Nova Scotia Public Safety and Field Communications Agency roundup March 7-8 2017 Wildfire Communications Workshop
Nova Scotia TMR2 Video https://youtu.be/iingcdobm9e
Maritime Public Safety Radio Network Prince Edward Island went live with PICS2-15 additional Radio Sites in Zone 1 New Brunswick went live with NBTMR 89 Radio Sites Zone 2 Nova Scotia went live with TMR2-89 Radio Sites Zone 1 This was the first of its kind in North America, where 3 separate governing jurisdictions joined their systems together to form one larger system. Then, Zone 1 and Zone 2 compatible systems were connected together to create the Maritime Network to allow seamless roaming for all users!
Trunked Mobile Radio System Motorola 7.16 Astro P25 Digital Radio System operated by Bell Mobility 2 zone system Master Site in Halifax for Nova Scotia and PEI (Zone 1) Master site in Saint John for New Brunswick (Zone 2) Seamless across the 3 Maritime Provinces ISSI interface between zone 1 and 2 Nova Scotia 89 tower sites 1 SOW Prince Edward Island 15 tower sites New Brunswick 97 tower sites
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Coverage
Maritime Public Safety Radio Network
Interoperability
Dept. of Agriculture (AGR) Dept. of Community Services Red Cross Salvation Army Dept. of Internal Services - Risk Management Dept. of Internal Services - Province House Security Nova Scotia Environment Conservation Officers Dept. Of Natural Resources - District Emergency Health Services Emergency Management Office - Provincial Executive Council Fisheries Inland Health Services Emergency Management Justice - Community Corrections Justice - Corrections Justice - Provincial Firearms Office Justice - Public Safety Investigations Justice - Sheriff's Motor Carrier Division Municipal Police Department (MPD) - Amherst Municipal Police Department (MPD) - New Glasgow Municipal Police Department (MPD) - Stellarton Municipal Police Department (MPD) - Westville Motor Vehicle Inspection Service Nova Scotia Audiot and Enforcement Nova Scotia Environment - Compliance Division Office of the Fire Marshal Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Tranportation and Infrastructure Renewal Vehicle Compliance Annapolis Royal Police Department Bridgewater Police Department Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) Capital District Health Authority CN Police Services Cobequid Pass Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) Dept. of National Defence (DND) - Greenwood Dept. of National Defence (DND) - Halifax Environment Canada ExxonMobil Halifax Harbour Bridges Halifax International Airport Halifax Port Authority Heritage Gas Halifax Regional Municipality Fire Halifax Regional Municipality Police Halifax Regional Municipality Transit Halifax Regional Municipality Works JA Douglas McCurdy- Sydney Airport Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Marine Communications and Traffic Services (MCTS) Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline/Spectra Energy Michelin Canada - Bridgewater Michelin Canada - Granton Michelin Canada - Waterville Municipality of Cumberland By-Law Municipality of Kings By-Law Municipality of Shelburne By-Law Municipality of the County of Victoria - Public Works Parks Canada, Highlands Parks Canada, Kejimkujik Port Hawkesbury Paper Pt Tupper Terminals/NuStar Terminals Town of Kentville Police Town of Truro Police Waste Check Yarmouth
Interoperability 13,000 radios in Nova Scotia share the following programming 8 Mutual Aid talkgroups 2 Maritime common talkgroups 2 conventional repeater pairs 3 simplex shared frequencies I CALL I TAC 1-2 Law Enforcement Officers have additional capabilities 6 shared provincial law talkgroups LAW 1-6 3 Maritime wide shared Law talkgroups MAR LAW 1-3 All encrypted through a shared Key Management Facility (KMF) All encrypted radios are rekeyed monthly via Over The Air Rekeying (OTAR)
Nova Scotia Interoperability Suite Common in all Nova Scotia radios Common in all VFD and DNR Radios in Nova Scotia
New Brunswick Interoperability Suite Shared with NS/PEI Future Capability - TBD In all NB TMR radios
Futurecom Digital Vehicular Repeater (DVRS) Conventional Repeater 1 and 2 (CONV RPT1 and CONV RPT2) in ALL NS radios This device will extend your communications at an incident where coverage is poor The device will connect CONV RPT1 or RPT2 to any other talkgroup
Interoperability Success Nova Scotia is pushing hard to the right of the Interoperability Continuum Interoperability had become the norm in Nova Scotia!
Incident Communications Advisor (COM-A NS) Training Program
Incident Communications Advisor (COM-A NS) Training Program Module 1: Introductions, Course outline, Housekeeping, Knowledge Review
Questions Nova Scotia Internal Services Public Safety and Field Communications Scott Hawkes Liaison Officer scott.hawkes@novascotia.ca 902-527-7704