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Better planning for the fire department

Firefighter helping woman on the floor of a room with furniture and smoke.

A fire station is a building with:

1. fire engines

2. equipment

3. rooms for the firefighters

When there is a fire,
the fire department travels from the fire station to the fire.

There is a city map on the Internet showing all the fire stations.
The city map is called Smart Ubilabs.
Ubilabs is the name of a company.
The company made the map.
The Wiesbaden fire department has further developed the map.

Smart Ubilabs shows:
How long does it take the fire department
to reach a fire?

The fire department uses Smart Ubilabs for planning.
And citizens can use Smart Ubilabs.

For example, they can write:
There's a fire in Lahnstrasse.

Then you can see:

1. which fire station is the fire department coming from?

2. how long does the fire department need
until they arrive?

Attention: Smart Ubilabs is not an emergency call.
If there is a fire,
call 112.

Advantages:

1. the fire department can plan its operations better.
Planning with Smart Ubilabs does not cost a lot of money.

2. the planning of operations is very fast.
It only takes a few seconds.
Then the fire department can see
which fire station is closest to the fire.

3. the fire department can write better reports with Smart Ubilabs.

4. anyone can use Smart Ubilabs.
You don't need to know anything about technology.

5. you can quickly adapt Smart Ubilabs to new conditions.

Who benefits from Smart Ubilabs?

1. the fire department can plan operations better.
The city employees know
where we need new fire stations.

2. citizens get help faster in the event of a fire.

You can find Smart Ubilabs on the Internet here:

Smart Ubilabs (opens in a new tab)

The site is in difficult language.

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