The Toyota Corolla is helping police with their enquiries, as the UK’s regional forces assess the British-built hybrid model’s potential as a patrol car. A Corolla Touring Sports in Excel trim begins a series of month-long demonstration loans next week. Manufactured at Toyota’s Burnaston factory in Derbyshire, the car has been fitted out to police… Read more »
Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) new Furniture and Associated Services agreement is supporting the public sector’s safe return to work. Listed suppliers are offering a range of products including screens, hand sanitiser stations and temperature screening booths as well as consultancy to help plan space in line with social distancing guidance. There are also temporary solutions… Read more »
Thirty-three fire and rescue services (FRSs), comprising over 33,500 firefighters, are now benefiting from the Local Authority Collaborative PPE Framework. Launched three years ago, in June 2017, the framework gives UK FRSs access to high quality PPE ensembles and volume discounts through a streamlined procurement process. The framework was set up in response to calls… Read more »
Capita has delivered the first 14 new fire fighting vehicles as part of the company’s 12-year Defence Fire and Rescue Project (DFRP) contract. The arrival of these appliances is a key milestone in Capita’s work to manage and modernise the Ministry of Defence’s fire and rescue capability. Capita Fire and Rescue, one of Capita’s business… Read more »
The Civil Contingencies Secretariat and Airbox Systems Limited have launched an all-new ResilienceDirect mapping platform. The tool provides a single codified place for emergency responders to come together to plan for and brief all types of resilience events across the UK. It allows them to clearly visualise complex situations, giving a focal point and a… Read more »
A pioneering new app, Crime Scene Assistant, has been developed by two former Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs), and is helping first responders to preserve vital evidence when they arrive at an incident. The app is the first product to be offered through Crime Scene Assist Ltd, the new digital sister company of Teesside business CSI… Read more »
The new X Series® Advanced, a monitor/defibrillator with groundbreaking new technology available only from ZOLL, helps emergency care providers manage patients more effectively than ever before. X Series Advanced is the first device of its kind to provide the clinical information needed to improve outcomes for patients across multiple disease states. The X Series Advanced… Read more »
Having remained operational to ensure emergency equipment can continue to be provided through the current pandemic, Woodway, a proud supplier of emergency lighting and equipment to frontline responders nationwide, has been blown away by the stories of how organisations are adapting in these unprecedented times and by the commitment of workers and volunteers up and… Read more »
For more than four decades, SCHILLER has been committed to the fight against sudden cardiac death. In 1974, while the most established manufacturers still sold heavy and bulky emergency devices, SCHILLER launched a handy emergency electrocardioscope that was 10 times lighter. Numerous products followed for cardiac diagnostics, cardiopulmonary diagnostics, and emergency care. Today, the latest… Read more »
The Health Living Lab at Westcott is a planned development that will house a range of communications technology integrated in demonstrator ambulances and care pathways more broadly. The aim of the Living Lab is to create a changeable environment where organisations can test new ideas and ways of working within the healthcare sector, to enable… Read more »
