System Maintenance Set for 02/01

On Monday 02/01 at approximately 11am, technicians from OARNET will be doing maintenenace on the radio system network that will adversely effect Dublin/Worthington users. For approximately one hour, the Dublin/Worthington system will go into site trunking. Subscribers will notice the message SITE TRUNKING on their mobiles/walkies and the dispatch consoles will lose connection to the system.

Back up plans may be implemented during this outage at the descretion of each dispatch center.

An announcement will be made prior to the outage and again when the work is complete.

If you have any questions please contact Patrick Brandt or Jay Somerville.

Digital Systems and the Fire Ground

Over the past two weeks, several articles about Hamilton County firefighters and the problems they've reported with fire scene communication have circulated throughout the media. We wanted to take this opportunity to address the concerns brought forward in these articles, discuss some best practices, clarify misconceptions in the media reports and let you know what we as your COG Technical Committee are doing to address concerns.


Two articles in the January 15^th edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer that were reposted by several Columbus area media outlets allege the system used by Cincinnati firefighters failed during recent fires. The articles speak in generalities about these failures when, in reality, they are speaking of very distinct and separate issues. These issues include:

Governing Board Meeting Rescheduled

Due to a late schedule conflict, the Governing Board meeting set for Monday 02/01 needs to be rescheduled. New proposed dates/times have been sent out via TimeBridge. Please indicate your availability ASAP so the meeting can be confirmed.

Technical Committee Meeting

The agenda for the Technical Committee meeting on 01/28 @ 1pm has been posted.

http://www.dublin.oh.us/ddw800mhz/pdf/2010/Agenda01-28-10.pdf