Staffordshire FRS plan ahead with PHOENIX and Total Solution Mapping

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has become the latest fire service to purchase PHOENIX, the workload and deployment tool from ACTIVE.

Staffordshire FRS were awarded £46 million in October 2009 after a successful bid for funding through the governments private finance initiative (PFI) scheme. The project will see seven fire stations rebuilt as well as the construction of an additional three stations in areas where there is a need for additional resource.

Staffordshire FRS will be using PHOENIX alongside Total Solution Mapping to undertake a full analysis of all appliances, stations and crewing as part of their emergency cover review which will determine what the most optimal station locations and crewing arrangements are for the new fire stations. Using PHOENIX alongside incident data and lifestyle data, Staffordshire FRS will be able to instantly see the impact of any changes to the structure and provision of emergency cover in the county.

After receiving an invitation to the PHOENIX v6 launch event, Peter Dartford, Chief Fire Officer at Staffordshire FRS, sent colleagues to the event held in December. Following this Craig White, ACTIVE Business Development Manager for Public Safety, was invited to demonstrate PHOENIX at the fire service headquarters using a bespoke demonstration system which held Staffordshire FRS’s actual data. PHOENIX was scrutinised and put through its paces in several demonstrations to varying departments on the day. An order for the system was placed a few days later.

PHOENIX continues to be used by over half the fire services in the UK helping them to save money, save time and save lives.

About ACTIVE Solutions Europe Ltd

ACTIVE Solutions Europe Ltd. is a leading global provider of geographic and demographic mapping software and services specifically tailored to meet the demands of the Public Sector.  Deployed in over 400 instances within 120 organisations, ACTIVE’s products enable Education, Fire, Ambulance, Police, Health and Regional Government organisations to take static information and bring it to life, spatially. Based in the UK, ACTIVE was founded in 1994 and is privately owned.

For more information contact:

Kate Smith

Marketing Executive

Email: kate.smith@activesol.co.uk

Telephone: 01256 362 567