Cyber conversations: AI, safety and threat actors, are we doing enough?

17 Sept 2026
Emergency Tech Leaders' Stage Sponsored by AWS
Emergency Tech Leaders Stage
Conversations about cyber shouldn’t just take place in the IT dept, and they don’t start after an attack. Our panel will look at how fire and rescue services are considering both physical and cyber security to get the balance right when they want to make fire stations open community assets but safe from harm. If AI is lowering the bar for cyber attacks, making it easy for threat actors to get into systems, what conversations should services be having to get ahead of the game?
Chairperson
Catherine Levin
Catherine Levin, Editor - Emergency Services Times
Speakers
Tom Luxon
Tom Luxon, Head of IT - Avon Fire & Rescue
Gillian Fyfe
Gillian Fyfe, Strategic DTC Lead - National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC)
Mark Rice
Mark Rice, Cyber Security and Information Manager - Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
Matt Sutcliffe
Matt Sutcliffe, Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Humberside Fire & Rescue Service