Running from October 21-27, International Control Room Week will bang the drum to celebrate and raise awareness of the vital role played by control room teams dealing with traumatic and distressing situations on a daily basis. Last year's trailblazing campaign saw over 200 control rooms and more than 10,000 personnel from police, ambulance, fire and coastguard services across the UK get involved, as well as control rooms from as far afield as the United States, Australia and India. The week-long campaign is organised by tech company APD Communications, which supplies critical, life-saving software to emergency services organisations across the UK and supports critical control operations internationally. Rhiannon Beeson, APD's Commercial Director, said: "Last year's campaign was absolutely tremendous and we were overwhelmed with the support for control room employees across the UK and around the world.
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