Warwickshire and Northamptonshire county councils have created a shared services partnership to upgrade their communications infrastructure.

The partnership will see the county councils purchase mobile data terminals from supplier Telent, with the partnership driving cost savings and increasing pooled resources.

The terminals, which are installed in emergency fire services vehicles, allow control rooms to pin point the locations of vehicles and assign them based on their proximity to incidents.

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Fire and rescue authorities are urged to collaborate