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-- . Appendix C - Development of Interoperable Communications Plans, Continued Interoperable Communication Plan Considerations The following considerations should be made when developing a communications plan: . Has the grant recipient already completed a plan that illustrates their commitment to public safety communication priorities? - Obtain/retain an executive summary that clearly illustrates how the proposed effort will lead to enhanced public safety communications interoperability . - What type of multi-jurisdictional or multidisciplinary agreements does the grant recipient possess (i.e., MOUs, interstate compacts, mutual aidagreernents)? . Has the grant recipient considered public safety's operational needs of the communications equipment? In what type of top ography/terra in does the grant recipient operate? In what types of structures does the grant recipient need to communicate? (i.e., turmels, high-rise buildings) What methods of communication does the grant recipient use? (i.e., email, paging, cellular calls, portable radio communications) What is the process for dispatching calls? Is the communications center independently owned and operated by the grant recipient? Does it serve several public safety agencies in the grant recipient's jurisdiction? Is it a multi-agency, multi- jurisdictional facility? Does the grant recipient have the ability to patch across channels? If so, how many patches can be simultaneously set up? Is a dispatcher required to set up and break the patches down? What is the primary radio language used by the grant recipient when communicating with other agencies or organizations? (i.e. 'plain' English, code) What types of equipment can immediately be deployed to provide short-term solutions for improved communications? Continued on next page FY04 Urban Areas Security Initiative Page 61