Chris Westfield started his Fire service career in 2003 whereby within the same year he was involved in a near death experience operationally at what became known as the TELSTAR HOUSE fire.

A 20 Pump High-rise Fire; Telstar House was located on Eastbourne Terrace, Paddington, London. It’s an office building that was constructed during the late 60’s, the building did not have a sprinkler installation and the floors are set up with open space office landscapes. London Fire Brigade mobilized 135 firefighters to this incident.

This incident early in his career led Chris down a passionate path studying fire behaviour and firefighting tactics. Chris became an instructor creating courses and delivering for London Fire brigade the fire service college & subsequently in his role still now in the UKFRS.

Chris still serves operationally and in training alongside his current role in fire protection whereby he is using his broad exposure and experience to help drive change within the commercial sector while still delivering fire behaviour training to serving firefighters.

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