Title
Approval to purchase Fire Mobile Data Terminals and associated mounting and peripheral equipment in the amount of $283,266.
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the request to purchase Fire Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) and associated mounting equipment and peripherals in the amount of $283,266.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the request purchase the Fire Mobile Data Terminals as requested.
Body
The Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) has identified the need for Mobile Data Terminals (MDT) through the accreditation process for several years, however, due to security constrictions at the Los Alamos National Labs (LANL), LAFD was unable to use this technology. Recently LANL has allowed exceptions to security restrictions on wireless technologies for emergency management responders. LANL Policy P-217 is the guiding document for controlled articles on LANL property. P-217, §3.4.1 gives an allowance for Fire Fighters and other to utilize controlled articles. This has now allowed LAFD to pursue implementation of new technologies for rugged computing. LAFD also secured funding through FEMA and the Assistance to Firefighter’s grant program for this project. Currently, LAFD has been using Panasonic CF30-31 tough books as standard operating hardware for field use. These devices have proven to be slow to boot/login to, and have no connectivity available for the field crews on Engines to our records management system (RMS) Firehouse, or computer aided dispatch (CAD) system for mapping and critical information for emergency responses. Devices are at end of warranty life and no longer meet network operating standards. These devices are necessary to provide a swift and coordinated response to any event large or small. LAFD would in addition be able to utilize MDTs for pre-incident planning, hydrant testing, asset management, incident reporting, training, location based dispatching, statusing, incident comma...
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