First time at BlueLightCamp Last weekend I had the very great pleasure of attending my first ever Blue Light Camp. I’ve done a few unconference events now so I had a good idea how it was going to work, but
MusterPoint and Blue Light Camp 2015
MusterPoint is proud to sponsor Blue Light Camp for the third year running. It’s these grass roots, innovative events that bring people together who would otherwise not get a voice or an opportunity to be creative in their respective roles
A mostly truthful collection of 15 facts about Birmingham
You know Birmingham as the city playing host to BlueLightCamp in June 2015 (tickets still available, book now). But Birmingham has other claims to fame. Birmingham became a city in 1889 Much of its drinking water comes from Wales (the
Five things to bring to BlueLightCamp
We picked up this tweet today @BlueLightCamp Looks like I may be able to come along after all! Yay. What do I need to bring?! — Jonathon Hurley (@DrJHurley) May 11, 2015 This was such an excellent question we
What will emergency services be like in 2065
Just 50 years ago: police forces had Panda cars and, though walkie talkies were coming in, police boxes had not been fully phased out there were police constables and there were women police constables ambulance services were run by local
Twenty reasons to sign up for BlueLightCamp 2015
Tickets are now available for BlueLightCamp on 6 and 7 June in Birmingham. Here are 20 reasons to sign up It’s free. It will be the best event you’ve ever been to (we really believe this) It’s on a weekend
Innovative Emergency Services ‘On-Site’ Forum 2015
“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
Networking the networks – engineering serendipity
This is a slightly edited version of an article which was originally published in the British APCO Journal, and on the BAPCO web site Discovering and then applying the full potential of data to public safety and resilience is not
WUDOWUD and BlueLightCamp at BAPCO’s Autumn event
“Whether You Do Or Weather You Don’t” (WUDOWUD) is an initiative that came about as a direct result of BlueLightCamp, which was this year held in Hampshire. WUDOWUD seeks to correlate environmental location based data with emergency response data to
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