Greater Manchester County Fire Service Computer Assisted Mobilising System

Made:: 1977-1979

maker:: Ferranti International plc

Handbooks and test programs for a Ferranti Argus 700 Command and Control System. It was the first computerised mobilising system to be installed, by a fire service, in the United Kingdom and was used to control the deployment of fire service units during incidents.

Details

Extent:: 3 linear metres

Identifier:: YA1999.27

Access:: Open access.

System of Arrangement:: Files have been arranged in volume order.

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