Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton has been a firefighter since she was 18 years old. She is now one of the most senior female firefighters in the UK. After leaving home at 15 and school at 16, she joined the fire service in Wales. While climbing the ranks, she studied at the Open University and then at Cardiff University, eventually completing a PhD in psychology. Her subsequent research into incident command in the emergency services has not only won awards but has also influenced policy at a global level. Sabrina was recently conferred as an Honorary Fellow at Cardiff University. Her first book, ‘The Heat of the Moment’, was published in 2019. She is an ambassador for the Big Issue. She lives with her husband and daughter in London.
Sabrina will share how her ground-breaking research into the psychology of decision–making in the emergency services has influenced policy and saved lives at a global level. She will talk about how the findings apply to decision makers in all walks of life to help us to understand our own responses when the pressure is on and help us all to make better decisions