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2006 S EMS - Accept COPS Interoperable Communication Technology Grant Program Award
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Minutes - 20060302
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S Grant-Contract - Accept COPS Interoperable Communication Technology Grant Program Award
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Program to pay for two 800 MHz tower sites for the county on the State's Voice Interoperability Plan <br />for Emer gency Responders (VIPER) The VIPER, network is a statewide system that local 'emergency <br />response agencies may participate in which is based on an 800 MHz trunked radio system. Orange <br />County's current problem is that, while the PSAP has legal access to the system, the dispatch center <br />cannot presently dispatch on the 800 MHz band due to the existing consoles This is impeding efforts <br />to bring local law enforcement and emergency services agencies onto the 800 MHz VIPER platform <br />to allow them to communicate with one another Unless the dispatch center's equipment is upgraded, <br />emergency service units will not be able to be dispatched to 9 -1 -1 emergency calls on this system, nor <br />will the dispatch center be able to receive information from those emergency responders, such as in <br />cases of life - threatening situations <br />Law enforcement agencies of the County, towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro, as well <br />as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Police, and UNC Hospitals Police would directly <br />benefit from these grant funds to create an interopetable communications system in the county, as <br />well as all 11 fire departments in the county, Orange County Emergency Medical Services, Orange <br />County Emergency Management, Orange County Rescue Squad, South Orange EMS and Rescue, and <br />Orange County Public Health <br />The Public Safety agencies in the various communities making up the Research Triangle area who have <br />been users of 800 MHz (Wake and Durham Counties) have a coordinating organization known as <br />Triangle 800 MHz Emergency Network (TR8EN) Ihis organization was established in the mid 1990's <br />and coordinates interopetability between radio systems and PSAPs IR8EN establishes standard mutual <br />aid talkgroup assignments and operational procedures to insure interoperability More recently, Orange, <br />Person, and Chatham counties have become active in TR8EN This giant will enable the MSA agencies to <br />further the incorporation of the IR8EN interopetability to additional agencies not currently participating <br />The State of North Carolina is establishing a statewide voice radio network on 800 MHz known as the <br />Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders network (VIPER network) This giant will greatly <br />increase the ability of the participating counties to interoperate with state agencies via the VIPER <br />Network the events of recent years involving hurricanes and flooding in various areas of the state called <br />for a high level of mutual aid, often far from home radio systems The interopetability provided by the <br />VIPER, network has shown itself to be a valuable capability This giant will result in many vital public <br />safety resources having access to this interopet ability network. <br />B. Project Goals and Objectives <br />The goal of this cooperative grant is to improve interoperable communications on a macro level within <br />the Metropolitan Statistical Area by addressing local projects that have a wide impact on counties within <br />the MSA. the primary goal of this project is to provide a high level of radio interoperability to agencies <br />that currently lack such capability. <br />Orange County wishes to transition to 800 MHz The State of North Carolina 800 MHz statewide VIPER <br />radio network will aid in this effort. The county has begun to acquire radios for use at 800 MHz. These <br />will enable interopetability with the sever a] 800 MHz Public Safety systems already serving agencies in <br />adjacent counties, and with state law enforcement bodies. Impeding this transition, however, is that the <br />()range County Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) utilizes console equipment that is over 10 years <br />old, and is obsolete Additionally, the age of the equipment precludes patching between the various radio <br />systems with 800 MHz. Funding is required to purchase new console equipment to reflect new <br />technology and allowing our system to connect on the 800 MHz band. Once the upgrades are complete, <br />the PSAP would be able to dispatch on 800 MHz, <br />2of9 <br />Durham, NC MSA Interoperability Expansion Project <br />FY 2005 COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Program <br />
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