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August 26, 2000 <br /> ADDENDUM TO: <br /> Report entitled, Integration of Public Safety Computer Based Systems in Anoka <br /> County, dated July 19, 2000, prepared by Ronald Vegemast Engineering, Inc. <br /> Section 3.7.8 of the above referenced report suggests that fire service entities <br /> are showing a trend toward increasing use of computer based systems. After the <br /> report was published, representatives of the Anoka County fire indicated <br /> that Anoka County fire service entities are already moving toward greater use of <br /> computer based technology and that a major advancement in the near future is <br /> an important need. <br /> Currently, Anoka County fire service entities are served by the Anoka County <br /> Central Communications — 911 computer -aided dispatch system and they are <br /> using local PC based software for records management. Data that is captured <br /> by the computer -aided dispatch system during progress of an incident must be <br /> printed out and reentered into the PC based records management systems. <br /> There are no mobile data communications links to laptops or mobile data <br /> terminals in fire apparatus and therefore, valuable information in preplans, about <br /> structures, about hazardous conditions and in inspection reports cannot be <br /> retrieved from the PC based records management systems while en route to and <br /> at fire scenes. The current systems lack sophisticated graphic capabilities for <br /> recording of building floor plans, for storing geographic information including <br /> current road maps and hydrant and water main data, for noting locations of stand <br /> pipes, and for storing and retrieving pictures taken during fire inspections visits. <br /> • <br /> Upgrading public safety based computer based systems with advanced fire <br /> service related capabilities can result in improved safety for fire fighters and <br /> improved service to the public. <br /> Safety can be improved if fire fighters en route to a fire scene can review <br /> hazardous conditions that were previously recorded, and by reviewing <br /> inspections reports for the location of a fire and the immediate surrounding area. <br /> Service to the public can be improved when current map data including road <br /> closures is retrievable while en route, when building floor plans are available <br /> while en route, and when hydrant and water main data is available en route. <br /> Providing these upgrades will require the implementation of a laptop based <br /> mobile data communications system with high data rate communications links <br /> Y 9 <br /> suitable for graphics transmission, and the implementation of a modern <br /> centralized fire service records management system. The mobile data <br /> communications system and the fire service records management system must <br />