FRED - Fast Response Emergency Dispatch. A new software system that allocates FRUs and other single responder vehicles to calls by locating the nearest available resource. Sometimes the nearest one is miles away from the call but FRED will cancel the responder in favour of an even nearer vehicle when it becomes available. The result of this is a stop-start approach to emergency response and lots of frustrated responders who don't know if they are actually going to get to the job or not.
It also causes a bit of chaos with traffic when our sirens and lights have shifted vehicles apart on a busy main road for absolutely no reason - frequently.
FRED is a device that ensures ORCON is met.
