Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Survey Result #4

Sample Size = 59

Have you noticed an improvement in V‐Tac
performance with the new portables?
1 = Yes
2= No


Friday, January 14, 2011

Survey Results #3

Sample Size = 59

Please rate the audio quality on
the new portables.

1 = Not Satisfied
2 = Satisfied
3 = Very Satisfied


Check it out!

We've added some helpful materials to the DPS website!
Check the 800MHz radio section on our website
www.ccpa.net/publicsafety

- Training Presentation for P7200 Portable Radios (Law Enforcement)
- Training Presentation for P7200 Portable Radios (Fire/EMS)
- Training Presentation for M7200 Mobile Radios
- Portable Battery Analysis Worksheet
- Harris Battery Maintenance Presentation

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Survey Results

Sample Size = 59


Please rate your overall satisfaction with portable
battery performance since rebanding occurred.



1 = Not Satisfied
2 = Satisfied
3 = Very Satisfied

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 – 1,297,509
Fire – 511,707
EMS – 534,825
Agencies –896,188
DPS – 34,351
County Agencies – 721,244
Municipal – 101,004
Total County Wide – 4,096,828 PTT's for 2010

2010 PTT’s from the main dispatch (9-1-1 Center) talk groups:
Fire – 272,124
EMS – 452,184,
Police West – 241,125
Police East – 786,677
Police Data – 221,970

Daily Average Total of PTT’s 11,224

Site Utilization (Percentage of site use)...
Forward = Calls to the sites from the radios
Reverse = Calls from the sites to the radios
Lambs Gap- 10.10% Forward .88%Reverse
Reesers Summit- 11% Forward 4.41% Reverse
EOC- 8.84% Forward .50% Reverse
Courthouse- 9.77% Forward 3.91% Reverse
Commonwealth Technology Center- 8.64% Forward 2.28% Reverse
3 Square Hollow- 7.21% Forward .44% Reverse
Ship Cell- 8.86% Forward .38% Reverse
South Mountain- 7.65% Forward .39% Reverse
Waggoners Gap- 7.46% Forward .39% Reverse
Rose Garden- 6.84% Forward .23% Reverse
Boiling Springs- 6.93% Forward .15% Reverse
Shippensburg- 5.27% Forward .22% Reverse
Dickinson Twp- 6.6% Forward .14% Reverse
Holy Spirit- 6.94% Forward .12% Reverse
Kings Gap- 4.90% Forward .09% Reverse
Pine Grove- 3.61% Forward .04% Reverse

The busiest site was Reesers Summit utilizing only 11.00% of its capacity at one spike with a 4.41% reverse path (calls from users to site).

This represents all 12 months averaged. Our busiest high profile site with two (2) channels was Reeser’s Summit and our busies cell site with a single (1) channel was Shippensburg Cell site (S. Fayette St)

One (1) channel equals four (4) simultaneous talk paths at one time.

As of this report we have 2,397 radios on the system in Cumberland County.
Control Stations: 23
Mobiles: 656
Portables: 1718

Dec 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 – 103,591
Fire – 53,546
EMS – 46,445
Agencies –69,487
DPS – 751
County Agencies – 63,071
Municipal – 8,050
Total County Wide – 344,941 PTT's for the Month of December

Monthly PTT’s from the main dispatch (9-1-1 Center) talk groups:
Fire – 24,561
EMS – 39,177
Police West – 16,583
Police East – 66,018
Police Data – 16,972

Site Utilization (Percentage of site use)...
Forward = Calls to the sites from the radios
Reverse = Calls from the sites to the radios
Lambs Gap- 9.5% Forward 3.39%Reverse
Reesers Summit- 10.82% Forward 3.15% Reverse
EOC- 8.25% Forward 1.99% Reverse
Courthouse- 10.39% Forward 1.04% Reverse
Commonwealth Technology Center- 8.99% Forward .36% Reverse
3 Square Hollow- 6.86% Forward .41% Reverse
Ship Cell- 9.47% Forward .5% Reverse
South Mountain- 7.62% Forward .39% Reverse
Waggoners Gap- 7.54% Forward .37% Reverse
Rose Garden- 6.83% Forward .19% Reverse
Boiling Springs- 6.83% Forward .1% Reverse
Shippensburg- 5.27% Forward .21% Reverse
Dickinson Twp- 6.6% Forward .1% Reverse
Holy Spirit- 6.91% Forward .1% Reverse
Kings Gap- 4.68% Forward .07% Reverse
Pine Grove- 3.88% Forward .01% Reverse

The busiest site was Reesers Summit utilizing only 10.82% of its capacity at one spike with a 3.15% reverse path (calls from users to site).

As of this report we have 2,397 radios on the system in Cumberland County.
Control Stations: 23
Mobiles: 656
Portables: 1718

Check it out!

We've added some helpful materials to the DPS website!
Check the 800MHz radio section on our website
www.ccpa.net/publicsafety

- Training Presentation for P7200 Portable Radios (Law Enforcement)
- Training Presentation for P7200 Portable Radios (Fire/EMS)
- Training Presentation for M7200 Mobile Radios
- Portable Battery Analysis Worksheet
- Harris Battery Maintenance Presentation