Showcase GIS and Emergency Response

Representatives from over 15 organisations were taken through the Service's selection, procurement and implementation process before being given the chance for hands-on demonstrations of GGP Response - a suite of gazetteer management and geographic information software specifically developed for the Emergency Services by GGP Systems.
 
The seminar, which included presentations from Tracy Raby, Head of Performance and Planning and Nicola Smith, Business Information Manager at CFRS, highlighted the pioneering adoption of the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) as its primary source of property and building information. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service are modernising their systems in preparation for the switchover to a nationally linked network of nine Regional Control Centres (RCCs) across England by 2012 known as the FiReControl project.
 
Tracy Raby and Nicola Smith gave a frank and honest review of their previous back-office systems before talking delegates through the procurement and implementation process, including tendering, benchmarking and the benefits they are already achieving.