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PROJECT T.ITLE: Joint Police/Fire Communication System It is clear from the findings listed above that the County facilities cause additional burdens to be placed on the Santa Ana Police and Fire Departments. It goes without saying that increased demands for service adversely affect response time, when at the same time adjustments are not made in improving dispatch capabilities, increasing personnel or deleting particular types of fire and police services. Improving dispatch capa- bilities is less expensive than increasing personnel and more desirable than deleting certain aspects of police service and fire protection. The following summarizes the areas of responsibility for both the County or Orange and Santa Ana Fire Departments. The County is the area coor- dinator for mutual aid for all Orange County cities. The Santa Ana Fire Dispatch Center is the County's designated alternate. Should a major brush fire or disaster occur involving the County Fire Department, Santa Aha has, and will assume operations. This activity consists of establish- ing task forces from all Orange County cities and dispatching these forces to assigned locations, maintaining the log for the entire operation and command center reporting. Santa Ana's automatic response program includes not only County islands and County facilities outside Santa Ana, but portions of all cities border- ing Santa Aha. The program is designed to provide rapid response to any area in need of firefighting or emergency service. It has been determined that the Santa Ana Fire Department Communications Center, which also dispatches for the Tustin Fire Department, is the busi- est fire dispatching center in Orange County. The Fire Department re- ceives all calls originating from County areas adjacent to the City of Tustin. The pertinent information is recorded and forwarded to the County Dispatch Station. The Department has also recently completed the install- ation of a state fire net radio for the County to use as a back-up system, should the County's fail. This system, as proposed, will benefit all public safety departments in that the software developed will be available at no cost. The design of the system will be performed as a cooperative effort between participating agencies, their staff and any necessary contract personnel. By following this approach, all software can be developed "in house" and modifications to programs, etc., can be made according to need and in the least expen- sive manner. Sources of Funding: · Law Enforcement Assistance Administration · City of Santa Ana $427,500 22,500 $450,000 -5-