The Emergency Services Show 2012

The 2012 Emergency Services Show took place at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry on the 21 and 22 November 2012, accommodating the entire spectrum of emergency responders in the UK and several other countries across the globe.

Indeed, the show proved so diverse that the connections exhibitors and attendees hoped to establish or concrete were rarely those they expected or walked away with.

Exhibitors were also there in abundance, bringing with them equipment and services from over 400 specialist suppliers, several of whom had travelled countries or even continents to attend, meaning the show had a genuinely international feel. Attendees draw upon this pool of experience and minds were changed as attendees and exhibitors alike were keen to share, enhance and challenge each other's perspective.

One of the most notable aspects of the show was the huge array of products and services available, in particular those exhibitors bringing new technology, or pre-existing technology which has now become affordable for the majority rather than the few. Seemingly the complete range of products and gadgets now available to the emergency services were on display, from high protection anti-riot vehicles on display in Hall 1, air reconnaissance pilotless drones in Hall 3 and the hyper-real manikin and faux-trauma dummies in Hall 2. Affordable infrared and heat detection technology, high-tech protective clothing and ultra-realistic training manikins are some examples of products, traditionally only available on a mass scale to institutions such as the military, but now obtainable for fire and rescue, first responder and police institutions and trusts.