30 January 2014
Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Services (CSFRS) manage a total of 18 fire stations in the central Scotland area from its headquarters at Maddiston Station, Falkirk. These headquarters are situated only a short journey from most of the services’ fire stations and within minutes of the giant petrochemical complex at Grangemouth, which ranks among the largest in Europe. This, in conjunction with the large number of docks and timber yards in the region, make the central Scotland area one of the largest fire risk areas in the country.
CSFRS was looking to deploy a highly secure, integrated and centrally managed wireless LAN to seamlessly and efficiently transmit critical emergency data from various types of ICT equipment.
The network was required to meet very stringent security requirements as well as provide wireless service, initially, to 18 locations. Furthermore, it was paramount that the solution was scalable and flexible to be able to respond, grow and adapt in the future.
