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Lee Newman
Station Officer & Drone Project Lead, London Fire Brigade
Lee is a Station Officer in London Fire Brigade and has served 22 years in an operational role. Lee is currently based at brigade headquarters working in the Operational Assurance and Policy team. Lee became project manager for the drone trials in 2017 after seeing drone technology being used at Grenfell by the Kent Fire Brigade. Lee assumed the role of Drone Project Lead for the London Fire Brigade and is now responsible for its growth and expansion. Lee has used the LFB drones on 100’s of occasions to survey fire incidents alongside showcasing the technology and its capability across the London Fire brigade. Lee is also looking in to how 4D mapping of buildings and AR and VR can be used to train new fire fighters.