Presentation during session on: Driving change in responding to emergencies

1. Group Manager
Steve McLinden
Transformation2020
Programme Lead

2. 58 Stations
72 Frontline Appliances
Mid and West Wales Fire & Rescue Service…
Digitally
Transforming
Fire & Rescue
Emergency
Response

3. Session Focus Areas…
• Management of Operational Assets - Using AI & Machine Learning to
intelligently manage operational assets
• Drones – Enhanced Situational Awareness
• The ‘Digitised Fireground’ - Seamless Situational Awareness, Data
Sharing and Collaboration between Responders

4. End Users
Business
Process
Mapping
FireWatch
SharePoint &
Office365
Station2020
ICT
Infrastructure
& Hardware
Digital Fire
Ground
Our Mission …
‘To create time and space
which enables a
transformational
organisational culture
centred on trust and
innovation by exploiting
technology to improve
business processes’
T20 Programme Commenced in
April 2017

5. Management of Operational Assets … AI, ML & MAWWFRS
AI & ML
Asset Management
System

6. The End User Experience …
• Real Time Tracking of All Assets
• Move from PPE ‘Personal’ to
‘Size Issue’
• Sweat Assets for Optimal Life
Usage
• Gather Rich Usage Data
• Improved End User Experience
• Significant Savings

7. Drones - Enhancing Situational Awareness …

8. • Shared Dynamic Situational Awareness
• Meaningful Operational Intelligence Data
• Seamless Data Sharing
• Risk of Information Overload
Technology Which Supports Decision Making…
IRIS

9. Technology in the Operational Environment …
IRIS

10. Our ambition is to enable our Incident
Commanders to see through buildings and
know where their crews are.

11. £1.25 million(€1.46M) UK Government Grant for Instantly Deployable
Fire fighter Tracking Inside Buildings
49 Companies Applied
5 Shortlisted to Phase 1
2 to Progress to Phase 2
Viable Commercial
Solution by December
2020

12. Technology… not always right
Successful
Implementation
Needs…..
Lessons Learned…
Must be at the Centre
of Innovation
Technology Partners
MUST Secure Strategic Buy In

13. .
Group Manager
Steve McLinden
Transformation2020
Programme Lead
s.mclinden@mawwfire.gov.uk