The provision of radio communications is a local responsibility for each of the emergency services, the Department for Communities and Local Government does not maintain a central record of operational equipment locally procured. To promote inter-operability between fire and rescue services and the other emergency services, the Department for Communities and Local Government is exercising its powers under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 to procure and implement a new wide area radio communications network (the “Firelink” project) for the fire and rescue service. When Firelink has been implemented, the fire and rescue service will be able to communicate with the other emergency services at strategic and operational command level.