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Introduction to FiReControl

What is the Fire and Resilience Programme?
Why is FiReControl needed?
What are the benefits of FiReControl in comparison to the current system?
Government does not have a very good record for implementing large scale IT projects - how can you be sure this will work?
Is the Fire and Rescue Service behind the project?
Will the service to local communities be compromised by the move to regional control centres?
Will the relationship with other emergency services change?
What impact will FiReControl have on members of the public?
What impact will FiReControl have on firefighters?
What environmental impact will FiReControl have?
What are the 'national functions' (group services) and how will they be administered?
Why are Scotland and Wales not included in the FiReControl project?
How will the system deal with major incidents like last year’s floods?
What data is used in the spate model?
How does the spate model link to Communities and Local Government’s staffing model?
What assumptions have been made about staffing levels?
What assumptions about working practices have been used in the spate model?
Have these assumptions been reviewed by stakeholders?
Will the network cope in spate?
If fire control works now, why is the Department changing it?
Why are you not simply putting the new IT solution into the existing 46 control rooms?
What are the 'national functions' and how will they be administered?
What is the Chief Fire Officers Association’s (CFOA) role?
Why have Regions been chosen as the areas to have Regional Control Centres? Surely some are too big?
Is this a pre-cursor to regionalising FRSs?
Why are you doing this when New York is going the other way?

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