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What is SCIP? The $60 Mil question!

What is SCIP? The $60 Mil question!. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil question!. In 2007 DHS required all States to submit a SCIP – a “Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan”, to be eligible for all future funding for radio communications systems.

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What is SCIP? The $60 Mil question!

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  1. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil question!

  2. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil question! • In 2007 DHS required all States to submit a SCIP – a “Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan”, to be eligible for all future funding for radio communications systems. • The Texas Radio Coalition (TxRC), a volunteer organization of public safety and service organizations, developed and submitted the Texas SCIP with specific initiatives for statewide interoperability that need to be implemented. The Texas SCIP was approved in April 2008.

  3. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil Question! Why does Texas need a SCIP? Because… 261,797 Square Miles and 23,507,783 People are Protected by 4,862 Texas Public Safety Emergency Response Agencies and organizations including:

  4. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil Question! Why does Texas need a SCIP? • Radio communications are essential for public safety practitioners to perform the most basic elements of their jobs. • Operable communications are vital for agencies to meet their everyday internal and emergency communication requirements. • Interoperable communications are crucial for public safety and service agencies and organizations (police, fire, EMS, not for profit non-governmental entities, public works, transportation, hospitals, etc.) to talk within and across agencies and jurisdictions with one another on demand, in real time, when needed, and when authorized. It is essential that public safety has the intra-agency radio communications operability it needs, and that it builds its systems toward interoperability.

  5. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil Question! Why does Texas need a SCIP? • Current Texas Public Safety Radio Communications Environment • No radio communications for some agencies, e.g. no operability. • No radio coverage in some areas, e.g. no operability. • Aged and crumbling radio towers and antenna systems, e.g. limited operability. • Aged and decomposing radio systems, e.g. limited operability. • Dissimilar radio systems, e.g. limited interoperability. • Limited training opportunities for rural and non-governmental organizations, e.g. volunteer fire departments. • Duplication of some system infrastructure elements and costs. • Changing regulatory environment. • Technological Advancement. • Radio spectrum issues.

  6. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil Question! Recommendation No.1 • Operability before Interoperability • Ensure all stakeholders have radio communications that support their operational needs and mission critical events in terms of; coverage, capacity, availability, situational flexibility, access control /security, and critical public safety features.

  7. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil Question! Recommendation No. 2 • P25 Standards Based Vision • Focus investments on solutions that move the State toward the highest level of interoperability … Standards-Based Shared Systems. Texas should standardize new radio purchases and grant funding around the public safety Project 25 Standard.

  8. Leverage Existing Assets Leverage existing State and local communications assets in building communications interoperability statewide. There are 250+ radio systems in Texas. Identify the regional systems that are or can be upgraded to P25 and develop a migration strategy and timeline to build-out the regional-shared standards-based systems. Link together regional P25 systems to enable statewide interoperability. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil Question! Recommendation No. 3

  9. How we achieve SCIP goals – Suggested BudgetBelow are Proposed Funding Request Figures Only, Contingent Upon Future State and Federal Budget Appropriation Approvals-- DRAFT --

  10. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil Question! How do we achieve SCIP Goals?

  11. (Proposed Funding Request Figure Only, Contingent Upon Future State and Federal Budget Appropriation Approvals)

  12. What is SCIP? The $60 Mil Question! Consequences of Doing Nothing • Communities and state, people and property are at risk. • Emergency responders are at risk. • Loss of federal funding due to many jurisdictions will be unable to meet the cash match requirements for federal funding.

  13. TALKS What is SCIP? The $60 Mil question! Operation Texas Talks Answer:

  14. Questions?

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