Memorandum submitted by Intergraph (UK)
(FIRE 32)
Below is Intergraph (UK) Limited's submission
outlining factual inaccuracies in the FBU's memorandum (Fire 27).
For the clerk of the department of CLG select
committee enquiry into FiReControl
"With respect to paragraph 29 in the
Fire Brigade Union's Memorandum (`Fire 27') dated January 2010,
Intergraph strongly refutes the second sentence in this statement
and requests this inaccurate statement to be retracted and removed
from record. For the record, Intergraph I/CAD software has successfully
provided fire mobilising services to the Isle of Man fire brigade
since 2004 as part of its Tri-Service joint control room.
Indeed, the emergency dispatch software has been successfully
deployed in the UK by three regional ambulance services (serving
more than one in five people in England) and six police forces.
Globally, Intergraph fire, police and ambulance dispatch software
has successfully demonstrated proven reliability and scalability
for decades. In fact, Intergraph public safety solutions now protect
one in 12 people in the world."
"With respect to paragraph 30 in the
Fire Brigade Union's Memorandum (`Fire 27') dated January 2010,
Intergraph refutes this as factually incorrect and requests the
statement to be retracted and removed from record. With specific
reference to the claim `no system has been tried and tested in
a national network of regional fire service controls, as none
exists anywhere in the world,' New Zealand has operated I/CAD
for its `national network of regional fire service controls' since
1997. Similarly, I/CAD also provides national mobilisation services
around the world including for the German Federal Police and the
Belgium National Police as well as for the Royal Automobile Club
(RAC) in the UK."
February 2010
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