GIS and specialist modelling software enables fire service to improve workload management and risk planning
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) has replaced their in-house risk-modelling system with the Geographic Information System (GIS) Cadcorp SIS. When the fire service went to market, they had a requirement for an integrated product that could seamlessly model area risk…
Devon and Somerset on-call firefighters make history
This week (12 April), six on-call firefighters from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service made history when they completed the End Point Assessment of the operational firefighter apprenticeship. This is a national first – it is usually only wholetime…