[K3CAL] New Calvert County communications plan

[David Weaver]

Ed Z

 Thanks for this posting it was very very interesting it's good to know.
Dave W3PQS

On March 1, 2016, at 7:41 PM, Edward Zumstein <ezumstein at comcast.net> wrote:

From the Calvert Recorder:

The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday awarded Motorola
Solutions Inc. a $21.4 million contract for a new 800 megahertz (MHz)
digital communications system that will enable public safety agencies to
respond more quickly and efficiently to emergency calls.

The new radios and towers will replace the county's 20-year-old system and
will enable police and fire departments throughout the county to better
communicate with other county, state and federal agencies when a
multi-jurisdictional response is required, according to a county press
release.

"This is the largest single contract Calvert County Government has ever
awarded," Calvert County Commissioners' President Evan Slaughenhoupt (R)
said in the release. "This new system brings us into the 21st century and
provides the required level of safety and service our citizens and our first
responders deserve."

"With this contract, we will have the required level of interoperability
with other jurisdictions," explained Jackie Vaughan, Calvert County director
of public safety, in the release. "Another key component is that Calvert
County will maintain full control of the entire system, including the new
towers and radios as opposed to the leasing arrangement we have now."

The new system will replace the existing five towers, add radio technology
in five additional locations and provide 1,100 new mobile radios for first
responders, the release states.

The state-of-the-art radio system comes with a guaranteed 20-year
maintenance and lifecycle plan to provide protection against technological
obsolescence and ensure continued interoperability with all jurisdictions,
according to the release. The new system will also provide increased
functionality such as GIS mapping with automatic emergency personnel
location and "man down" emergency alerts.

New tower construction will begin this summer with completion by December
2017.

For additional information on the contract award, contact Vaughan by email
at VaughaJK at co.cal.md.us, or call 410-535-1600, ext. 2303. The contract
presentation to the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners can be
found on the Calvert County Government website at
www.co.cal.md.us/DocumentCenter/View/10881.

My comments:  Can we exploit this somehow?

73 DE WB6NCO
Ed Zumstein

______________________________________________________________
K3CAL mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/k3cal
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:K3CAL at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html