Emergency Services Response - the NLPG Has Got You Covered!

London, 13 October 2010 –  Recent press reports that the information used by emergency services do not  include new housing estates should soon be a thing of the past as Police forces  and Fire and Rescue Services make greater use of the National Land and Property  Gazetteer (NLPG).  The NLPG is designed to be the definitive address list  for England and Wales. 

Whether responding to low level crime  or to major incidents, Police forces and Fire and Rescue Services need quick and  reliable access to intelligence about new housing estates.  These  organisations can get access to the latest new build information through the  NLPG. 

Because the NLPG is created at source by local  authorities, Police forces and Fire and Rescue Services have access to daily  updates of new intelligence to locate newly built estates.  This service is  facilitated by Local Government Information House, part of the Local Government  Group, through a national agreement with all Local Authorities within England  and Wales.  The NLPG hub is managed by Intelligent Addressing Ltd on behalf  of local government.

Each Local Authority within England and Wales  has a well established process for dealing with new housing developments which  are added to their Local Land and Property Gazetteers as part of the planning  process.  This local intelligence is then submitted to the national hub  which provides a single source of addressing for local service provision across  England and Wales.

“Key systems, stretching from Council Tax to  the Electoral Register rely on the NLPG,” said Tony Black, Operations Director  at Intelligent Addressing. “You can be sure that if new houses are receiving  Council Tax statements and refuse collections, they will be included in the  NLPG. We have seen huge improvements in the completeness and currency of the  NLPG in the last few years as a result of national initiatives involving the  Fire Services and the Electoral Roll for example. As more and more emergency  service organisations engage with the NLPG, the better it will become,” added  Black.

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