Conference Chair Wrap Up
| Tuesday, July 15, 2025 |
| 4:40 PM - 4:50 PM |
Overview
Join us as we wrap up an incredible two days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Des Hosie, National Operations Advisor at Fire and Emergency New Zealand, will guide us through the key learnings from the conference, highlight pivotal moments, and formally close the event.
This session will also include the highly anticipated prize draw—don’t miss your chance to win! Let’s reflect on our shared journey and leave inspired to make an impact.
Speaker
Des Hosie
National Operations Advisor
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Conference Chair Wrap Up
Biography
Des Hosie is a career firefighter and 40-year veteran of the NZ Fire Service and Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Currently the National Operations Advisor for Safety, Continuous Improvement and Lessons Management based in Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s National Headquarters - Des has extensive operational firefighting and rescue experience. Through the AFAC partnership, Des has contributed as a lessons management practitioner on a number of major reviews in both New Zealand and Australia. He leads a Lessons Management Community of Practice in New Zealand called LessoNZ. Its function is to share lessons from incidents and exercises across the All of Government, Emergency Services, Defence, and key infrastructure sectors.
