May 8, 2015 Township of Russell Fire Services 717 Notre-Dame Street Embrun ON, K0A 1W1 Attn: Mr. Bruce Armstrong Fire Chief Re: Assessment of Connecting Russell Fire to Ottawa Fire Dispatch Dear Chief Armstrong; GLENTEL is pleased to provide you the following report based on the assessment we have conducted to determine how the Township could be dispatched by Ottawa Fire Services. GLENTEL has looked at options for connecting from the Embrun Water Tower to Ottawa Fires Dispatch Center located on Randall Ave and the costs for implementing a solution. GLENTEL has conducted a review of how the Township is currently dispatched from Hawkesbury and looked at the following options to connecting to Ottawa Fire. The options where the installation of a dedicated phone circuit, a DSL connection and a RF Link. Based on our review, GLENTEL recommends a RF Link between the Embrun Water Tower and Ottawa Fire Dispatch will meet the requirements. The RF Link will provide the Township with a stable 1 and manageable connection with a one (1) time acquisition of hardware and labour, with a single supplier to support the link on a 24*7 basis. The other options were not recommended due to the need to rely on a 3 rd party to supply, repair and restore services, plus the monthly recurring costs for the connections and additional costs for hardware to convert the radio audio to allow communications over an TCP/IP connection. 1 RF Signals are impacted by elements such as Geographic Topology, Weather, Interference, Equipment Failure or Degradation of Equipment, Transmission Cables. The RF Path Predication shows the link between the Embrun Water Tower and Ottawa Fire Dispatch is greater than 95%. Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Regards, Ted Lowe Customer Support Manager GLENTEL INC Russell Township ASSESSMENT TO CONNECT TO OFS FOR DISPATCH SERVICES PAGE 1 OF 7
GLENTEL performed the following in determining their recommendations. RF PATH PROFILE: GLENTEL using the EDX software application for determining RF Coverage, Path Profiles. This software allows for complete coverage predictions and includes the setting of performance level for Public Safety of providing greater than 95% performance. The Path Profile between Embrun Water Tower and OFS Dispatch is 99.7% and will meet the paging and audio link required for OFS to dispatch Russell Fire Services. PAGING COVERAGE: GLENTEL to ensure that there would be no change in the existing Paging Coverage due to the connection between the Township and Ottawa Fire. Using EDX, a Paging Coverage Map was generated from the Embrun Water Tower, which returned a result of over 95% coverage. 2 The reason for using Paging for the coverage study, is because it is the primary means of dispatching Fire Fighters and if the coverage meets or exceeds the Public Safety Standard of 95%, the Township s paging and voice communication will operate. REVIEW MEETING: GLENTEL held a meeting with the Fire Chief and his Captain to review the initial results and discuss the proposed solution. During the discussion, it was mentioned that they were having coverage issues. GLENTEL recommended that they have their current service provider conduct Preventative Maintenance (PM) on the Embrun Water Tower, the results of the PM showed that there is issues with either the UHF antenna and/or cabling which definitely has an impact on the performance. GLENTEL has included costing to replace the UHF antenna at the Embrun Water Tower. Excluded from our review; Russell Fire Services - Operations and Procedures Russell Fire Services Fleet of Radios and Peripherals Russell Fire Services Radio Code Plugs and Fleet Mapping. Additional Costs for Ottawa Fire to provide Dispatch Services Assumptions: Ottawa Fire will advise GLENTEL, where they will connect the proposed base station to the consoles. Township of Russell owns the existing equipment at the Embrun Water Tower and to establish the new RF Link, the antenna just needs to be redirected to Ottawa Fire Dispatch. Township of Russell has approved IC License for their Repeaters, Mobiles and Portables Radio Frequencies. Russell Township ASSESSMENT TO CONNECT TO OFS FOR DISPATCH SERVICES PAGE 2 OF 7
GLENTEL has included the following; 1. Pricing to supply, install, configure and test the Base Station to be installed at Ottawa Fire Services Dispatch Center. 2. Pricing to supply, replace the defective antenna, transmission cable at the Embrun Water Tower and redirect the antenna to OFS. Taxes not included 3. Pricing to provide 24*7 maintenance and support on the Base Station. 4. Path Profile Results 5. Paging Coverage Map 6. Topology Map for the existing RF Network COSTING FOR BASE STATION PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION QTY. UNIT PRICE Installation of Base Station, Antenna, etc at Randall Dispatch which includes the following; TBBH5H5-B00-00 TB7100 Base station, 400-470 MHz, 40 W, DC only 1 ea 426-70 Comprod UHF Yagi 1 ea Q3220E Duplexer, Q-Circuit, Res-Lok, 4 cavity, rack mount, 406-512 MHz 1 ea 1583H6A1BK Power bar for rack 1 ea 901-9588 Model 250 Tone remote adapter 1 ea IS-B50NX-C0 Coaxial LPU 1 ea ICT22012-30BCR Power supply / charger 1 ea PS12100 Battery 12 V 100 A/H 1 ea G30060-1CR Battery fuse holder 1 ea SC-60 Battery fuse 60A 1 ea EZ-400-NMH-X N Male, STRAIGHT, LMR400 2 ea EZ-400-NF N Female, STRAIGHT, LMR400 2 ea RFN-1006-3F N Male, STRAIGHT, RG214 10 ea LMR400 Co axial cable 300 ft RG214 Co axial cable 30 ft LABTIN GLENTEL Labour install, testing and documentation. 1 80 Hours Total Price: $16,656.00 Maintenance Support Plan for Base Station T-SERVCON 12 Month Priority Service and Support Plan (1 Year Rate) 1 ea $ 2,100.00/yr 36 Month Priority Service and Support (3 Year Rate) 1 ea $ 1,995.00/yr Includes 24*7 Support 1 Hour Telephone Response 4 Hour Technician On-Site Response Continuous Effort to Restore Service 2 Annual Preventative Maintenance 3 Russell Township ASSESSMENT TO CONNECT TO OFS FOR DISPATCH SERVICES PAGE 3 OF 7
1. GLENTEL will connect the Base Station audio to the pair Tx/Rx wires at OFS Randall Dispatch and confirm that OFS can dispatch and receive audio from Russell Fire. 2. Continuous Effort: Due to events outside the reasonable control of GLENTEL; i.e. Act of God, Force Majeure GLENTEL will affect repairs as quickly as possible, while keeping the customer informed on the progress. 3. Annual Preventative Maintenance; GLENTEL will conduct an annual inspection of the base station and verify operations. This is an intrusive test which requires the Base Station to be taken off line for testing. The customer during this testing will be required to use their backup as a means of dispatching. Estimate time of testing is 4 hours and GLENTEL will prepare a report for the customer. 4. Exclusions: Act of God, Force Majeure, RF Interference, Physical Damage, 5. Demarcation Point: Where the Base Station connections to the cable at OFS Dispatch Center. 6. The Base Station being installed is capable of supporting multiple services through the Tone Remote through the use of different tones. NOTE: This solution does not support simulcast but works on a FIFO bases. COST TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE UHF ANTENNA AT EMBRUN WT. PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION QTY PRICE 430-70 Comprod 430-70 UHF Antenna 1 $199.08 LDF4-50A LDF 400 Cable (per meter) 65 $559.65 EZ400 LDF 400 Connectors 2 $37.90 LABTIN LABOUR to Install 1 $ 3,720.00 SHOP Shop Supplies. 1 $100.00 Total Price $4,616.63 GLENTEL will reuse existing Lightning Protection. GLENTEL will perform the work during normal business hours Monday to Friday Township of Russell will arrange access and provide any specific policy and procedures for performing work on the Embrun Water Tower. Russell Township ASSESSMENT TO CONNECT TO OFS FOR DISPATCH SERVICES PAGE 4 OF 7
RF PATH PROFILE RESULTS BETWEEN EMBRUN WT AND OFS DISPATCH: 99.7% LINK AVAILABILITY Russell Township ASSESSMENT TO CONNECT TO OFS FOR DISPATCH SERVICES PAGE 5 OF 7
PAGING COVERAGE: Russell Township ASSESSMENT TO CONNECT TO OFS FOR DISPATCH SERVICES PAGE 6 OF 7
CURRENT NETWORK TOPOLOGY Legend Cross-band drops at: 1. St Isidore 2. Wendover 3. Alfred 4. Embrun 4. Casselman VHF Base Rx / Tx 151.010 St Isidore Water tower UHF Base Rx 414.2875 Tx 419.2875 Duplexer UHF Rx 414.2875 UHF Tx 419.2875 VHF Base Rx / Tx 151.235 Duplexer Customer: Township of Russell Document title: Hawkesbury dispatch system Wireline 4000 Dispatch console Hawkesbury dispatch UHF Rx 419.2875 UHF Tx 414.2875 St Isidore Water tower UHF Base Rx 414.2875 Tx 419.2875 Cross-band drops at: 1. Van Kleek 2. Alexandria Page title: Current System Block Diagram Project: Tie Russell to OFS Drawn by: James Parsons Date: Rev: 10 Mar 2015 0.0 Russell Township ASSESSMENT TO CONNECT TO OFS FOR DISPATCH SERVICES PAGE 7 OF 7