New Airbus ‘SAFEcommand’ contract paves the way for Welsh Fire & Rescue Services on migration to ESN
Airbus has been awarded a contract with all three Welsh Fire & Rescue Services (Mid & West Wales, North Wales and South Wales) to continue to support them with the SAFEcommand product suite. The Airbus SAFEcommand product suite provides Fire & Rescue Services with in-vehicle operational risk information systems, incident command unit software. It also provides an incident and status communications gateway and a full range of back office operational risk and water supply management solutions. Deployed in more than 250 fire appliances, four incident command units and across office locations, SAFEcommand improves the safety of firefighters and the public. The system provides up-to-date tactical information and reliable communications at the scene of the incident, while also providing control rooms and incident commanders with a common operating picture. Work is now underway to update all three services with the latest generation of SAFEcommand products whoch will ‘futureproof’ the Welsh Fire and Rescue Services for the next seven years ahead.
Implementation of the latest generation of SAFEcommand products is also a crucial step in paving the way for migration from the current Airwave communications network to the new Emergency Services Critical Communications Network, ESN.
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