Stephen Nimmo FdSc, MSBP

Stephen has played an active role in all aspects of Emergency Response and planning for

approaching 25 years. During that time, he has deployed many times following major

incidents around the world. He has also brought that experience into the classroom to

share his first hand knowledge with students and organisations, and has supported the

development of Emergency Plans, with a particular focus on the Middle East.

Stephen holds the degree in death, dying and bereavement from Bath University, one of

only 37 worldwide to do so, and is also a member of the Society of Bereavement

Practitioners. He has worked extensively with those who have lost their lives in major

incidents, and their families, while also representing organisations directly affected.

Stephen has responded to transport disasters, terrorist attacks, natural disasters

including the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004, and building collapses. He has also supported

the Ministry of Defence in the setting up of their repatriation programme for those service

personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, working in both war zones on multiple

occasions. He has supported Governments following major incidents, with the emphasis

on reputational damage control, for example, the Australian Government in the months

following the loss of MH370.

More recently, Stephen responded following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, at a time

when many hundreds of airline personnel were stranded in the country. In a matter of

days, he prepared, and implemented the Evacuation Plan, which included a major mental

health element, that saw those hundreds of people and their families brought out of

Ukraine, and supported in their resettlement around other parts of Europe.

Stephen has considerable experience in supporting organisations prepare for potential

incidents which may impact them. Whether that be the Emergency Services, Local

Authorities, Governments or Corporate Entities, he works with all levels within a given

organisation, quickly gaining an understanding of that organisation, their concerns around

what might impact them, and what outcomes they wish to achieve. His years of practical

experience the rights, and the wrongs, come together to ensure the organisation takes

ownership of an effective, robust useable, and well trained plan for when the worst

happens. The key to the success of any plan is ownership by those closest to it, and

Stephen has spent many hundreds of ‘classroom’ hours working with teams of personnel,

listening, guiding, and implementing best practice through both teaching, and

collaboration.