at the Liverpool South Marriott Hotel, the site of the original Liverpool Airport. The Hotel is a triumph of art deco styling. At the rear of the hotel the runway and balcony that featured in the newsreel films of the Beatles arriving back from America are still there to be seen.
The Conference is planned for the 1st and 2nd September with the theme ‘Fit for Service, Fit for the Future’. This event will pick up from FireFit 2007 and will discuss the fitness standard of 42 VO2max and update on progress on its adoption as a standard through the Service.
The Conference will also consider some other health and fitness issues affecting the Fire Service. The programme will include presentations on body fat and Body Mass Index, mental fitness for service, rehabilitating firefighters and the ‘Cool Van’ concept. There will, also, be presentations at the Conference that will consider areas such as the future recruits into the service, the young, and at the other end of the spectrum an aging workforce with the increased retirement age in the New Firefighters Pension Scheme.
We have arranged speakers that will include Professor Kevin Sykes, the undoubted star of the 2007 Conference, and speakers from both John Moores and Hope Universities.
With the draw to the city of the Capital of Culture events and the World Firefighter Games an early booking is advisable as it is anticipated that this could be the best attended FireFit Conference to date.
The Programme and Booking Form are issued with this information. Please note the opportunity to obtain an early bird booking rate, and the timescale for booking rooms at the Conference Hotel.
The booking system will be posted on the FireFit Steering Group website.
If you want any further information please do not hesitate to contact me on 0151 296 4917 (Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Occupational Health Services Team) or email me at paulflett@merseyfire.gov.uk
We look forward to seeing you in September.
