Leadin video with voiceover Rick Ohnsman

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• Lead-in video with voiceover (Rick Ohnsman)
• Inadequate and unreliable wireless communications
  have been issues plaguing public safety
  organizations for decades. In many cases,
  agencies cannot perform their mission critical
  duties.
• Growing population equals an increased need for
  public safety services and furthers cooperation
  and coordination of resources.

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• Talking head with name title superimposed on
  screen (Bruce Allcott)
• The Federal Communications Commission is driving
  public safety entities into new spectrum, making
  it more difficult for achieving interoperability.
  The FCC has made available new spectrum to
  alleviate congestion through narrowbanding
  technology to increase spectrum efficiency. New
  public safety frequency spectrum that is free
  from interference with increased capacity is
  available.

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• Talking head with name title superimposed on
  screen (Bruce Allcott)
• Due to FCC rules Idahos public safety radio
  systems could be operating in four different
  spectrum bands within the State of Idaho VHF,
  UHF, 700, and 800 MHz. For a short term we may
  experience a lack of interoperability however
  measures will be taken to maximize interim
  interoperable solutions. January 1, 2013, Idaho
  public safety agencies will have to change their
  operating bandwidth.

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• Talking head with name title superimposed on
  screen (Lorin Nielsen)
• Interoperability is not about technology it is
  about collaboration and cooperation. Cooperative
  and collaborative planning should begin.
  Individual County interoperable communication
  plans are essential in achieving Level 3 and they
  are Phase One of this process.

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• Talking head with name title superimposed on
  screen (Mark Lockwood)
• Currently most of the state can achieve a certain
  level of interoperability by patching together
  channels. SIEC has recommended a three phase plan
  to achieve Level Five interoperability.
  Implementation of all three phases will not be
  completed until December of 2012.

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• Talking head with name title superimposed on
  screen (Bill Bishop)
• Participation is voluntary incentives in the
  form of additional funding opportunities
  available to those who do choose to adopt the
  statewide standard. Collaborative funding
  approach will lead to success with
  Interoperability.
• A Master Site provides automatic switching of a
  mobile or portable radio between tower sites.
  Much like a cellular switch, it enables a user in
  one coverage area to communicate with a user in
  another area served by a different tower site or
  system of towers. The Idaho Bureau of Homeland
  Security has purchased a Master Site available
  for use by any agency in the state. The Master
  Site will be managed by a consortium of public
  safety agencies.

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• Talking head with name title superimposed on
  screen (Marcia Phillips)
• Standards based network is specifically designed
  for public safety level of service and does not
  lock anyone into one particular manufacture.

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• Talking heads together on screen with names
  titles superimposed on screen (Dan Chadwick Ken
  Harward)
• Interoperable radio system is the latest
  technology and logically the next step.
• Upgrading radio systems is just as essential as
  upgrading your computer operating system.
• Communications and information management,
  including data and communications systems
  interoperability, is one of the components of
  NIMS.

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• Talking heads together on screen with names
  titles superimposed on screen (Dan Chadwick Ken
  Harward)
• Current antiquated systems could fail us in our
  next emergency.
• A guide is available to help you. It is a
  document called Idaho Cooperative Agencies
  Wireless Interoperable Network or I-C-A-WIN. It
  provides an overview of the work done in this
  area by the Statewide Interoperability Executive
  Council and a template that might be of use in
  planning your efforts.
• Lets begin together to move forward. By working
  together towards a common goal, I see a win for
  our communities and our citizens. Lets get to
  work!