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Public Safety

Goal 1: Utilize Targeted Initiatives and Industry Best Practices and Policies to Foster a Safe
Environment
Objective 1: Improve Quality of Life and Place
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
Core Fire Station Alerting System Replace fire radios over three budget Fire
PS years.
1.1.7
Summary:
Estimated Actual
Milestone
Automating our Fire Station Alerting System (FSAS) will Completion Completion
reduce dispatch call-processing times which leads to Phase 1: Stations Sept. 2024 Sept. 2024
firefighters responding faster. Dispatching with text to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
speech will keep the voice heard consistent over the radio 9, 11
regardless of the time of day, workload, or stress level. Fire Station Nov. 2024 Nov. 2024
Network:
Calls will be dispatched faster because a dispatcher will no Connecting Bryx
longer need to manually select the stations to receive the Control Unit to
tones then manually read the call. Alerting time will be the Vendor
faster because all speakers will be opened simultaneously Network
rather than being opened manually in sequence. This Phase 2: Stations Jan. 2025 Jan. 2025
upgraded alerting system will not replace dispatchers but 10, 12, 13, 14, 15,
should lead to reduced stress and workload. 16, 17
Phase 3: Upgrade Aug. 2025
All systems include Heart Safe ramped tones which help existing
reduce cardiac stress and anxiety. Speaker volume infrastructure and
gradually increases rather than being instantly on at full implement
volume to alert firefighters of calls. Implementation speaker zoning
options include systems to alert only the individual units Station 8: TBD
responding to the call at night. installed in new
station
Update:
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No update for 3 Quarter FY 2025.

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