London Fire & Civil Defence Authority

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The London Fire and Civil Defence Authority (LFCDA) has 6,500employees and takes around 200,000 emergency calls a year. Telecomsmanager Peter Wood runs the telephony systems which support both.

Peter Wood started on the road to becoming a chartered engineer with a five-year apprenticeship in 1954 at the age of 16. He gained his HNC in electronics by attending a day release course during h...

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