The Hydra Foundation have now installed and commissioned Hydra in the Cloud for Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue service at their new training centre.   This is now the 2nd Fire service to run Hydra in the Cloud, the first being North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue. Professor Jonathan Crego MBE, Hydra Foundation Director, described the North […]

Wow… four days and four exercises at Christchurch Canterbury University (CCCU). On 14th to 17th March the Hydra Foundation and senior staff from School of Law & Criminal Justice and Computing ran an existing exercise twice and launched two exciting new exercises. Although Foundation staff were on hand to assist and to add a few […]

New horizons… On 23rd March 2016, the Hydra Foundation ran a workshop with 35 senior managers from the Sellafield Nuclear Power Station. The purpose of the workshop was to assemble from a broad Sellafield leadership constituency, a current in-depth strategic picture of the challenges confronting Sellafield in managing potential incidents and their potential consequences. The […]

In March the Hydra Foundation completed the upgrade of both the College of Policing Hydra sites at Ryton and Harperley Hall.   The Foundation carried out the upgrade of new computer technology along with a redesign and installation of control room new visual display system.   9 syndicate rooms have also been upgraded with new display […]

Out with the old… The National Crime Agency (NCA) earlier this year upgraded their existing Hydra Suite to the new Hydra in the Cloud technology.  The Hydra Foundation carried out the upgrade of new computer technology along with a redesign and installation of new visual display and control systems in the control room.    This new […]

The Hydra Foundation is excited and proud of the partnership it has developed with Leeds Beckett University.  Together we have created a 21st Century Hydra Suite in their Business and Law Department.   The university teaching staff are hugely engaged in the student experience, one that is all about learning.   Leeds now has developed […]