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CC - Approval of a Purchase Order with Westnet, Inc. for the Fire Station Alerting System Upgrade Project, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $280,000.00.
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Meeting Date: October 24, 2016
Contact Person/Dept: David White/Fire
Phone Number: 310-253-5900
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (10/19/2016)
Department Approval: David White (10/11/2016)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve a purchase order with Westnet, Inc. for the Fire Station Alerting System Upgrade Project, in an amount not-to-exceed $280,000.00.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Staff included the Fire Station Alerting Upgrade Project (Project) as a goal on the Fire Department's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan and introduced the Project to the City Council in the Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget. Currently, all three fire stations have antiquated fire station alerting systems. The technology used in the current alerting system is an early version of MOSCAD (a Motorola product), which is nearly 30 years old and is no longer manufactured, nor supported. The Project will accomplish the following:
? Upgrade all three fire stations with color-coded apparatus-specific alert lighting;
? Upgrade all alert speakers;
? Install display monitors that reflect incident information;
? Provide redundant station alerting pathways (IP primary, radio secondary);
? Network interface with computer aided dispatch system; and
? Implementation of a pre-alert system to automate some dispatching and improve response times.
The Department introduced the Project to City Council as a capital improvement project in the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 budget. As the possibility of joining a regional dispatch center...
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