Guidance

Emergency Services Network

The Emergency Services Network will replace the existing Airwave communications network used by the police, fire and rescue, and ambulance services in the UK.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 13 June 2013
• Last updated: 17 February 2025
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  1. 17 February 2025

     Updated information about the Emergency Services Network, and how the network is being delivered.

  2. 16 June 2023

     Guidance updated to include new information.

  3. 24 January 2023

     Removed reference to Motorola Solutions.

  4. 14 April 2022

     Replaced content on the html page with new copy.

  5. 18 February 2021

     Updated guidance to reflect latest developments in the project.

  6. 26 June 2019

     The guidance has been revised and updated throughout.

  7. 30 November 2018

     Information updated.

  8. 28 February 2018

     Updated both documents.

  9. 31 January 2018

     An ESN overview page has been added, the HTML page has been updated as it was out of date.

  10. 14 December 2015

      Published details of main contracts awarded.

  11. 1 September 2015

      Replaced document and added information about a public consultation

  12. 15 July 2015

      Updated information

  13. 4 March 2015

      Updated version.

  14. 20 February 2015

      Story "Eight organisations go forward to next stage of bidding to run new network" published.

  15. 19 November 2014

      Information on related procurements published.

  16. 13 June 2013

      First published.

Documents

Emergency Services Network: overview

HTML

Details

The Emergency Services Network will be the new communication system used by the 3 emergency services and other public safety users in the UK.

In the above document you will find more information about ESN and the progress of the programme delivering it, including:

• the partners working on ESN
• how ESN is being piloted and tested
• ESN’s mobile coverage
• devices that will be used to access the ESN