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zeds Assessment Repnt•1 .lone 12u,, 20(12 <br />,Jr~ngc County Emergency Nlanagcment <br />• GIS does not contain enough information -Insufficient for efficient <br />dispatch/CAD. <br />• Lack of Uniformity -Different types of radios and documentation on systems. <br />• Lack of Alarm System - No single comprehensive alarm system providing <br />detailed status of systems. <br />• Lack of MDT Compatibility -Different types of Mobile Data equipment and <br />software cannot intercommunicate. <br />• Numerous Communications Devices -- Users have to carry too many devices <br />(radios on different bands, pagers, cell phones, etc.) for communications. <br />Other problems, judged to be such that they affect operations, but are generally worked <br />around by each jurisdiction's personnel, include: aged equipment, maintainability of the <br />radio systems, as well as maintainability of the mobile and portable equipment. Using <br />the interview comments and problems of the current communications environment as a <br />starting point, CTA developed a list of functional attributes for an improved radio system. <br />A system incorporating these functional attributes would not only correct present <br />problems, but also expand capabilities to improve the productivity and performance of <br />the user community. <br />Analysis <br />The existing radio systems were compared to the attributes to determine how well they <br />meet the attributes. The scores were then used to determine areas that can be improved <br />with short-term fixes and those items best resolved with along-term design. The short- <br />term fixes identified; address items that affect reliability of the existing systems, training; <br />and backup equipment for critical communications. The overall result indicates the <br />existing radio systems are inadequate to meet the users stated needs. Many of the <br />problems such as interoperability, crowding, congestion, and emergency capacity are <br />inherent in the frequency bands and in the conventional configuration in which the <br />current two-way communications take place. For the most part these cannot be improved <br />unless additional VIA and UHF radio frequencies and radio sites are made available. <br />Executive Sumnnarr~ <br />lV <br />i~ <br />COMMUNICATIGNS <br />