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Follow on Google News |  1Spatial helps London Fire Brigade achieve 95% faster processing of route queries with FMESoftware helps get the right resources to an emergency more efficiently
By: Spreadshirt Routing is critical for fire crews. Each station must be correctly staffed and this can mean moving staff between fire stations. The right appliance must also get to the right location as quickly as possible. LFB used AA Route Planner (http://www.theaa.com/ LFB streamlined its data management and created a single, authoritative set of geospatial data that could be shared across the organisation. It used Safe Software’s FME application to support this work. 1Spatial, a Safe Software Value Added Reseller and Platinum Partner, provided FME support and training to LFB. It suggested using FME to automate the process of updating inter-station travel times, eliminating the potential for manual errors, as well as saving time and money. As a result, travel times can be updated monthly to reflect the impact of roadworks, changed road layouts etc., ensuring that staff transfers can be managed as efficiently as possible. John Cook, LFB’s Corporate Gazetteer and ETL Process Manager, explains, “GIS gives us a visual representation of a very complex set of data. It’s not just road layouts. We need to understand road speeds, the location of hazards and the height of buildings so that we despatch the right type of appliance to any situation.” He adds, “It was relatively simple to write an automated query in FME that could be run on demand. Having written it, we can now update the information whenever we like, without incurring a lot of time and cost. We have reduced the time required from 40 working hours every time to just a couple.” David Eagle, Managing Consultant at 1Spatial commented, “FME gives companies the absolute flexibility to restructure, reformat and integrate data so that it is ready to use and share. As a result, travel times can be updated monthly to reflect the impact of roadworks, changed road layouts, etc. This ensures that staff transfers can be managed as efficiently as possible.” Click here (http://1spatial.com/ To find out more about FME and hear some other customer stories, 1Spatial is hosting free FME World Tour events in the UK and Australia, which will help users explore, discover and innovate with FME. 8th April - Brisbane 11th April - Melbourne 12th April - Southampton 14th April - Cardiff 18th April - Sydney 20th April - Manchester 22nd April – Edinburgh Each event will include technical presentations, networking opportunities, case studies and interactive sessions. Registration will be open in the New Year. Please contact fme@1spatial.com to find out more. Notes to Editors About London Fire Brigade London Fire Brigade is one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. With 6,000 staff (of whom 85% are operational staff) and 102 fire stations, LFB serves an area of nearly 1,600 square kilometres. Its role is, simply, “to make London a safer city”. About 1Spatial 1Spatial provides the software solutions and services that manage the world’s largest spatial big data. We work with users and creators of the largest geospatial databases on earth, helping them collect, manage, plan, maintain, publish and interpret location-specific information. Our clients include National Mapping Agencies, Land Registries, utility and telecommunications companies, and government departments including emergency services, defence and census bureaus. A leader in our field, we have over forty five years’ experience and a record of continual innovation and development. Today, with an ever increasing reliance on spatial and location-critical data, demand for our expertise has never been greater. To find out more, visit www.1spatial.com For more press information contact Mayra Cunningham, Mayra.cunningham@ Kate Warwick, kate.warwick@ End
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