Inside Amazon Web Services’ vision for cloud-powered blue light innovation

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Discover how Amazon Web Services (AWS) is driving innovation in the emergency services sector, from transforming 999 call handling to enabling AI-powered efficiencies — ahead of their appearance at this year’s The Emergency Tech Show. Read more via Emergency Services Times

NFCC unveils AI approach to tackle exclusion and improve access

At the 2025 NFCC DDaT Conference, AI took centre stage as a practical tool transforming fire and rescue services—highlighting inclusive innovation, ethical frameworks and real-world applications like multilingual document translation and wildfire modelling. Read more via Emergency Services Times

Crime and Policing Minister launches new retail crime strategy

Dame Diana Johnson recently joined NBCC lead Supt Lisa Maslen and senior policing, retail, and security figures at Mitie’s ISOC in Northampton to launch Tackling Retail Crime Together, a new cross-sector strategy to combat retail crime. Read more via Emergency Services Times

Ambulance services partner with GoodSAM to improve cardiac arrest response

South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) and Isle of Wight Ambulance Service (IWAS) have launched a new partnership with the GoodSAM Responder app to reduce response times for life-threatening cardiac arrests. Read more via Emergency Services Times

Dräger launches FPS-COM Voice to boost firefighter communication and safety

Dräger has launched the new FPS-COM Voice mask-integrated unit to improve voice firefighter communication when using breathing apparatus. Read more via Emergency Services Times