Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme: working together saving lives

The Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP) was established in 2012 to improve how the police, fire and ambulance services work together at major or complex incidents.

Public scrutiny and expectations of the emergency services are high, especially after findings from past incidents such as Hillsborough, the London 7/7 bombings and the Derek Bird shootings in Cumbria made news headlines. Many traditional ways of working have been challenged. The roles, responsibilities and operating procedures used by each service have been frequently misunderstood, which has caused confusion at crucial times.

JESIP is focused on the response of the three emergency services as the most common initial responders to a major incident. The key areas for improvement we have focused on include: