Wednesday, August 11, 2010

OpenSky2

Harris has announced the release of the next generation of the OpenSky system. OpenSky2 is an enhancement to the current OpenSky system which provides radio communications for public safety, utility, industrial and transit organizations. OpenSky2 will offer improved user services, enhanced coverage and a number of audio improvements and features!

DPS will share more on this release as we learn more about OpenSky2.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

July 2010 PTT Report

Statistics on Push-to-talk (PTT): The number of times a radio was used to make a voice transmission. The following stats are discipline specific county wide.
Law Enforcement – 121,964
Fire – 46,209
EMS – 45,735
Agencies –85,168
DPS – 4,097
County Agencies – 62,869
Municipal – 6,178
Total County Wide – 372,220


PTT's for the Month of MayMonthly PTT’s from the main dispatch (9-1-1 Center) talk groups:
Fire – 26,143
EMS – 38,516
Police West – 22,878
Police East – 72,925
Police Data – 20,515


Site Utilization (Percentage of site use)...
Forward = Calls to the sites from the radios
Reverse = Calls from the sites to the radios
Lambs Gap- 10.14% Forward 4.71% Reverse
Reesers Summit- 11.24% Forward 3.82% Reverse
EOC- 8.7% Forward 2.21% Reverse
Courthouse- 10.28% Forward .75% Reverse
Commonwealth Technology Center- 9.11% Forward .36% Reverse
3 Square Hollow- 7.69% Forward .47% Reverse
Ship Cell- 8.67% Forward .52% Reverse
South Mountain- 7.69% Forward .48% Reverse
Waggoners Gap- 7.75% Forward .43% Reverse
Rose Garden- 6.88% Forward .2% Reverse
Boiling Springs- 6.89% Forward .12% Reverse
Shippensburg- 5.32% Forward .22% Reverse
Dickinson Twp- 6.78% Forward .14% Reverse
Holy Spirit- 7% Forward .12% Reverse
Kings Gap- 4.9% Forward .06% Reverse
Pine Grove- 4.02% Forward .14% Reverse

*There were no queued calls this month. As of this report we have 2,383 radios on the system in Cumberland County and 399 Talk Groups.
Control Stations: 23
Mobiles: 658
Portables: 1702