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We have forwarded the attached ALMR Interoperability Zone Smart Card chart to the officer that is in charge of the portable radios and I do believe the patrol vehicle radios as well. Is there anything other than the January 2022 timeline for change over completion that I need to inform him of?

Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:16:58-09:00

Not at this time – just know that it may need to become a training discussion/reinforcement to rely upon and refer to the smart cards until all radios are reprogrammed .... read more

We have forwarded the attached ALMR Interoperability Zone Smart Card chart to the officer that is in charge of the portable radios and I do believe the patrol vehicle radios as well. Is there anything other than the January 2022 timeline for change over completion that I need to inform him of?Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:16:58-09:00

Was there any sort of training put together for the dispatchers to know how to operate it if/when need be?

Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:16:31-09:00

We are in the process of discussing training for the next quarter and console/dispatch feedback on training is causing us to consider developing a training. Specifically something of a scenario .... read more

Was there any sort of training put together for the dispatchers to know how to operate it if/when need be?Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:16:31-09:00

We currently do not have any of the “Hail” channels on our dispatch radio monitors. Is this something we SHOULD have? With this transition, is this something we will now have?

Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:17:31-09:00

IF you currently do not have or monitor the IC Zone Hail channel, this change to the consoles are not meant to suggest a change any of your current SOPs. IF .... read more

We currently do not have any of the “Hail” channels on our dispatch radio monitors. Is this something we SHOULD have? With this transition, is this something we will now have?Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:17:31-09:00

How long will it take to for the change over to occur?

Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:12:10-09:00

Seconds to minutes – it will happen very quickly

How long will it take to for the change over to occur?Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:12:10-09:00

Will there be any sort of disruption that would deem it necessary for us to have some sort of backup radio plan in place?

Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:11:21-09:00

No, we do not expect any such disruption. However, it is always best to be prepared with your backup plan.

Will there be any sort of disruption that would deem it necessary for us to have some sort of backup radio plan in place?Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:11:21-09:00

How will this affect our being able to use the radio console during the time the change over is occurring?

Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:10:43-09:00

It will not effect any active call or cause a console to be unavailable. Once the console is updated – resources of the old IC Zone naming convention will be .... read more

How will this affect our being able to use the radio console during the time the change over is occurring?Dan Nelson2021-01-19T15:10:43-09:00

Has it been determined who will monitor the ALL CALL/HAIL Channels?

Dan Nelson2021-01-06T13:07:54-09:00

We have had that discussion internally and we are suggesting that Fairbanks AST would be the primary for the North Interoperability Zone with Fairbanks City as the secondary, MATCOM would .... read more

Has it been determined who will monitor the ALL CALL/HAIL Channels?Dan Nelson2021-01-06T13:07:54-09:00

I don’t know if this is a question for today or just a comment for us to look at as we develop this, but for instance, the Central area encompasses multiple large dispatch centers. I think it may be helpful for us to go through with those dispatch managers on the protocol as far as who is assigning what, those types of things, and how they’re going to work together if there are multiple folks monitoring or if only one dispatch center is kind of responsible for assigning. These are things I can see and there was some questions that came from my dispatch manager about that. Maybe that is something to put on the list as we go down this path.

Dan Nelson2021-01-06T13:07:08-09:00

We will work on setting up a conversational meeting with Central area dispatch organizations to talk this through. It would be good to have a couple scenarios to talk through .... read more

I don’t know if this is a question for today or just a comment for us to look at as we develop this, but for instance, the Central area encompasses multiple large dispatch centers. I think it may be helpful for us to go through with those dispatch managers on the protocol as far as who is assigning what, those types of things, and how they’re going to work together if there are multiple folks monitoring or if only one dispatch center is kind of responsible for assigning. These are things I can see and there was some questions that came from my dispatch manager about that. Maybe that is something to put on the list as we go down this path.Dan Nelson2021-01-06T13:07:08-09:00

I see the dispatchers are going to be monitoring the channels and then assigning command talkgroups, so as far as training goes, will there be something that I can give my dispatchers or even train my dispatchers how to assign those talkgroups

Dan Nelson2021-01-06T13:06:21-09:00

We will work on that and provide more information prior to January 20, 2021.

I see the dispatchers are going to be monitoring the channels and then assigning command talkgroups, so as far as training goes, will there be something that I can give my dispatchers or even train my dispatchers how to assign those talkgroupsDan Nelson2021-01-06T13:06:21-09:00

Are all of the dispatch centers monitoring all the calling channels or is it going to be segmented by region?

Dan Nelson2021-01-06T13:08:34-09:00

The intention is to be segmented by the region. The one probable exception to that is Fairbanks AST will have to have the Southeast since they tend to dispatch for .... read more

Are all of the dispatch centers monitoring all the calling channels or is it going to be segmented by region?Dan Nelson2021-01-06T13:08:34-09:00

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