Director's Monthly Repot for September 2015

24,262 Telephone calls
802 Fire Incidents
3273 EMS Incidents
28,668 Police Incidents

Voice Radio Project:
-Coverage Acceptance Testing Procedures have concluded with the portable on-street Delivered Audio Quality passing at 99.8%.  The 60-day burn-in period will begin in October.
-Cutover is scheduled for 4 January 2016 with all emergency responders operational on the system scheduled fro 21 April 2016
-We are 31 months (82%) into the 38 month Implementation Phase.  About 87% of the project implementation tasks have been completed.  So far we have spent $30,037,789 (67%) of the $45,000,000 total project budget.

New CAD:
-The CAD has been fully configured and is ready for system freeze.  Configuration work continues on open items for Mobile for Public Safety.
-The County has chosen to utilize a commercial data service for the mobile data network.  This change in direction has caused a delay in the cutover for the CAD system.  The County will replace all vehicle radio modems with a public safety grade commercial data modem.  The County will pay for commercial data service for all County-owned Mobile Data Computers (MDCs).  Agencies will be responsible for commercial data service on all Company-owned MDCs.
-The schedule for CAD and Mobile Data is being developed.

Public Safety Training Campus:
-Last month we hosted 2,457 people at 115 events in the Academic Building.  Last month we hosted 28 training sessions in the Tactical Village for a YTD total of 50.
-The Law Enforcement Firing Range was authorized to be bid.  Construction documents are expected to be finalized the first week of October.  The Federal Transportation Authority conducted a site visit to better understand the timeline of construction and conduct a review of work already completed.

SE PA Regional Task Force:
-The Kennett Consolidated School District received 40 portable radios to assist School District leadership with communication during emergencies and special events.