More than 11,000 control room staff joined a global campaign run by Hull tech firm APD Communications to celebrate their life-saving work.
International Control Room Week, held for the second time from October 21 to 27, was supported by fire, ambulance, police, coastguard and airport staff across the country.
The campaign week highlighted the critical role played by the control room teams which keep people safe and deal with traumatic incidents on a daily basis.
In the 海角视频, all but two police forces joined International Control Room Week, as did all 11 海角视频 Coastguard control rooms.
The week-long campaign is organised by Hull-based APD, which supplies life-saving software to emergency services organisations across the 海角视频 and supports critical control operations internationally.
Rhiannon Beeson, APD’s commercial director, said: “International Control Room Week has been a wonderful celebration of the amazing work of teams in critical control operations across the 海角视频 and far beyond.
“It’s been brilliant to see so many emergency services and critical control operations and their teams getting fully on board. Although this is only the second year, the week has already become a fixture in the calendar and a highlight of the year for the control rooms community.
“Control room employees are the unseen frontline of emergency services and critical control operations that keep us all safe and secure.
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“The week creates an opportunity for control room teams to publicly take pride in their work and for members of the public to express their gratitude for their often unrecognised efforts.”
During the week, control room teams and supporters took to social media to raise public awareness of their work.
Across the week, almost 7,000 posts about the campaign were shared from over 3,000 social media accounts, achieving a total reach of nearly 17 million people.
Further afield, participants included the control room team for the emergency services in the tropical island of St Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean and one of the most remote places in the world.
David Lynch, Chief of Police for St Helena, said: “This week has provided a great opportunity for us to recognise the vital contribution our control room staff make to the safety and security of St Helena.
“They have all enjoyed the week immensely and it has really raised the profile of their role.”
International Control Room Week also raised funds for two mental health charities, Mind and Scotland’s Association for Mental Health.
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Hull-based APD is a leading software supplier to the emergency services, public safety and control room markets.
The company provides mission critical communications and control solutions used by more than two thirds of 海角视频 police forces, as well as major transportation hubs and airports, including Gatwick and Dubai international airports and the London Underground.
As part of the campaign, APD also pledged to donate £1 to the charities for every post featuring the hashtags #unsungheroes, #internationalcontrolroomweek and #controlroomweek on social media.
The hashtags were used in 6,788 posts, so APD will be donating £6,788.
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