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Business Plan

Strengthen Our Communities
Protect Public Well-being

Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
Fire Station Alerting System Replace fire radios over three budget years Fire

Summary: Estimated Actual
Automating our Fire Station Alerting System Milestone Completion Completion
(FSAS) will reduce dispatch call-processing times Phase 1: Stations 1, 2, 3, Sept. 2024 Sept. 2024
which leads to firefighters responding faster. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
Dispatching with text to speech will keep the voice Fire Station Network: Nov. 2024 Nov. 2024
heard consistent over the radio regardless of the Connecting Bryx Control
time of day, workload, or stress level. Unit to the Vendor
Network
Calls will be dispatched faster because a Phase 2: Stations 10, 12, Jan. 2025 Jan. 2025
dispatcher will no longer need to manually select 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
the stations to receive the tones then manually Isolated Network Jan. 2025 Jan. 2025
read the call. Alerting time will be faster because all Connection: Bryx Station
speakers will be opened simultaneously rather than Control Units were
being opened manually in sequence. This connected on a separate
upgraded alerting system will not replace isolated network created
dispatchers but should lead to reduced stress and by COA IT
workload. Phase 3: Upgrade existing Sept. 2025
infrastructure at Stations
All systems include Heart Safe ramped tones 2, 10, 11, and 13.
which help reduce cardiac stress and anxiety. Upgrade existing
Speaker volume gradually increases rather than infrastructure and
being instantly on at full volume to alert firefighters implementing speaker
of calls. Implementation options include systems to zoning at Stations 1, 3, 4,
alert only the individual units responding to the call 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, and
at night. 17
Station 8: Complete Sept. 2025
alerting system will be
installed in the new station

FY 2026 Proposed Budget and Business Plan 101 City of Arlington, Texas