Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service replaces....

28 August 2008, 2:11pm

Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service replaces its existing GIS with Cadcorp SIS

New system will enable information from various sources to be consolidated into an easy-to-understand map view.


Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software developer Cadcorp has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service (GFRS) with a new GIS based on Cadcorp SIS software. The new system, which will replace the Service’s existing GIS, comprises licences of Cadcorp SIS Map Manager to provide users the ability to view, explore, query and present geospatial information and Cadcorp SIS Map Modeller for 3D-enabled map creation, editing, analysis and modelling.

Cadcorp SIS Map Modeller will be used by GFRS’s CAD/GIS department for risk management applications while Map Manager will be used in the control room. The new GIS will be interfaced with a number of other, existing applications, including SSi Fireplan, hand-held GPS systems used by fire hydrant inspectors, the Fire Services Emergency Cover (FSEC) toolkit and the Community Fire Risk Management Information System (CFRMIS).

“Our existing, fire service-specific GIS doesn’t provide the flexibility we need to meet our current and future business requirements, so we went out to the market to find a system that does,” explained Adrian Viner, GIS/CAD technician, Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service. “After a thorough examination of available systems, Cadcorp SIS was selected for a number of reasons, not least of which were its value-for-money and user-friendliness. In addition, it enables us to update our own maps and gazetteer as and when we need to. The technical support team from Cadcorp offered everything we need to help us implement the new system and to develop it further in the future,” he added.

Among the benefits that GFRS expects the new GIS to bring are: identification of incident hotspots, enabling community fire safety campaigns to be more effectively targeted; maintenance of accurate, map-based records of fire hydrants both now for GFRS and in the future when the new regional control centre opens; and the ability for officers to access and query incident maps to see when, where and what types of incident occurred in a specific area.

“We are delighted that another UK fire and rescue service has selected Cadcorp SIS as its GIS,” said Mike O’Neil, managing director, Cadcorp. “We look forward to working with Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service in developing a system that meets its aims and objectives.”

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