About Our Company
About Our Company
We plan to create new jobs and run apprenticeship schemes. We will help people get back into work and for others to retrain in a new career.
For our major research projects, we use external facilities to keep the costs down. This provides us with the means of gathering data and conducting studies.
Message From Our Founder
Message From Our Founder
My name is Jon Silvester. I am the Director and creator of Silvflame Ltd. I serve as a full-time caregiver for my wife and am a father of five children. In 2012, I made the decision to leave my career as a
district nurse to devote myself to caring for my disabled wife and children.
In February 2016, while driving on the M5 motorway in Worcestershire, I pulled over, believing I had a blown tyre. I have norecollection of the events that followed. Six hours later, police located me a mile from the stop. Initially, authoritiessuspected that I had been struck by a vehicle. However, after reviewing traffic footage, they determined that I had been stumbling, falling, and repeatedly wandering onto the motorway—a sequence of events for which I have no memory.
It was subsequently confirmed that I had suffered multiple seizures. I spent three weeks in hospital recovering from extensive injuries, marking the onset of Epilepsy and Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). In the months following, I experienced over ten seizures a day, resulting in numerous injuries, including broken bones and teeth. Although medication has generally controlled the seizures, it has not been without severe side effects. Despite these challenges, this difficult period sparked a surge of creativity that ultimately led to the founding of Silvflame Ltd.
I take great pride in our research and development efforts in collaboration with wildfire specialists both in the UK andabroad, and I am honoured to work alongside my family. Although our journey has been marked by financial struggles, the-impact of COVID-19, health challenges, disabilities, and unreliable business relationships, we continue to innovate and progress.
The unwavering support and resilience of my loved ones have been my greatest strength, and I remain profoundly grateful for their encouragement throughout this journey.
Silvflame Team
Director Jon Silvester
Director Carrie Silvester
Robin van Bruggen - Exec and training manager
Leo Silvester Junior business manager
Acknowledgements
Silvflame Ltd would like to thank JPL Services LTD for their help and ongoing support.
We have invested significantly in research and development, product testing, and market research, collaborating withleading experts in fire safety and wildfire management. Andy Elliott, Director of WildfireTac and Senior Research Fellow at theUniversity of Exeter, has been instrumental in advancing our research. He is also a wildfire Research Fellow, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Birmingham.
Email:andy@wildfiretac.com
https://www.wildfiretac.com/about-us
We have been very fortunate to have worked with Prof Domingos Xavier Viegas and his team and are grateful of his ongoing support.
Dr. Domingos Xavier Viegas is a full professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra. In 1990, he founded the Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics (ADAI), a research unit recognized by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) where he is the director of the Centre for Forest Fires. He has dedicated in the investigation of forest fires, natural hazards, and safety.
We would like to thank the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), for the Grants and funding we received. We also what to thank BetaDen Incubate for their help and support, and Worcestershire CountyCouncil Economic and Infrastructure Directorate grants have bolstered our initiatives. These support our design, CAD, research anddevelopment, and business development activities.
We also like to thank all the people and wildfire specialists, fire suppression and detection specialists we have worked with. And i am pleased to have a strong partnerships with all of them.
People we are working with
Link to times radio Andy’s interview
https://x.com/climatecentreuk/status/1877767351703142517?s=61&t=VTJBXlNLaEGCn9__b3vmlwAndy Elliott he has been working with the UK fire brigade for over 40 plus years he also is an expert in Wildfire Management, GIS and Countryside Management. Andy has worked around the world and gained experience, knowledge and skills in fighting wildfires.
Andy is working with us, sharing his vast knowledge and skills to protect our natural resources and homes. WildfireTaC is his venture with a focus on Wildfire Mitigation and Response planning. We are very lucky to be working with him for the last 10 years plus and fortunate to have him on board.
Myself and Andy have been working on changing UK legislation to help the UK, In regards to the UK wildfire situation that will continue to get worse every year. We have had meetings with members of the British government to review the 1981 Countryside, legislation act and to bring it up-to-date. Because at present it does not mention climate change and wildfires.
Email:andy@wildfiretac.com
https://www.wildfiretac.com/about-us
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