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Podcast: Putting data science to work saving lives

27th September 2018 by Andrew Mobbs

Not many people can see a link between fighting fires, banking and tailor-made dog food, but not everyone sees the world the same way as Apollo Gerolymbos. In an hour long podcast, Apollo – London Fire Brigades Head of Data Analytics – talks about all things data. He discusses how and why he became...

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Delivering Data Value and sharing the GDPR Load: a Data Sharing Alliance for London

27th June 2017 by Andrew Mobbs, London Fire Brigade

Do you ever feel that some mountains are just too difficult to climb? In these cases I’m often reminded of a scene from Mission Impossible: Mission Commander: Good morning, Mr. Hunt. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves getting all of the London Boroughs, health trusts, emergency...

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Getting Down to Brass Tacks: Practical Data Sharing and Problem Solving in London

21st December 2016 by Alan Lewis

The latest in our series of London Borough Data Partnership meetings was held last week at the London Fire Brigade HQ. The Partnership aims to bring together London’s Government to share, discuss and create data projects to solve some of our public service challenges. An interesting set of speakers,...

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London Fire Brigade to set Twittersphere alight with Bonfire Night tweets

4th November 2011 by Guest Blogger

This Saturday London Fire Brigade is set to hold the world’s first live Bonfire Night twitterthon (@LondonFire <http://twitter.com/londonfire> ). You may be wondering why; well, the answer is simple – we’re concerned that the number of fires could rocket this year due to Guy Fawkes night falling on...