FiReControl was a project, initiated in the United Kingdom in March 2004, to reduce the number of control rooms used to handle emergency calls for fire services and authorities. Presently there are 46 control rooms in England that handle calls from the local public for emergency assistance via the 999 system. A new radio network – FireLink – is being developed and built that will be compatible with FiReControl.[1]
The original plan was for 46 current control rooms to be combined into nine regional control centres (RCC), but this plan was thrown into doubt in May 2010 when the government announced that fire services would not be forced to reorganise.[2][3] The plan was formally scrapped in December 2010.[4]
- ^ "Firelink: Improved fire and rescue service radio communications - Fire and resilience - Communities and Local Government". Archived from the original on 5 January 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ^ "The Coalition: our programme for government" (PDF). HM Government, United Kingdom. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "South West fire control in Taunton could be scrapped". BBC News. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Regional fire brigade control centre plan scrapped". BBC News. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
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