ORANGE, COUNTY OF, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (6) - 2011

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ATTACHMENT A 2011-DJ-BX-2532 County/OCSD: The County of Orange proposes to use the 2011 Justice Assistance Grant funding as follows: The Orange County Sheriffs Search and Rescue Unit is responsible for managing urban and wilderness searches for missing persons, supporting the safe detection and apprehension of fleeing suspects, and is capable of searching for and rescuing victims of collapsed structures. The Unit conducts operations in all urban areas of the county as well as in the Trabuco District of the Cleveland National Forest. The team has deployed to every city in Orange County. The bloodhounds and air scenting dog are routinely deployed throughout southern California. The Unit is a registered mutual aid resource with the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal/EMA) and is frequently called to assist with missions in other counties. The vehicles assigned to the Search and Rescue unit are used for transporting personnel, equipment and search K-9's to a variety of urban and wilderness search and rescue missions. The Unit currently performs its first responder duties using UHF radio equipment. To be able to communicate with Sheriff, Fire, and other first responder agencies at an incident, a complicated "patching" arrangement is required, which is frequently impossible due to the remoteness and rugged terrain of much of the Unit's activity. In these situations, the Search and Rescue team is unable to communicate with other responders. To address this deficiency, the Sheriff's Search & Rescue Unit proposes to utilize the available JAG funds to procure 3 mobile 800 MHz encrypted radios, to be installed in three of the Unit's supervisory vehicles. These radios will enable the Unit to directly access the Coordinated Countywide Communications System (CCCS), as other Sheriff, Fire, and other aero and ground responders to these incidents do, resulting in their communications being completely interoperable. Purpose Areas: The Purpose Areas this procurement will Support are: 1.) Program Planning, Evaluation, and Technology, 2.) Law Enforcement, and 3.) Crime Prevention & Education. Program Narrative: Outline the Proposed program activities - Procure 3 mobile 800 MHz encrypted radios; install in three of the SAR Unit's supervisory vehicles. Provide a brief Analysis of the need for the programs - The Orange County Sheriff's Dept. Search & Rescue (SAR) Unit currently performs its first responder duties utilizing UHF-band radio equipment. To be able to communicate with Sheriff, Fire, and other first responder agencies at an incident, a complicated "patching" arrangement is required, which is frequently impossible due to the remoteness and rugged terrain of much of the Unit's activity. In these situations, the Search and Rescue team is unable to communicate with other responders. This project will assist the SAR Unit in operating at maximum efficiency in concert with other OCSD as well as other agencies' resources. Goals of the project: The goal of the project is to equip three of the SAR Unit's supervisory first-responder vehicles with 800/700 MHz mobile radios. This will enable these vehicles to communicate with the radios of other Orange County law, fire, lifeguard, and other agencies for the purpose of incident coordination and 2011-DJ-BX-2532 Page 4 of 38 20A-12