Infoterra Fire product suite selected by Hertfordshire fire & rescue
25 March 2010
Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service selects Infoterra’s Imass fire product suite to provide emergency location and risk Information solution- Vehicle-Mounted Data System to increase on-site operational safety at incidents with on site access to key data
- Follows recent order from Lothian and Borders Fire & Rescue Service
Infoterra, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS Astrium, has achieved further success in the Emergency Services market with a new contract to supply a Vehicle-Mounted Data System (VMDS) part of the Imass fire product suite, to Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service.
The announcement follows Infoterra’s recent VMDS contract with Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service, and confirms the Infoterra system as the ideal choice for emergency services organizations supporting a safe systems of work needed to optimise performance of front line resources.
Already a successful user of Infoterra’s hydrant location and management information solution - Hydra, Hertfordshire FRS has selected Infoterra to supply the mobile data solution for the entire appliance fleet. The contract will include the Central Management System, part of the Imass fire suite, to enable seamless delivery of critical risk information to front line crews using the in cab solution, data will be managed by the support team back at Hertfordshire’s Service Headquarters.
"It is essential that our crews have immediate access to the information they need during an emergency. With Infoterra’s VMDS offering we can take advantage of all the key data, from route planning and hydrant locations right through to specialist information such as chemical data, access points, pipelines and vehicle specifications – all direct from our in-cab terminal. Having already used Infoterra’s Hydra hydrant location solution, I can confirm that VMDS is another strong offering from Infoterra. The company’s Emergency Services solutions work well together and, in combination, provide Hertfordshire FRS with a fully integrated Risk Information Solution"
Group Commander Steve Holton of Hertfordshire FRS
"We've worked closely with Hertfordshire FRS to integrate our VMDS solution with their existing technology. The Operational Information System component of VMDS will be installed on Hertfordshire FRS’s existing Panasonic Toughbooks – maximising their existing technology investment across the appliance fleet. When fully live the Infoterra solution will provide accurate location and risk information supporting operational crews with tactical decisions both en-route too and in attendance at incidents which, in an emergency situation, can make a huge difference"Back to news list
Andy Kerr, Fire Sector Commercial Manager at Infoterra Ltd