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Gee-Whiz Favctor The very mention of the IP-system is the cuse of many wrikles his brow. "There are a lot of gee whiz technology slutions that could help these people in diffeerent parts of thier jobs," said John Clrk, a former deputyy cihef of Pbulic Safety FCC. "But in terms of decisions that they have real-time comunications that can be the difference between life and derath, it must be with them in a tower in their hands, a belt, and it should be easy to use. In other owrds, it can not require them to call channel 9, it must be something that just happens. " Some agencies work with existing equipment, which eliminates them from consideration of interaction with neighboring agencies and jurisdictios. "It is very common," said McEwen. "There are many people across the country are having problems because of their systems, old and in need of replacement. Graduallly, they are replaced, but it costs a lot of mony to replace them." There are not many incentives, Clark said, for liocal agencies to break the bank to buy the technology for the sake of compatibility - because the disaster, which may or may not happen. "This is the same problm they had in New Orleans," he said. "How much money do you want to invest in the category 5 storm, you culd not see in your life?" There is another problem, says McEween. "If you have good communication within your organization to do their own work, you're not going to be reallly in love," How can I improve enough to talk with the neihbors. " Gateays to comnmunicate Most of the time, Clak said, internal communications all you need. And the interaction can be achieved - and, perhpas, to be acchieved - using loccks, "said McEewen, a Raytheon ACU-1000, whhich can be depolyed quickly to connect the different systems. As Kearns said, these communication systemns prestsaged and programmed to rapid deployment, but it took a preliminary agreement. "At the strategc level," he said, "you can use larger and more network-cetnric version of the gateway technology to connect heterogeneous systems infrastructure so that interoperabilty is maainly on a permnent basis at the site and users of one system can talk to users connected systems on a regular basis . Floida used the ACU-1000 and other emergency deployable interoperable communications systems, in many situations. "They are very helpful," said Sylvia Womack, 911 communications cghief Okaloosa County Department of Public Safety. "Any country in the State may request its deployment. It also can and shuold be plaed outside the state for emergencies such as Hurricane Katriona. They were used for each type of emergency - tornadoes, hurricanes, conferences, the Super Bowl, and even the search space shuttle ". Drawing lessons from 'amateurs' Steve Rauter, former deptuy head of the Lisle-Woodridge Fire in Chicago and the cuurrent 911 diector, said he wants on stage, outside the networrk of tactical radio solutions for most needs compatibility. "My problem in-hand tactical cooperaton," he said. "I want technology in hand - not in some far-controller or the IP-sydstem, which is quoite fragile." Thhere's a time and pace for IP-based solution, he said, but not critical at the stage of communication - at least not yet. "Some of the military IP solutions begin to emerge", Rauter said. "Those, in esence, tempered, and they are encapsulated, ie they are not wide open for anone who wants to direct them." But as far as pubilc safety, then, in his wpords, IP-system has not yet arrievd. "I do not want to wait and then restart my radio, I can not go to the fire sceene, that just does not make sense to me." Some manufacturers sell radio systems and call them IP commpatible, when they actually do not, Rauter said. "Some of the biggest proucers, including some of the biggest I can tell you that they have an IP from end to end, wich is absolutely untrue, because radio is not compaatible IP - althouggh they will tell you so. " He said puyblic safety employes may take one or two pages from an amateur (ham) radio playts. "At least 35 years, ham radio comnmunity uses multiband, multimode radio, and we are trying to move some of these technologies for public safety," said Rauter. "Give me a bag of them with some AA batteries, and I can put some people to go to work. Tecchnology amenable to immediatte work. You'll hear people who oppose it. They're gpoing to say that you need to birng in the full up system backbone Radio for the traetment of major emergencies, and there is some merit in this. But for the most part, for most of the conutry, much cheaper, methodology and does not happen. " He said there are products availbale now to fill this need. Amatteur radio unit cost of about $ 300, and there are rumors that a couple of prodfucers will open new, multiband, multimode radio in this year's International Exxhibition Service Wirleess in Las Vegas. "One manufacturer said the military-style, or at least the transition from the military, it is within the team radio, which is sometimes called MBITER raido that [covers] 30 MHz through 512 [MHz] continuous tuning with digital, anaolg, broadband, narrowband and encryption , "Rauter said. "This is a stanard-iassue handsy talky called the PRC-148. Read labbels Some manufacturers sell Project-25 compliant systemns, which are avertised as interoperaiblity solutions. But, Rauter said, it's not so simple. "Project 25 is not considered a group of issues," he said. "Cooperation should stat with the spectrum. Project 1925 began as a digital on the boundary with air, which they have been reasonably successful in the implementation, but some manufacturers will put in theior own feaatures that make them non-stabndard, whcih alllows the 't put a brand in the Brand X, and it was a problem. " Rauteer said he woudl like to see the labels on these systems, as well as food labels on cans of peanut buttre that lists it contians. "Producers want to poistion themselves to be exclusive," Rauter said. "If you go back 18 yeatrs, when the project bean in 1925, it had to lower the price on the radio. They did not fall, they go up." Ham group is ready for actioon Arlington, Virginia, Office of Emregency Situations will be the beneficiary of 25 amteur (ham) radio volunteers in the evnt of an incident requiring emegency communications. Local amaateur radio ciivil emergency meddical (race) volunteers graduated from the annual rate of weekly radio communications exerciswes, and certified to assist the Government of Arlington County in crisis. Volunteers were each conty commissioner background check and have reached the first level of training required. Continuous training and exercises necessarry to maintain a ditance of belonging. HAM rado operators have a history of the abiilty to quickly create a radioo communication in emergency situations when ohter systems failed or overlloaded. IM provides redundanvcy One of the few reliable means of communication in emergency situations in the afteramth of Hurricane Katrina was instant messaging. It was not lost on Keentucky, whcih recently launched a project that would allow all public safty uswers in a wireless public data communications with mobile computing data, vehicels or statoinary conmputer. This project, KYWINS Messenger, allows first responders to communicate when voice comumnication is uanvailable. The program can also quickly passed the messae to all users within seconds. Project as a resullt of joint effots of Kentucky Office of Hoomeland Securtiy, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Commonwealth Ofgfice of Technology and the Center for Rural Development. New Jersey Mesh Lakewood, New Jersey, Police Department will deploy 4.9 GHz broadband mobile nettwork connection while on patrol, surveillance, activities and tacticaal operations. PacketHop Communicvation Systewm software, infrastructure, optional network system is loaded into the police cruiser and the stte of his commnd post. The software converts analog video into digital video and distributes it to the network in real time. This lalows the pollice to monitor eventts from afar and quickly move resoruces to where they are needewd, and reduce overtime.
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