Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 October 2015
432. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the national fire service to be able to use the Eircode location system in its fire vehicles and emergency vehicles, to identify individual addresses when responding to emergency calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35583/15]
View answerThe Fire Service is reviewing the first generation of communications and information systems for the fire services in Ireland, known collectively as CAMP (Computer Aided Mobilisation Projects ). As part of this review process, known as C-Trí, consideration will be given to the introduction or replacement of mobile data systems in appliances the service will be upgrading in the coming years. It is intended that as systems are replaced they may be capable of facilitating Eircode.
Of course, an Eircode will be used as an addition to a current address and not as a replacement, so all Emergency Services will always ask for an address. Also, in many cases, unless the caller is very familiar with the Incident Site, that caller may be unaware of the site's Eircode and only know the address.
