“Structured, interactive and intelligent discussion between senior industry experts is seen as the key approach to improving public services across the UK. This is where the UK Innovative Emergency Services Series is playing a vital role in the development and uptake of
999eye Emergency Services Collaboration Event
Article by Matt Wroughton: West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS), invite representatives from UK Emergency Services, Mobile Communication Networks and Government departments to a collaboration event at WMFS HQ. If you work in Emergency Sevice Operations, ICT or at a Strategic Level
Looking to the future – 999eye
Article by Matt Wroughton This week we were joined by Charlotte Cross from ITV see the link below. ITV NEWS Coverage of 999eye – youtube Charlotte had researched 999eye prior to attending and was keen to cover the story in
Policing social citizens – or helping them to police themselves
POSTED on behalf of Catherine Howe (@curiousc) This blog is a summary of my talk at the recent policing social citizens unconference – you can see the webcasts here and catch up with other blogposts as well and I really recommend going to take
999EYE : Smart phones and first response pitch
This is one of the sessions that was presented at BlueLightCamp 2014 by Matt Wroughton of West Midlands Fire Service, as well as at the recent Policing Social Citizens in Manchester. At both events the idea was well received by those
ENVHACK 2 – The Clearinfo Hack
POSTED on behalf of EnvHack Explore new data about the environmental impact of industry with the Environment Agency 5th-6th July 2014, Impact Hub Westminster, Haymarket, Central London SIGN UP HERE About the Hack EnvHack 2 has been made possible with funding from
Get involved and help our agencies communicate better through MAIT
Earlier in the year British APCO with the help of our web and social media specialist, Sasha Taylor, created the Multi Agency Incident Transfer (MAIT) website, so that the Home Office and other partners could showcase the proposed MAIT standard
Putting UK Flooding Alerts Onto Twitter #UKBLC14
As part of BlueLightCamp ’14, a group of civil servants, hackers, and emergency service workers got together for a weekend of furious creation. I decided to look at flooding data. The recent floods in the UK are a brutal remember of
Invitation to Policing Social Citizens – a future conference
26th & 27th June – Manchester This ground-breaking event brings together thought leaders on policing, emergency services, community engagement and the digital era. This is your opportunity to have two days to work with your peers on visioning the future
What happened at the Hackathon?
Kick off was planned for 10am for the hackathon, but it was another early start for Mark and me – which turned out to be very fortunate as many of the people attending the hackathon arrived early, so eager where
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