Case Study: West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service achieves reliable, secure tape-free backup and 50% storage reduction with Asigra Cloud Backup

West Yorkshire Fire Rescue Service Gives Up Tape for Reliable, Secure Backup with Asigra Cloud Backup

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) provides 24/7 fire and emergency coverage for more than two million people across 48 stations, so uninterrupted access to data is critical. The authority relied on decentralized tape backups kept on-site, had limited IT resources to manage regular backups, and experienced slow, unreliable recovery processes that risked operational downtime and regulatory non‑compliance.

WYFRS replaced tape with Asigra Cloud Backup, deployed by reseller partners Zycko and SICL, creating a central vault linked to district offices and training staff on recovery procedures. The agentless solution (2TB license) cut storage needs by about 50%, reduced backup windows from two hours to 15 minutes, was installed in half a day, and provided faster, more reliable retention and recovery for incident investigations.

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service