Capita Fire and Rescue has taken on delivery of fire and rescue services at four new sites through its Defence Fire and Rescue Project (DFRP) contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), in the latest in a series of key contract milestones.

Surrey and West Sussex are the two latest fire and rescue services planning to go live with Capita’s 999eye live video-streaming and location-finding service.

Capita’s Fire Service College has launched its new Aviation Firefighter Programme in a significant investment in the College’s offering to civil aviation training.

Capita has been selected to deliver a shared software solution for Surrey and West Sussex Fire and Rescue Services, which will allow all mission critical command and control functions to be managed across both services from one platform.

Capita Communications and Control Solutions today announces that it has been awarded a contract to deliver its command and control system to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), following a competitive tender process.

Capita plc is to deliver its 999eye live video-streaming and location-finding service to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service and West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Both services are mobilised from a single control room.

In this series of local government Q&As, Stephen Ottewell, Director of Planning and Building Control at Capita Local Public Services, interviews planning experts on hot topics in the sector, including the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.