The early stages of any fire or emergency situation are critical.
The fire service has to arrive on site, assess the situation, identify and evaluate the risks to life and property, and predict how the emergency is likely to develop. This is a period of intense and often stressful activity for the fire crews and especially so for the incident commander, who must make quick decisions on how best to bring the incident under control.
By providing the fire and rescue service with clear, concise and up to date plans of the building, hazards, access and specialist equipment, the time taken to define the appropriate strategy to bring the incident under control can be reduced.