1 / 3

Presented by Kenneth Terrinoni Boone County, Il Administrator Prairie SHIELD Leader September 2008

Prairie SHIELD Regional Alliance. Beginnings :. Presented by Kenneth Terrinoni Boone County, Il Administrator Prairie SHIELD Leader September 2008. - Voice Data Video Convergence - Public Safety Needs - The “Great Summit”, June 2004

hawa
Download Presentation

Presented by Kenneth Terrinoni Boone County, Il Administrator Prairie SHIELD Leader September 2008

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Prairie SHIELD Regional Alliance • Beginnings : Presented by Kenneth Terrinoni Boone County, Il Administrator Prairie SHIELD Leader September 2008 - Voice Data Video Convergence - Public Safety Needs - The “Great Summit”, June 2004 - Communications Interoperability and Grant Funding

  2. - Seven Counties, 31 total members (January 2005) - Diverse Membership : Counties, Cities, Rockford Airport, Fire Districts, IPSAN & Rock Valley College - Unified Mission and Priorities Voice, Data,Video, in that order. • The Prairie SHIELD Regional Alliance is born • Governance - Most Important Accomplishment (January 2006) - “Leader” Position (non-voting member) - “Caucus” System of Voting : Each member is part of their county “caucus”. Each caucus has one (1) vote. - All members have a voice, encourages cooperation within respective counties. Promotes equality between Police, Sheriff, Fire and EMA Departments.

  3. - Consultants : Roaming Intelligence - Local Fundraising (approx. $60,000) - Focus Groups - Federal Congressional “Earmark” $170,000 - Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Award : $5.1 Million ! PSRA ranked #1 grant out of 33 other applicants. • Other Accomplishments • The Future - SAFECOM Interoperability Continuum - Integration of Governance, National Incident Management System, similar voice technology, regional exercises, & all agencies on the “same page”. - Complete voice solutions in region, data solutions and select video applications. - Will seek additional grants! • Questions

More Related