ERICA leads to respond more urgent emergency calls
Published : 23 Jun 2019, 18:20
Updated : 24 Jun 2019, 01:53
The new information system ERICA has increased the number of police and emergency response tasks categorized as urgent, reported national broadcaster Yle.
For instance, the share of the number of urgent emergency response tasks has risen by 15 percent since the introduction of ERICA.
Previously, about one-fifth of all the emergency response tasks were categorized as urgent. Currently, tasks categorized as urgent make up about one-third of all the tasks.
These figures have been obtained from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
Similarly the National Police Board has seen tasks classified as A-urgent emergency tasks rise in recent months.
The challenges associated with ERICA came to the fore in winter and spring time when its use became national.
ERICA is an acronym for Emergency Response Integrated Common Authorities.