Submitted By
Fire Chief Thomas Ebsen
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
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A Resolution Approving an Independent Contractor Agreement with Digicom, Inc. to Install Phoenix G2 Automated Fire Station Alerting System Equipment for all Oak Park Fire Department Stations in an Amount Not to Exceed $25,174.00 and Authorizing its Execution
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Overview
Overview
The Fire Department's Station Alerting System is an essential communication tool that processes calls for service from the 911 center to the fire department. This consists of equipment at both the dispatch center and the fire stations to quickly get information from the dispatcher to the Firefighter/Paramedics. Equipment includes speakers, lights, sign boards, processing computer/programs, and redundancy components. The current alerting system at all three stations is outdated and can no longer be serviced. Our 911 Center (WSCDC) is installing the corresponding control equipment from US Digital Designs in the first quarter of 2019. This installation agreement is with the preferred installer of US Digital Designs equipment in the Chicago/Metro area.
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Staff Recommendation
Approve the Resolution
Fiscal Impact
This item was approved in the 2019 CIP budget.
Background
The current equipment was originally obtained in 2000 with off-the-shelf parts. It consists of a VHF Federal Signal Informer wired into a home-built amplifier system. For lighting we were able to purchase a delay timer off the internet and wire it to a fan relay to power the lights. The system is provisional and does not always work correctly. Tones are startling and the voice quality is poor. This subsequently forces fire companies to walk to their vehicles and check the computer screen to see what the address and nature of the call is because it is unintelligible over the system.
Through the years we have had to replace multiple components that are increasingly difficult to acquire due to the age of the products and the ad...
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