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Digital 2-Way Radio System With Integrated Voice & Data

Engineered for Charles County Public Schools

Benefits

 Improve and Expand Communications  Enhance Safety and Security  Enhance Parent/Student Service  Improve Fleet Management  Enhance Command and Control

System Components

Radios

• 341 buses
• 38 PPWs
• 8 CCPS Vehicles
• 6 Portables

Control Stations

• 37 Schools
• 5 Starkey/Annex 1
• 10 Bus Contractors

Infrastructure

• 2 Antennas
• 4 Repeaters
• 1 Trunk System
• 5 Computers

Improve & Expand Communications

Clearer Voice Communications Over a Greater Range

Area of improved performance coverage audio quality

DIGITAL DIGITAL ANALOG ANALOG

Excellent Poor

Audio Quality Signal Strength

Strong Weak Minimal Acceptable Audio Quality Minimal Acceptable Audio Quality

• Excellent audio quality free of static and hum
• Reduced interference from other sources
• Coverage throughout 99% of Charles County

Outstanding Voice Clarity & Geographic Coverage

Added Multiple Voice Channels

Channel Information

• 1. CCPS Main
• 2. Private – School/Transportation to Bus
• 3. Emergency – CCPS to School
• 4. PPW - Student Services/Schools to PPW’s
• 5. Contractor - Bus Contractor to Bus
• 6. Field Trip – Bus to Bus
• 7. Text Messaging

Enhance Safety & Security

Orange Emergency Button

• UNAUTHORIZED BOARDING (NON-STUDENT)
• MEDICAL EMERGENCY REQUIRING 911 ASSISTANCE
• BUS ACCIDENT
• WEAPON/BOMB THREAT/HOSTAGE
• MAJOR DISRUPTION REQUIRING 911 ASSISTANCE
• EVACUATION

The following occurs after the Orange Emergency Button has been pushed:

• Alarm is transmitted to the Transportation Department.
• Location of the bus is identified by GPS.
• Activates remote monitoring by automatically opening up the microphone
• n the bus.
• Allows for immediate assessment to dispatch the necessary emergency

services.

Enhance Safety & Security

CCPS exclusive channel that will allow for communication when conventional means are not available

Emergency Channel

Enhance Parent / Pupil Service

Allows Questions from Parents to be Immediately Addressed

SAFETY IS THE PRIORITY - ENHANCED SERVICE IS THE ADDED BENEFIT

• GPS all the dispatchers to track buses and determine if they are on schedule.
• The driver’s hands will be on the wheel at all times.
• Parents’ pick-up/drop off questions can be addressed without distracting the driver.
• Parents will appreciate getting status checks without the delays that result from

having to put them on hold and contact the driver.

• Provide faster service to Special Needs Students and families whose kids go home

to an empty house.

Improved Fleet Management

• Reduced Vehicle Speed = Less Fuel
• Decreased Idle Times = Less Fuel
• Most Direct Route = Less Fuel

REDUCED VEHICLE SPEED- According to the EPA, each five mph driven above the posted speed limit has the

net effect of costing about 20 cents more per gallon of fuel. Multiply that cost across a fleet of vehicles and you have a huge source of cost leakage.

IMPROVED ROUTING WITH GEO-FENCING CONTROL- Since GPS tracking provides the precise location

• f every vehicle, dispatchers can ensure vehicles take the most direct route and can get lost drivers back on track..

DECREASED IDLE TIMES- According to Ford Motor, every hour of idle time is equal to approximately 25 miles

• f driving. Contrary to popular belief, restarting an engine uses no more fuel than 30 seconds of idling. When drivers

use their vehicles as climate control, it costs big money.

Enhance Command & Control

Know Who Was Talking, What Was Said, and When

• Will Eliminate Unnecessary Chatter
• Will Provide An Incident Audit Trail
• Will Enable Dispatch Stun/Kill/Revive

Push to Talk (PTT) ID’S With every transmission, know what bus number made the call. RECORD WHAT AND WHEN Record the audio on a system hard drive. Tie-in a PTT ID and time stamp for complete transmission details.