Some 120,000 ambulance, fire and emergency response operations are coordinated each year in the central situation center of the professional fire department in Essen, Germany using command and control software from Siemens. As one of many thousands of examples around the world, the situation center of the Ruhr region metropolis stands for Siemens’ initiative to enable not only more energy efficient, but also safer buildings and infrastructure with a diversified building technology portfolio. At the Press Conference for Security 2010, Siemens Building Technologies Division presented what this means in practice. Read More