Reach
Issue 6 2014
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The emergency services
rely on Airwave every single
hour of every single day.
Every six minutes across
Great Britain, a member
of the emergency services
uses Airwave’s emergency
push-to-talk button to
summon urgent assistance
in sometimes
life-threatening
circumstances.
checks. A major event can mean
things change very quickly, and it is
imperative to have a robust brie ng
system in place to ensure everyone
knows what is happening.
In the event of a major incident,
the Network Controller on duty at the
NMC will take control of the situation,
raising the alarm and convening the
Major Incident Team via the Incident
Manager on call. All activities are then
co-ordinated from the NMC, including
running the open conference bridge to
maintain constant customer contract.
Outside major incidents, the
NMC staff monitor the sites on the
Network, with responsibilities and
priorities split both by geography
and population. This ensures
that there is always a group of
experienced engineers responsible
for a site, with built-in resilience for
high priority sites.
Airwave is a company built on
people and processes honed over the
last 12 years to deliver speci cally
for the public safety community. Our
people are completely dedicated to
delivering a service without equal,
with one-third of our staff on a
call-out rota to support our customers
in an emergency. This rota includes
every level of the business, right up
to the Executive Board.
A welcome surge in support
E
mbrace CVOC reports a
welcome surge in support
following the week of
focused activities with the
number of social media followers
increasing and more referrals
by Police of cers dealing at rst
hand with children and young
victims of crime.
The charity used National Child
Victims of Crime Awareness Week
to launch its new ‘backpack bears’
initiative – cute little bears each
with a big heart and a backpack
full of vital information to help
young victims of crime.
The ‘bears with a purpose’
are being piloted in Norfolk,
championed by Police & Crime
Commissioner Stephen Bett, with
Police of cers distributing the
bears to children who have been
victim of serious crime or have to
give witness statements.
Newly appointed ambassadors
for the charity, former ‘Bill’ star
Graham Cole (PC Tony Stamp), and
survivor of childhood sexual abuse
crime Tina Renton announced their
support for the charity and pledged
to do what they can to promote the
twin objectives of providing practical
and emotional help and proactively
enhancing the safety of young people.
Embrace CVOC Chief Executive
Anne Campbell said: “Child victims
of crime are often a forgotten group
of young people. We are working
hard, with partners, to help provide
the kind of support that will make a
difference, showing them that there
are people who really do care.
“We’ve made it very easy for Police
of cers to refer children and young
people to us - an online form on our
website is simple to complete and we’re
proud of the fact that we have never yet
turned down a child referred to us.
“There are hundreds of thousands
of children who are victims of serious
crime each year - our aim is to help as
many as our funds allow. It’s a simple
equation in that the more money we
raise, the more children we are able to
help. Sadly, there’s much work to do.”
If you would like more information, please contact
Chloe Swift, Fundraising & Marketing Manager on
07932 255462, email
