About First Response Solutions
First Response Solutions brings over three decades of operational fire and rescue service and civil protection experience, in the fields of firefighting, urban search & rescue, technical rescue, rope rescue and water rescue.
The founder, Steve Gadsdon, has planned, built and conducted numerous large scale, national and international exercises, which have included multiple First Responder activities, and provided the platform for First Responders to develop and improve their response to emergency and disaster situations.
Having served in a number of operational, command, managerial and leadership roles within the UK fire and rescue service, including as the National Fire Chiefs Council, National Resilience, Urban Search & Rescue lead for England and Wales, Steve is now Chief Exercise Controller for the EU MODEX Lot 3 large scale exercises.
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With extensive experience in several research projects such as EU Horizon projects CURSOR, SYNERGISE and SPARROW, First Response Solutions provide advice and guidance from the first responders point of view, identifying the requirements that assist technical partners in developing new and innovative solutions which make rescuers safer and more effective in their role.
We encourage a collaborative approach and work with rescue organisations around the world, helping them to develop their training, inventory, procedures and facilities, making them even more effective when responding to emergencies.
This team approach continuously reduces the risk to First Responders and those people caught up in disaster situations.
We have extensive experience of building, planning and conducting large scale, national and international exercises, ranging from focussed table-top exercises to multi-national, highly realistic mission simulations.
