Programme
British APCO were delighted to hold a MAIT Roundtable at the RAG Club in London on 26th September 2023. We have had oversight of the Multi Agency Incident Transfer (MAIT) schema from the outset – and recent news from the Home Office and National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has confirmed that we are on the path to widespread adoption of MAIT by Fire & Rescue Services across England & Wales.
For a full article on MAIT, published in the latest edition of the British APCO Journal, please click here to view.
The purpose of the British APCO round table is to share learnings and stimulate debate about exactly what's next for MAIT – as well as understanding other methods currently used in the UK for incident transfer between agencies.
The slides from the day are available - please click here to view (British APCO Members Only)
The programme for the day ran as follows:
| Time |
Activity |
Conducted by |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Registration and Coffee Break |
|
| 10:00 - 10:10 |
Welcome and Introduction to the day |
British APCO |
| 10:10 - 10:40 |
An update on MAIT |
Tony Bracey - Welsh Government |
| 10:40 - 11:10 |
The aims and objectives for MAIT across English FRS |
Keith Donnelly - Home Office Fire |
| 11:10 - 11:30 |
Coffee break |
|
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Is there a case for agencies using DEIT (Direct Electronic Incident Transfer) to consider migrating to MAIT? |
Brian Chappelle and Jim Dutton - National Highways |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
An alternative view from Ambulance Trusts - how are they currently transferring incidents and bringing call handling together |
Ola Zahran - Yorkshire Ambulance Service |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Insights into how industry is supporting MAIT |
Gordon Ellen - Client Executive Partner, Uk Emergency Service
Seraphina Earl - Account Manager, UK Emergency Service
Graham Snee - MAIT Product Owner, Microsoft Practice, Eviden, ATOS
Paul Miller - AVR Group
|
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
Maintaining the MAIT schema to ensure it remains fit for purpose; is a core requirement for control room CAD solutions; and has no barriers between suppliers offering MAIT enabled solution |
British APCO |
| 15:00 |
Coffee Break |
|
| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Maintaining the MAIT schema to ensure it remains fit for purpose; is a core requirement for control room CAD solutions; and has no barriers between suppliers offering MAIT enabled solution |
British APCO |
The round table ran as a series of interactive sessions – with the key objectives of sharing ongoing work; challenging as and where appropriate; and having a clear forward path for MAIT.
Users, suppliers and consultants were all welcome to attend and encouraged to contribute to the round table.
Further Questions?
Contact: Dorothy Inverarity at dorothy.inverarity@bapco.org.uk or call 0191 241 4523