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SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA - FIRE DEPARTMENT REMOTE AcCESS '" PROPOSAL 1.8. R4_MESltTRACk'" Location System Interface - EXCLUSIVE Utilizing the Motorola MeshTrack '" technology, Group 1 will provide an interface to enable the end-user the ability to view the position of personnel equipped with Motorola- supplied MeshTrack '" devices. (Note: R4_MESHTRACk '" is the only Personnel Tracking system of its type to which REMOTE ACCESS '" is interfaced). The position of the personnel will be displayed in REMOTE AccESS '" on aerial photographs or geo, referenced building pre-incident plans (if available), originating from the Department. R4_MESHTRACk '" will have the capability of supporting up to seventy (70) personnel on active duty. The accuracy of the view of the personnel location is dependent on the availability and performance of the any required hardware, supplied separately by Motorola under an independent contract, as well as the accuracy of the building drawings and imagery, provided by the Department. 1.9. FIT-Notes Incident Command and Personnel Accountability System In order to meet the Incident Command and Personnel Accountability requirements of the Department, Group 1 is recommending site license of this solution from FIT-Notes, LLC. This site license will provide the Department with the ability to install and run FIT- Notes on any computer owned and operated by the Department, including all first line units, all reserve units, all desktop computers and on any computer owned and operated by the Department. The use of only FIT-Notes without a backup system and without a local manual system is not advised by Group 1/FIT-Notes, LLC, We do not sell these manual systems but they are important in the big picture of firefighter accountability. We highly suggest that the Santa Ana Fire Department purchase and use the PASSPORT Accountability System or create one that follows the same guidelines. In addition, we encourage that whatever system is adopted that it be adopted countywide. As an alternative to a countywide adaptation, it is recommended that the Automatic and Mutual Aid partners with whom the Department interacts on a daily basis should adopt this manual accountability system. The goal is to provide a manual system as a backup system and to provide local accountability for Area, Division and Group Supervisors so that they know who is under their control. FIT-Notes will have this information, but the local supervisors will not know this information. We believe that this would be a flawed approach without a manual system. It is impractical for these supervisors to have a computer with them to use the data from FIT-Notes, and the backup system works well in these cases. The Division 3 supervisor has no way to use a computer up on floor three of a building on fire, but he does need to know who is working for him, Training on this type of system both to assist the Department in creating their own guidelines and for crew training is also available at the above per diem costs. FIT-Notes, LLC is currently in talks with multiple SCBA manufacturers about integrating their air monitoring systems within FIT-Notes. If this effort is successful, a software price increase based on a FIT-Notes/SCBA interface is anticipated. Since it is not possible to anticipate this future pricing, the costs contained in Section D, Project Pricing are for the ~ GROUP 1 SOLUTIONS, INC, @ PAGE 6 OF 25