Director's Report - December 2016

Telephone Calls - 21,496
Fire Incidents - 944
EMS Incidents - 3,566
Police Incidents - 27,741

Voice Radio Project:
-Harris has completed all technical items related to the project.  A contractual discrepancy was discovered with the Valley Forge tower and must be resolved prior to Final System Acceptance.  FSA is expected by the end of January.
-We are working with AT&T to resolve a tower space issue before moving forward with the Wayne enhancement site. We are reviewing Harris' proposed design and cost for West Chester Borough Police.
-We are 46 months (99%) into the 47 month Implementation Phase.  About 99% of the project implementation schedule has been completed.  So far we have spent $37,987,680 (84%) of the $45,000,000 total project budget.

CAD System:
-Reassessment for Fire and EMS, and Police Mobile for Public Safety (MPS) has been completed. Reassessment for CAD has been completed.  Beta Testers for Police MPS have reported no issues.
-The JNET interface was brought online.
-An updated map was rolled out to all users.  AVL recommendations have been switched back to drive time.  At the recommendation of the EMS Council, an additional three minutes is being added to Cecil and New Castle County EMS units to account for the inherent delay in dispatching out-of-county units.  Additional data is being gathered for the EMS Council to make a recommendation on additional, if any, delays for Delaware County.

Public Safety Training Campus:
-Last month we hosted 1,441 people at 75 events in the Academic Building.  Last month we hosted 22 training sessions in the Tactical Village for a YTD total of 314.
-Inclement weather has slowed progress after several good weeks of construction on the Law Enforcement Firing Range.