Workload Modeller will complement existing resource planning systems used in GMFRS by focusing specifically on the geographic dimension of business intelligence.
GMFRS first deployed Cadcorp software in 2012, when the service rolled out a corporate GIS. For the first time, geographic information was made available as a corporate resource to anyone in the service. Today, Cadcorp GIS software is used to support a range of business activities, these include recording and analyse incidents, tracking vehicles, providing incident support mapping, reporting key performance indicators, targeting fire safety campaigns, and producing A-Z maps.
Mike O'Neil, CEO Cadcorp commented, "When GIS was first introduced to fire services the only people able to exploit geographic information were in Command and Control. GMFRS has shown that geographic information is not only of value to those working in operations: it also plays a fundamental role in planning and intelligence".
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is one of the largest Fire and Rescue Services outside London with over 2,100 members of staff and 41 fire stations. It covers an area of approximately 500 square miles and a culturally diverse population of 2.5 million people.