Belgium Ghent Fire Brigade receives FMIS 500 from Cassidian

The delivery follows a previous contract awarded to Cassidian in March 2012 to deliver and install the FMIS 500 application solution into 69 fire trucks and into the central command and control room of Ghent Fire Brigade.

As a part of the four-year contract, the company will also maintain the systems and all related deployments.

Cassidian will integrate the back-office software applications through Astrium Services and Ferranti-built customised interfaces to the existing command-and-control room.

Comprising of a set of back-office software applications, the system will provide management and rapidly access of up-to-date and accurate information for frontline personnel for emergency and operational needs.

Cassidian in Belgium managing director Eric Lardinois said, "The final decision for our application was made on the basis of a proven technology already in use in the UK for many years and developed specifically to meet the operational needs of fire fighters."

It also includes software systems for mobile use in vehicles, ensuring the effective deployment of command and control information to mobile resources in the field.

The new system will provide constantly update essential information of incident location immediately at the central command-and-control centre as well as real-time status updates and positioning data from ongoing operations while assisting in making appropriate decisions.