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DocuSign Envelope ID:67496B91-FCOD-4188-A6C5-F7496722386E <br /> - 1 Orange County, North Carolina <br /> OKANGE Countywide Radio Communications <br /> COUNTY <br /> NUM[i(AHO INA Interoperability and System Engineering Services <br /> 1 INTRODUCTION (RFP SECTION 4.0) <br /> The proposer should first provide an explanation of their understanding of the tasks they <br /> believe to be necessary to accomplish the objectives outlined in the RFP. For each of these <br /> areas the proposer is to describe in a simple and straightforward manner the overall <br /> approach the consultant proposes to use when completing the study, as well as a discussion <br /> of how options and recommendations will be presented to the review committee and Orange <br /> County. <br /> 1.1 Understanding of the Project <br /> Orange County, North Carolina currently uses the state-owned and operated Voice Interoperability <br /> Plan for Emergency Responders (VIPER) 800 MHz trunked radio system. The County currently <br /> dispatches all law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) responders, as well as <br /> all County and local municipal users of that system. <br /> The following tables identify law enforcement, fire, EMS, and local/municipal agencies that serve the <br /> citizens of Orange County. <br /> Fire and EMS Departments Serving Orange County <br /> Caldwell Fire Department Mebane Fire Department <br /> Carrboro Fire Department New Hope Fire Department <br /> Cedar Grove Fire Department North Chatham Fire Department-Station 2 <br /> Chapel Hill Fire Department Orange Grove Fire Department <br /> Efland Fire Department Orange Rural Fire Department(Hillsborough) <br /> Eno Fire Department White Cross Fire Department <br /> Orange County EMS Alamance County EMS <br /> South Orange Rescue Squad <br /> Law Enforcement Agencies Serving Orange County <br /> Orange County Sheriff's Department Hillsborough Police Department <br /> Carrboro Police Department Mebane Police Department <br /> Chapel Hill Police Department UNC Public Safety <br /> Local and Municipal Agencies Serving Orange County <br /> Orange County Animal Services Orange County Social Services <br /> Orange County Health Department Carrboro Public Works <br /> Orange County Asset Management Services Chapel Hill Public Works <br /> Users have experienced problems with the VIPER system, including lack of coverage in many areas <br /> of the County, lack of in-building coverage, and an imbalance in the number of frequencies used in <br /> the sites that serve Orange County. <br /> The County also operates a VHF tone and voice paging system that is used to page the 12 fire <br /> departments that currently serve the citizens of Orange County. The County's major challenge is to <br /> address the fact that much of the VHF infrastructure equipment is beyond or very near end-of-life. <br /> Copyright Protected Do Not Duplicate 4 Gam' <br />