Jamie Thompson served as Principal Petroleum Inspector for the London Fire Brigade with 38 years’ experience as a regulator specialising in petrol stations. He is currently Chairman of the European Standards Committee (CEN TC 393) dealing with Equipment for Service Stations, and also Chairs the underground and aboveground tank committee (TC265 WG8). He was editor of The APEA Bulletin for 23 years and served on the earlier HSE committees providing industry guidance. Jamie is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and also a Fellow of the APEA and a Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers.