{"id":3273,"date":"2012-06-30T15:07:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2015-12-17T13:15:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T17:15:53","slug":"uk-firecontrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/?p=3273","title":{"rendered":"UK – FireControl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following entry is a record in the \u201cCatalogue of Catastrophe<\/a>\u201d –\u00a0a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world.<\/p>\n

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Fire Services <\/strong>– UK
\nProject type : <\/strong>Centralize control over fire dispatch functions
\nProject name : <\/strong>FiReControl
\nDate :<\/strong> Dec 2010 Cost :<\/strong>\u00a3650 GBP<\/p>\n

Synopsis :<\/strong>
\nThe United Kingdom abandons 9 newly constructed regional fire control centers and scraps plans to reorganize by centralizing fire dispatch functions. \u00a0In attempt to streamline processes, 46 centers that handled 999 emergency calls were to be consolidated down to just 9. In December 2010 the $1B project is abandoned after concerns that the new approach would endanger lives by reducing the number of dispatches available to handle emergency and because the slow pace of work has resulted in IT systems that are no longer up to date.<\/p>\n

Contributing factors as reported in the press:<\/strong>
\nGovernment enquiries into project revealed that: a) the original agreement for the computer work was ill-suited to the project, b) relationships with major stakeholders and contractors were mishandled, c) many fire authorities were left with “profound reservations” about whether the system would be safer and more efficient and d) an “adversarial” relationship between the government and the main IT contractor for the project contributed to the project’s problems.<\/p>\n

Reference links :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Regional fire brigade control centre plan scrapped<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Fire control room plans condemned<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. FiReControl Project: silly name, stupid idea<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. FiReControl<\/a> – Wikipedia page<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Following entry is a record in the \u201cCatalogue of Catastrophe\u201d –\u00a0a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world. Fire Services – UK Project type : Centralize control over fire dispatch functions Project name : FiReControl Date : Dec 2010 Cost :\u00a3650 GBP Synopsis : The United Kingdom abandons 9 newly constructed regional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,77],"tags":[129,93,147],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-failed-project","category-why-projects-fail","tag-failed-project","tag-why-do-projects-fail","tag-why-projects-fail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7785,"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions\/7785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}