[KPFARS-Members] County Radio Maintenance

[Alfred Low-Beer]

FYI:

While it should not effect our operation, below is a message from the Middlesex County Fire Marshall:


All,

On Monday February 17,2020  at 9:00 PM, the County Radio System will be shut down for approximately 5 to 10 minutes for a system check ,software upgrade and maintenance. Immediately after the shutdown/test, each of the 9 sites will be re-activated. It is anticipated that this will take in the vicinity of 2 to 4 minutes for each site to be restored in its entirety.  At 8:45 PM, we will start a live broadcast count down on the county hot line. At 8:59, we will have an all-call  broadcast on the county system of the shutdown. Should you have an emergency occurring at that time, please contact Mike Gallagher at 732- 486- 6232. The shutdown will be delayed until I am advised that all emergency calls have been completed. If you have  talk around  groups in your radios, you can utilize them for the anticipated 5 to 10 minute shutdown. After complete startup, we will send out an all-call broadcast that the system is once again operational.



All radios should have a system labeled NPSPAC or NPSPAC N and they will have 8TAC91D-8TAC94D channels in them. Please switch to the channels with a D behind them they will be in talk-around mode and will have radio to radio communications . Once upgrade is complete we will contact all Dispatch offices to switch back to700/ 800 MHZ system.



Any questions please feel free to contact my office please make sure all of your Offices ,Bureaus and Staff are notified



Michael Gallagher, CFEI,CVFI

Middlesex County Fire Marshal

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