Scottish Government is investing £100 million through its Fire and Resilience Programme to increase resilience, enhance capability and contribute to the delivery of a Safer Stronger Scotland.
Our Fire and Rescue Authorities rely on a high quality and resilient radio communications system in order to provide the standard of service we expect. Firelink will deliver a new single digital wide-area radio communication system for the Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) in Scotland which interfaces with the other blue light services.
The single radio network will mean that firefighters will be able to communicate across Fire and Rescue Service boundaries within Great Britain and to other blue lights services. The lessons of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 highlighted the need for such a system if we are to be able to be resilient to any such emergencies in the future.
Firelink was launched on July 29, 2009.