How can Bay Management protect emergency services?

For emergency services, efficiency is crucial. In emergencies, being able to access certain areas and get to those who need help quickly is vital, which is why the ability to park in the best possible locations is so important.

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The emergency services thrive when they have support from people around them. That could be slowing down on the roads to allow an ambulance or fire engine to drive past to remain out the way and allowing them to do their jobs.

There are specific measures in place to help the emergency services in lots of locations. Sadly, some of these are prone to abuse from motorists who block these areas, restricting necessary access. Our Bay management solution presents an opportunity to make those issues a thing of the past.

 

How can a car park support the Emergency Services?

Whether emergency services are responding to a call, or returning to a hospital, attending a fire, or police station access is crucial.

If a car park becomes overcrowded due to misuse, people will park wherever they can. If this is near the point where emergency services are deployed, this can pose a risk. Congestion makes it difficult for vehicles to get out of the way and causes delays in emergency services arriving where they are needed. In the event of a medical emergency, fire, or a crime, this can sometimes be the difference between life and death.

As strange as it may sound, a well-managed car park can help prevent misuse in a couple of ways.

Firstly, by supporting a healthy space turnover and reducing abuse on a site in general, you can limit the amount of off-site parking that occurs, for example, on the roads in and around hospitals. This means emergency vehicles can travel to and from a hospital much more easily and limit the amount of congestion in the area.

Secondly, having solutions in place that help to eradicate severe parking abuse. Parking in emergency spaces such as where ambulances drop off patients or dedicated parking areas for paramedics can be disastrous. Using methods to eradicate this abuse helps a facility run much more smoothly, and more importantly, helps ensure speedier access for emergency workers.

How does managing a bay help?

Keeping specific spaces on a car park clear and free from misuse used to require constant vigilance, from on-site attendants spotting cars in the wrong places to staff trying to find the driver nearby and getting them to remove their vehicle.

That’s time that should be better spent helping visitors to a site or supporting patients. Solutions such as Bay Management help protect dedicated spaces on a car park. For example, in a healthcare setting, the monitoring system used to protect a specific bay can be used to ensure that ambulance bays and spaces specifically for emergency services vehicles are kept clear for their intended purpose.

Any unauthorised use is issued a parking charge as a deterrent. This helps keep those spaces clear, ensuring that emergency vehicles can park exactly where they need to.

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Helping you make better use of your car park

Bay Management helps to make sure that specific areas of your car park remain clear for the people who are supposed to be using them. This goes beyond specified bays for emergency vehicles and can cover everything from electric vehicle charging bays to spaces set aside for blue badge users.

By leveraging ANPR cameras in a more targeted way, our Bay Management solution can transform how your car park performs, improving convenience for the visitors who need it most and ensuring that the most important areas of your estate are protected.

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To find out more about Bay Management and to learn more about the positive impact it can have on your car park, get in touch today using the form…