SIEC Update

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SIEC Update January 22, 2004 State Microwave
System and Other Stuff Joe Roche,
Administrator Idaho Department of
Administration
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Setting the Stage . . .
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Demographics

• In 2000
• 1,293,953 people
• 43 Rural
• Median Age 33.5 years
• 2.76 persons per house-
• hold

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Terrain
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Ownership
Of Idahos 53.9M Acres Federal
65.2 State 5.2 City/County 0.2 Private 29.4
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Climate Weather (Every days a good day)
Its just that some days are better . . .
. . . than others.
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Our System . . .
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IdahosPublic SafetyCommunication Network

• One of larger in the U.S.
• 1,200 miles, 103 sites
• Digital upgrade underway

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Overview

• Organized into 6 Districts
• covering about 84,000
• square miles
• 735 FCC licenses in the
• PLMR Microwave
• radio services
• Over 225 Radio Frequenc-
• ies (re)used in the VHF (and
• below) / UHF / 800MHz
• bands

Map omitted
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Existing Infrastructure

• Over 380 Conventional Radio
• Repeaters
• About 3 Analog 800-MHz
• Trunked Radio Repeaters
• Almost 4,800 Mobile Radios
• (vehicular, base, control)
• About 4,300 Portable Radios

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Talent Financial Resources

• 18 Communication Professionals
• (supervision, specialists, analysts)
• 4 Support Staff (purchasing, logistics,
  billing, licensing, planning)
• Outsource contractors as needed
• Over 2.3M / year operating budget just to keep
  the doors open lights on (excludes radio
  replacement and upgrades)

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Past Accomplishments . . .
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Build a New Public Safety Network Operations
Center
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Build a New Statewide Dispatch Center
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Modernize Public-Safety Microwave Backbone
Bonners Ferry
Prospective Digital
Upgrade Schedule
Black Mtn.
Schweitzer
Operational and Digital
Sandpoint
Coordinating with US Forest Service
Targeted for completed CY2004.
Mica Peak
Coeur d' Alene
Existing Analog
Moscow Mountain
U of I
Lewiston Hill
Lewiston
Culdesac
Salmon
Cottonwood
Grangeville
Salmon
Baldy
Coldsprings
Grouse
Peak
Summit
Ketchum
Lake
Snowbank
Baldy
Rigby
Shafer
Relay Ridge
ISP
Iona
Doe Point
Meridian
East Butte
State Office
Blackfoot
Shoshone
Rocky
Howard
Notch Butte
Chinks Peak
Flat Top
Cotterel
Pocatello
Yahoo
Paps
Twin Falls
Albion
Sedgwick
Mt. Harrison
Utah Connection
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Other Public Safety Licenses in Idaho
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A Tall Order (Work in Progress)
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Services and Capabilities of theDepartment of
Administration
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• Provide public safety radio communications
  equipment and
• services to state agencies.
• Provide a means for other political
  subdivisions of the state to
• utilize the state communications system.
• Manage FCC licenses for state agencies
  (including 700 MHz
• state geographic license).
• Acquire, develop, and manage shared sites
  (including permits
• and contracts).
• Manage the inventory of communications
  equipment.
• Employ an 18-member technical staff located
  throughout the
• state that provides 24 x 7 maintenance.
• Statutorily receive federal funds, gifts and
  donations.

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Thank you for your time . . . SIEC
Update January 22, 2004 Joe Roche,
Administrator [phone] Fax
[phone] jroche_at_adm.state.id.us http//www.st
ate.id.us/adm Idaho Department of
Administration