Frequentis equips co-located police and fire control rooms in Norway
The Norwegian police reform has been in the process of integrating 27 police districts into 12 for the past two years and co-locating fire control centres, as part of restructuring to create a more efficient emergency response. The control centre in Ski, in Øst (East) police district in Norway, is the fourth to be successfully co-located and was officially opened by the Minister of Justice at the end of March 2018. Frequentis had previously equipped all 27 legacy police districts in Norway with its integrated command and control system (ICCS), as part of the Norwegian public safety network project, Nødnett. In 2016 it received a change order to equip the 12 newly combined districts with new ICCS systems. Frequentis has also been delivering new ICCS systems for the fire agencies that will be co-located in those police districts, and will continue to do so for the remaining locations as they are ready. Experience from the already co-located emergency response centres has shown that co-location allows increased professionalism that benefits the population.
The Øst police district was opened by the Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration, Tor Mikkel Wara, and attended by participants from the department of Justice, the National Police Directorate, the NPRA Norwegian Public Roads Administration, the emergency medical control centre, the county Governor and the Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB).
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