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January 2004 - Infoshare in partnership with ESRI
(UK) Ltd and the University College of London, has
been awarded the contract by The Fire Research Division
(FRD) of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
(ODPM) to cleanse data in support of an improved
system of Fire Service Emergency Cover (FSEC) across
the UK which takes into account risk to life as
well as existing safety initiatives.
The FSEC risk assessments will be based on three
years incident data obtained from every fire brigade
across the country. Infoshare will be responsible
for geo-coding, formatting, validating, quality
assuring & maintaining all the data, which
will then be used to identify the distribution
of risk. The long term objective of the FRD is
to provide a more flexible and effective response
to incidents attended by the Fire and Rescue Service.
Infoshare will convert incident data from 58
different sources into a format that complies
with the requirements of the ODPM and the ONS.
The incident data will therefore undergo rigorous
processing, validation and quality assurance tests
to ensure it is fit for the purpose for its applications.
“Decisions about fire stations and fire
fighters affect us all. They should be made, and
be seen to be made in the public interest. Audit
trails detailing the complete history of each
record will make the whole data cleansing process
transparent,” concludes Adrian McKeon, Managing
Director, Infoshare Ltd.
For further information please contact:
Adrian McKeon, Business Development, Infoshare Ltd.
Tel: 0208 541 0111
Email: adrian.mckeon@infoshare-is.com
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