Dallas County Joins Growing Iowa Statewide Radio System
April 10 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Motorola Solutions interoperable network helps connect county
first responders with local, state agencies for any emergency
When an emergency strikes, first responders across Iowa need to
communicate seamlessly, and today that is a reality with a new
ASTRO®25 statewide radio system from Motorola Solutions (NYSE:
MSI). Dallas County is now connected to the expanding Iowa
Statewide Interoperable Communication System (ISICS) and first
responders are preparing to experience the benefits.
By joining the Motorola Solutions-built ISICS, Dallas County is
taking advantage of a cost-efficient and technologically advanced
mission-critical radio system without having to build an entirely
separate system. During the next few weeks, county first responders
will get ready to use the system by training on new Motorola
Solutions award-winning APXTM P25 two-way portable and mobile
radios, along with new dispatch consoles for the county’s emergency
communications center. Dallas County is expected to be operational
on ISICS in May 2017.
“Dallas County needed to upgrade its VHF communications system
which has operational limitations due to narrowbanding and adjacent
jurisdictions that operate on multiple other radio systems.
Interoperability was impossible and it was a challenge to
communicate across the county for daily operations,” said Dallas
County Sheriff Chad Leonard. “With our new Motorola Solutions
simulcast P25 700MHz trunked system and connection to ISICS, we
finally have the opportunity to converse operationally countywide
with law enforcement, fire and EMS services and across the state.
This has been a need for many years that is now being
finalized.”
ISICS has been operational since July 2016 and is built on
Project 25 (P25) standards-based technology. Westcom Emergency
Communications, a consolidated dispatch center for the cities of
West Des Moines, Clive, Urbandale, Norwalk and Waukee, connected
their P25 system to ISICS in mid-2016.
“Westcom’s migration to ISICS is beneficial to the responders in
our five communities and ultimately the citizenry we serve by
improving interoperability,” said Assistant Chief of Logistics Rob
Dehnert from Westcom.
Several emergency management agencies across the state are in
the process of joining ISICS. The Woodbury County STARCOMM system
will be operational on ISICS in June 2017, and Mills County is the
latest to announce that it will join the system and be operational
in early 2018.
ISICS has already played a crucial role in providing seamless
communications at major events held in Des Moines, including last
year’s Iowa State Fair and the National Governors’ Association
(NGA) 2016 Summer Meeting. Gov. Terry Branstad welcomed 23
governors and their teams from across the country to the meeting,
which required interoperable communications between state and local
first responders. Security is a top priority at these events, and
police, fire and EMS personnel were able to communicate securely on
ISICS’ dedicated mission-critical network.
Visiting governors’ security teams could also communicate from
their mobile phones with local first responders using two-way
radios using Motorola Solutions WAVETM Work Group Communication
technology. WAVE provides broadband push-to-talk for secure
communications across any network and any device.
“The Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS) is proud to be a
part of this interoperable solution for public safety agencies in
Iowa. Finally, agencies will be able to communicate seamlessly with
their mission-critical radios during emergencies,” said Bureau
Chief Thomas Lampe from the Iowa DPS Communications Bureau. “Having
one statewide radio platform is a great solution and a clear path
towards total statewide interoperability.”
“Motorola Solutions is dedicated to working with Iowa first
responders as ISICS continues to expand to other emergency
management agencies across the state,” said Ali Kapadia, sales vice
president, Motorola Solutions. “ISICS is built with the latest P25
technology to make sure that Iowa first responders can talk with
each other from one end of the state to the other in major
emergencies like tornadoes or during daily traffic stops in Dallas
County. Iowa is now one of 35 states across the United States with
statewide radio systems built by Motorola Solutions.”
Public safety agencies in every corner of Iowa will be able to
benefit from secure, interoperable communications as ISICS
continues to expand throughout the state with a cost-efficient and
modern mission-critical infrastructure.
Resources
Learn more about ISICS
ASTRO 25 land mobile radio systems
WAVE Work Group Communications
APX P25 two-way radios
Dispatch consoles
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