Firefighters are delayed in getting to emergencies due to a "catastrophic" dispatching system, the BBC has found. According to sources, the system used by London Fire Brigade regularly crashes and often fails to dispatch the closest fire engine. "There's no doubt that the safety of firefighters and the public has been compromised as a result," the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said.
One area where there is a lot of work being done to reduce response delays is in the area of station alerting. These systems range from the relatively simple to the complex. The desired end result for any type is the same: get firefighters where they need to be to mitigate any number of hazards. These systems can be tied into the apparatus responding to give the officer on the rig as much information as possible and can also be wired throughout fire stations.
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