King County Public Safety Goes Digital
July 30 2015 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Motorola Solutions begins 55-month, $112 million project to
upgrade mission-critical communications systems
- Motorola Solutions is about to begin a
$112 million upgrade to the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network
that covers 39 cities and 2 million residents
- Enhanced network will work seamlessly
with most existing equipment, improve radio reception in county’s
more rural areas
- The upgrade will improve public safety
by letting first responders do their jobs more efficiently when
responding to crime, fires, medical emergencies or natural
disasters
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has begun upgrading the
Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network (PSERN) infrastructure in a
$112 million contract to bring King County first responders the
latest ASTRO® 25 digital radio technology that will enhance public
safety every year as the project progresses.
The 55-month upgrade leverages new transmission towers to
elevate the system’s reliability to help protect the fast-growing
county’s more than 2 million residents. King County voters this
spring authorized $273 million in overall spending to fortify the
network’s structure, update its technology to modern standards and
allow its first responders to communicate more effectively with
each other and with agencies outside the county.
“Motorola Solutions shares King County’s vision to implement a
highly-reliable next-generation voice radio system that will
provide improved coverage and capacity for first responder agencies
throughout the region,” said Mark Schmidl, vice president of sales
for Motorola Solutions. “Our combination of experience, proven
technology and strong local presence ensures the cost-effective and
timely upgrade will be seamless and make King County a safer place
to live.”
Seamless upgrade to digital technology
New transmission towers and equipment will elevate PSERN to
Motorola Solutions Project 25 (P25) national interoperable
standards, enhancing the system’s reliability throughout the county
and working seamlessly with existing equipment both in King County
and in neighboring counties.
King County needed a solution that would boost signals in cities
such as Federal Way, Auburn and Bothell, as well as in the county’s
eastern areas, and the project will meet the system requirements
for as long as 20 years while limiting costs to taxpayers.
The upgrades will allow PSERN users to take advantage of
features such as “Over the Air Programming” and “Over the Air
Rekeying,” which give users the ability to update equipment
remotely instead of having to remove devices from service. That
will give first responders more time in the field and let managers
choose when they want equipment updated to ensure crucial
operations aren’t interrupted.
Upgrading PSERN presents a scope and size that demands a vendor
with long-term experience in this type of upgrade who also
understands the customers’ requirements and operational needs.
Motorola Solutions has operated in the Pacific Northwest for more
than 50 years and has built 30 systems for first responders,
including 10 that are P25. By leveraging PSERN’s existing
technology, the upgrade project will remain cost-effective and will
keep the system fully operational and at the current release until
2039.
The proposed project team will manage service and upgrade
activities for all components of the system, including radio
infrastructure, call logging systems, video surveillance, consoles
and subscribers. The PSERN team includes project managers and
engineers who have occupied similar roles on systems for King
County Metro Transit, South Sound, the City of Houston and the
states of Mississippi and Missouri.
Learn more about Motorola Solutions P25 systems here.
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