July 19, 2018 9.19 GADSDEN COUNTY 9.19.1 SYSTEM SUMMARY

9.19

GADSDEN COUNTY

July 19, 2018

9.19.1

SYSTEM SUMMARY

Gadsden County currently operates a Phase II compliant Positron Viper System with two Public Safety

Answering Points (PSAP). One primary (4 positions), one backup (2 positions and 2 Portables).

9.19.1.1

GADSDEN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PRIMARY PSAP

The Quincy PSAP is located in the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office which is in the W. A. Woodham

Justice Center Quincy, Florida and is serving Gadsden County, a portion of Decatur County, Georgia and

a small portion of Liberty County, Florida and direct dispatches calls for the Sheriff's Department, Gretna

Police and Midway Police. Calls for Havana, Quincy and Chattahoochee Police are transferred via

telephone. The Quincy PSAP Dispatches for Greensboro, Robertsville-St. Johns, Midway, Wetumpka,

Havana, Sycamore, Concord, Chattahoochee, Mt. Pleasant, Gretna, Quincy Fire Departments By paging

system.

For agencies other than those direct dispatched are relayed. Calls originating in the Tallahassee 385,6 and 575,6 central office areas are selectively routed to the Sheriff's Department PSAP by the Leon County E9-1-1 system.

9.19.1.2

GADSDEN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE BACKUP PSAP

The backup PSAP is activated only upon evacuation or E911 system failures and/or training exercises; and additionally, serves as a training facility for 911 public safety Telecommunicators. It is in Quincy's Fire Station Number One.

9.19.2

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

The Gadsden County E911 system is operated by the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office and is under the management of the 911 Coordinator. The call takers are employed and under the management of the elected Gadsden County Sheriff. The responsible fiscal agent is the Board of County Commissioners and is managed by the Clerk's Office.

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July 19, 2018 TABLE 9.19-1 GADSDEN COUNTY E911 PRIMARY SYSTEM DEFINITION

GADSDEN COUNTY E911 PRIMARY SYSTEM

Location Number of Answering Positions Type of Answering Positions Total number of certified 911 Public Safety Telecommunicators Number of Logging Recorders Number of Instant Playback Recorders

Call Answering Equipment

Incoming 911 Trunks Transfer Lines TDD

W. A. Woodham Justice Center Quincy, Florida 4 911 Call Taker/Dispatchers

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1 DSS Equature with 16 Channels

Integrated into each E 911 answering position

Type 4, Phase II compliant Positron Viper System 3 5

Integrated into each E 911 answering position

Gadsden County Backup PSAP Location Number of Answering Positions Type of Answering Positions Total Staff Number of Logging Recorders Number of Instant Playback Recorders Call Answering Equipment

Incoming 911 Trunks Transfer Lines TDD

Quincy Fire Station One Quincy, Florida 2 positions and 2 Portables 911 Call Taker 10 0

Integrated into each E 911 answering position

Type 4, Phase II compliant Positron Viper System 2 4

Integrated into each E 911 answering position

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TABLE 9.19-2 GADSDEN COUNTY CALL HANDLING

AGENCY

METHOD

Gadsden County Sheriff's Office Primary PSAP

Gadsden County Sheriff's Dept.

Direct Dispatch

Quincy City Police

Gadsden County EMS Department Gadsden County Emergency Management Florida Highway Patrol

Transfer Direct Dispatch (5 Stations) Direct Dispatch

Call Relay

Concord Volunteer Fire Department

Chattahoochee Volunteer Fire Department Greensboro Volunteer Fire Department

Gretna Volunteer Fire Department

Page Out Transfer/Page out Page Out Page Out

Havana Volunteer Fire Department Transfer/Page out

Midway Volunteer Fire Department

Mount Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department

Quincy Fire Department

Robertsville/St. Johns Volunteer Fire Department Sycamore Volunteer Fire Department Wetumpka Volunteer Fire Department

Florida Division of Forestry

Page Out Page Out Transfer/Page out Page Out Page Out Page Out Transfer

Midway Police Department

Direct Dispatch

Gretna Police Department

Direct Dispatch

Chattahoochee Police Department Transfer

Havana Police Department

Transfer

Florida Highway Patrol

Transfer

July 19, 2018

VEHICLE

Radio Telephone Radio Radio Telephone Radio Telephone/Radio Radio Radio Telephone/Radio Radio Radio Telephone/Radio Radio Radio Radio Telephone Radio Radio Telephone Telephone Telephone

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