Offers Customers Blog About Metria Contact Us Support Work with us Correct orientation already at the fire station The rescue service in Mjölby / Boxholm goes on around 600 alarms per year and getting to the accident site with the right people quickly is crucial. During the spring, the stations received new large overview maps that facilitate orientation and itinerary immediately when the alarms arrive. 2016-08-18 Important overview and the best choice of route Mikael Adolfsson is deputy rescue chief in Mjölby / Boxholm, and says that the new maps fulfill two functions. First, they allow firefighters to locate the accident site in the municipality. The alarm information from SOS Alarm contains a point / coordinate and information about what has happened, but the overview maps give the overview and the feeling for the best and fastest way to the place. We also use the maps as backup, if our digital map support does not work. Picture to the right: Mikael Adolfsson, stf. rescue chief in Mjölby / Boxholm. Custom maps for Mjölby and Boxholm In addition to the base maps, Metria has helped Mjölby and Boxholm's rescue services to add exit numbers, information about water sources and berths in the lake systems. The maps are also in the coordinate system used by the municipality and the boundaries are clearer than before. We considered including more information, but then the maps would have been too sketchy. Instead, we have chosen to make simpler registers on the side, for e.g. road number and km instructions for railway. Today, six full-time firefighters work at the station in Mjölby and there are also two part-time stations in Boxholm and Skänninge. Of course, many of the alarms take place in the municipality, but if necessary, they also help in the neighboring municipalities or get help back if something happens in their municipality. There is a strong will to be helped, Mikael continues. New updated maps This will be a fresh start. Our previous maps are probably 20 years old. Over the years, we have drawn some on the maps ourselves, for example the E4's new route. Our new maps are nicely wrapped so we can draw with whiteboard pencils, to be used as a planning basis for large emergencies. The maps are available at the alarm lock (where we get the information from SOS), in our training room and at our two part-time stations. The collaboration with Metria has worked well. We first had contact with Åke Lindvall in Tranås and during the map production employees from the office in Kiruna. We have met Åke a few times, otherwise most of the contact has been handled via email and telephone, Mikael concludes. SHARE THE PAGE: Organisation Corporate governance Work with us Sustainable business Quality and environment Press Our offices Sitemap News 2017 2016 History Financial information Annika Billstam's training school Support The map school © Metria Contact Metria Subscribe to Metria's newsletter Metria, 801 83 Gävle, Sweden Subscribe to our RSS feed