Chris Lombard – Lieutenant Seattle Fire Department

Who controls communications throughout the region? County 9-1-1 Offices PSAPs Radio System Operators Puget Sound Regional – Interoperable Executive Committee (PSR-IEC) Seattle Area Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan Oversight Committee (TICP)

How is interoperability suppose to look?

How is interoperability suppose to happen? Inter-level interoperability (TRIS) Intra-level interoperability (shared talk groups) Inherent interoperability (state-/nation-wide interoperability channels) Cache radios Co-locating/’runners’

Why isn’t interoperability actually happening? Training (Lack of $$$ and no ‘legal’ requirement) PSAP level Technician level Law enforcement End-user level No understanding of what’s available Organization No ‘central’ authority (ref. ‘Who Controls’)

(Typical radio template) Talk group confusion? (Typical radio template) Channel Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 5 Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank 8 Bank 9 1 Z1 tac 1 Z2 St ops 1 Z3 rmc/eoc Z4 st ops 1 Z5 uw tac Z6 west Z7 s event 1 Z8 tac 1 Z10 tac 1 2 Z1 tac 2 Z2 st ops 4 Z3 bat 2 Z4 st ops 2 Z5 all gov Z6 north Z7 s event 2 Z8 tac 2 Z10 tac 2 3 Z1 tac 3 Z2 st ops 3 Z3 bat 3 Z4 st ops 3 Z5 s gov Z6 south Z7 s event 3 Z8 tac 3 Z10 tac 3 4 Z1 disp 4 Z2 8call90 Z3 bat 4 Z4 st ops 4 Z5 n gov Z6 east Z7 s event 4 Z8 disp 4 Z10 disp 4 5 Z1 ems 5 Z2 8tac91 Z3 bat 5 Z4 st ops 5 Z5 ims all Z6 data Z7 s event 5 Z8 ems 5 Z10 ems 5 6 Z1 ems 6 Z2 8tac92 Z3 bat 6 Z4 8tac91d Z5 ims n Z6 harbor Z7 dph com Z8 ems 6 Z10 ems 6 7 Z1 trdr 7 Z2 8tac93 Z3 bat 7 Z4 8tac92d Z5 ims s Z6 tac 1 Z7 kcmedops1 Z8 trdr 7 Z10 trdr 7 8 Z1 m1dr 8 Z2 8tac94 Z3 disp 4 Z4 8tac93d Z5 psops n1 Z6 tac 2 Z7 kcmedops2 Z8 m1dr 8 Z10 m1dr 8 9 Z1 amb 9 Z2 mapool1 Z3 amb 9 Z4 8tac94d Z5 psops n2 Z6 tac 3 Z7 emer Z8 amb 9 Z10 amb 9 10 Z1 m/p 10 Z2 mapool2 Z3 m/p 10 Z4 mazone1 Z5 psops n3 Z6 mars Z7 stops1 r Z8 m/p 10 Z10 m/p 10 11 Z1 cmd 11 Z2 mazone1 Z3 serv Z4 mazone3 Z5 psops n4 Z6 e tac Z7 stops4 r Z8 serv Z10 cmd 11 12 Z1 cmd 12 Z2 mazone3 Z3 fmo Z4 mazone5 Z5 psops s1 Z6 s tac Z7 stops1 Z8 fmo Z10 cmd 12 13 Z1 cmd 13 Z2 mazone5 Z3 trn 1 Z4 ma sno1 Z5 psops s2 Z6 n tac Z7 stops2 Z8 trn1 Z10 cmd 13 14 Z1 iop5 14 Z2 ma pos Z3 fac adm Z4 ma sno2 Z5 psops s3 Z6 w tac Z7 stops3 Z8 sfd ev14 Z10 iop5 14 15 Z1 rit 15 Z2 ma sno1 Z3 sfd ops Z4 ma pc1 Z5 psops s4 Z6 emer Z7 stops4 Z8 sfd ev15 Z10 rit 15 16 Z1 emer Z2 ma pc1 Z3 emer Z4 ma pc2 Z5 emer Z6 st ops 5 Z7 stops5 Z8 emer Z10 emer

(Seattle Fire/King County Fire) Talk group confusion? (Seattle Fire/King County Fire) Channel Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 5 Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank 8 Bank 9 1 Z1 tac 1 Z2 St ops 1 Z3 rmc/eoc Z4 st ops 1 Z5 uw tac Z6 west Z7 s event 1 Z8 tac 1 Z10 tac 1 2 Z1 tac 2 Z2 st ops 4 Z3 bat 2 Z4 st ops 2 Z5 all gov Z6 north Z7 s event 2 Z8 tac 2 Z10 tac 2 3 Z1 tac 3 Z2 st ops 3 Z3 bat 3 Z4 st ops 3 Z5 s gov Z6 south Z7 s event 3 Z8 tac 3 Z10 tac 3 4 Z1 disp 4 Z2 8call90 Z3 bat 4 Z4 st ops 4 Z5 n gov Z6 east Z7 s event 4 Z8 disp 4 Z10 disp 4 5 Z1 ems 5 Z2 8tac91 Z3 bat 5 Z4 st ops 5 Z5 ims all Z6 data Z7 s event 5 Z8 ems 5 Z10 ems 5 6 Z1 ems 6 Z2 8tac92 Z3 bat 6 Z4 8tac91d Z5 ims n Z6 harbor Z7 dph com Z8 ems 6 Z10 ems 6 7 Z1 trdr 7 Z2 8tac93 Z3 bat 7 Z4 8tac92d Z5 ims s Z6 tac 1 Z7 kcmedops1 Z8 trdr 7 Z10 trdr 7 8 Z1 m1dr 8 Z2 8tac94 Z3 disp 4 Z4 8tac93d Z5 psops n1 Z6 tac 2 Z7 kcmedops2 Z8 m1dr 8 Z10 m1dr 8 9 Z1 amb 9 Z2 mapool1 Z3 amb 9 Z4 8tac94d Z5 psops n2 Z6 tac 3 Z7 emer Z8 amb 9 Z10 amb 9 10 Z1 m/p 10 Z2 mapool2 Z3 m/p 10 Z4 mazone1 Z5 psops n3 Z6 mars Z7 stops1 r Z8 m/p 10 Z10 m/p 10 11 Z1 cmd 11 Z2 mazone1 Z3 serv Z4 mazone3 Z5 psops n4 Z6 e tac Z7 stops4 r Z8 serv Z10 cmd 11 12 Z1 cmd 12 Z2 mazone3 Z3 fmo Z4 mazone5 Z5 psops s1 Z6 s tac Z7 stops1 Z8 fmo Z10 cmd 12 13 Z1 cmd 13 Z2 mazone5 Z3 trn 1 Z4 ma sno1 Z5 psops s2 Z6 n tac Z7 stops2 Z8 trn1 Z10 cmd 13 14 Z1 iop5 14 Z2 ma pos Z3 fac adm Z4 ma sno2 Z5 psops s3 Z6 w tac Z7 stops3 Z8 sfd ev14 Z10 iop5 14 15 Z1 rit 15 Z2 ma sno1 Z3 sfd ops Z4 ma pc1 Z5 psops s4 Z6 emer Z7 stops4 Z8 sfd ev15 Z10 rit 15 16 Z1 emer Z2 ma pc1 Z3 emer Z4 ma pc2 Z5 emer Z6 st ops 5 Z7 stops5 Z8 emer Z10 emer

(King County Fire/King County Law) Talk group confusion? (King County Fire/King County Law) Channel Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 5 Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank 8 Bank 9 1 Z1 tac 1 Z2 St ops 1 Z3 rmc/eoc Z4 st ops 1 Z5 uw tac Z6 west Z7 s event 1 Z8 tac 1 Z10 tac 1 2 Z1 tac 2 Z2 st ops 4 Z3 bat 2 Z4 st ops 2 Z5 all gov Z6 north Z7 s event 2 Z8 tac 2 Z10 tac 2 3 Z1 tac 3 Z2 st ops 3 Z3 bat 3 Z4 st ops 3 Z5 s gov Z6 south Z7 s event 3 Z8 tac 3 Z10 tac 3 4 Z1 disp 4 Z2 8call90 Z3 bat 4 Z4 st ops 4 Z5 n gov Z6 east Z7 s event 4 Z8 disp 4 Z10 disp 4 5 Z1 ems 5 Z2 8tac91 Z3 bat 5 Z4 st ops 5 Z5 ims all Z6 data Z7 s event 5 Z8 ems 5 Z10 ems 5 6 Z1 ems 6 Z2 8tac92 Z3 bat 6 Z4 8tac91d Z5 ims n Z6 harbor Z7 dph com Z8 ems 6 Z10 ems 6 7 Z1 trdr 7 Z2 8tac93 Z3 bat 7 Z4 8tac92d Z5 ims s Z6 tac 1 Z7 kcmedops1 Z8 trdr 7 Z10 trdr 7 8 Z1 m1dr 8 Z2 8tac94 Z3 disp 4 Z4 8tac93d Z5 psops n1 Z6 tac 2 Z7 kcmedops2 Z8 m1dr 8 Z10 m1dr 8 9 Z1 amb 9 Z2 mapool1 Z3 amb 9 Z4 8tac94d Z5 psops n2 Z6 tac 3 Z7 emer Z8 amb 9 Z10 amb 9 10 Z1 m/p 10 Z2 mapool2 Z3 m/p 10 Z4 mazone1 Z5 psops n3 Z6 mars Z7 stops1 r Z8 m/p 10 Z10 m/p 10 11 Z1 cmd 11 Z2 mazone1 Z3 serv Z4 mazone3 Z5 psops n4 Z6 e tac Z7 stops4 r Z8 serv Z10 cmd 11 12 Z1 cmd 12 Z2 mazone3 Z3 fmo Z4 mazone5 Z5 psops s1 Z6 s tac Z7 stops1 Z8 fmo Z10 cmd 12 13 Z1 cmd 13 Z2 mazone5 Z3 trn 1 Z4 ma sno1 Z5 psops s2 Z6 n tac Z7 stops2 Z8 trn1 Z10 cmd 13 14 Z1 iop5 14 Z2 ma pos Z3 fac adm Z4 ma sno2 Z5 psops s3 Z6 w tac Z7 stops3 Z8 sfd ev14 Z10 iop5 14 15 Z1 rit 15 Z2 ma sno1 Z3 sfd ops Z4 ma pc1 Z5 psops s4 Z6 emer Z7 stops4 Z8 sfd ev15 Z10 rit 15 16 Z1 emer Z2 ma pc1 Z3 emer Z4 ma pc2 Z5 emer Z6 st ops 5 Z7 stops5 Z8 emer Z10 emer

(King County Fire/Port of Seattle Fire) Talk group confusion? (King County Fire/Port of Seattle Fire) Channel Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 Bank 5 Bank 6 Bank 7 Bank 8 Bank 9 1 Z1 tac 1 Z2 St ops 1 Z3 rmc/eoc Z4 st ops 1 Z5 uw tac Z6 west Z7 s event 1 Z8 tac 1 Z10 tac 1 2 Z1 tac 2 Z2 st ops 4 Z3 bat 2 Z4 st ops 2 Z5 all gov Z6 north Z7 s event 2 Z8 tac 2 Z10 tac 2 3 Z1 tac 3 Z2 st ops 3 Z3 bat 3 Z4 st ops 3 Z5 s gov Z6 south Z7 s event 3 Z8 tac 3 Z10 tac 3 4 Z1 disp 4 Z2 8call90 Z3 bat 4 Z4 st ops 4 Z5 n gov Z6 east Z7 s event 4 Z8 disp 4 Z10 disp 4 5 Z1 ems 5 Z2 8tac91 Z3 bat 5 Z4 st ops 5 Z5 ims all Z6 data Z7 s event 5 Z8 ems 5 Z10 ems 5 6 Z1 ems 6 Z2 8tac92 Z3 bat 6 Z4 8tac91d Z5 ims n Z6 harbor Z7 dph com Z8 ems 6 Z10 ems 6 7 Z1 trdr 7 Z2 8tac93 Z3 bat 7 Z4 8tac92d Z5 ims s Z6 tac 1 Z7 kcmedops1 Z8 trdr 7 Z10 trdr 7 8 Z1 m1dr 8 Z2 8tac94 Z3 disp 4 Z4 8tac93d Z5 psops n1 Z6 tac 2 Z7 kcmedops2 Z8 m1dr 8 Z10 m1dr 8 9 Z1 amb 9 Z2 mapool1 Z3 amb 9 Z4 8tac94d Z5 psops n2 Z6 tac 3 Z7 emer Z8 amb 9 Z10 amb 9 10 Z1 m/p 10 Z2 mapool2 Z3 m/p 10 Z4 mazone1 Z5 psops n3 Z6 mars Z7 stops1 r Z8 m/p 10 Z10 m/p 10 11 Z1 cmd 11 Z2 mazone1 Z3 serv Z4 mazone3 Z5 psops n4 Z6 e tac Z7 stops4 r Z8 serv Z10 cmd 11 12 Z1 cmd 12 Z2 mazone3 Z3 fmo Z4 mazone5 Z5 psops s1 Z6 s tac Z7 stops1 Z8 fmo Z10 cmd 12 13 Z1 cmd 13 Z2 mazone5 Z3 trn 1 Z4 ma sno1 Z5 psops s2 Z6 n tac Z7 stops2 Z8 trn1 Z10 cmd 13 14 Z1 iop5 14 Z2 ma pos Z3 fac adm Z4 ma sno2 Z5 psops s3 Z6 w tac Z7 stops3 Z8 sfd ev14 Z10 iop5 14 15 Z1 rit 15 Z2 ma sno1 Z3 sfd ops Z4 ma pc1 Z5 psops s4 Z6 emer Z7 stops4 Z8 sfd ev15 Z10 rit 15 16 Z1 emer Z2 ma pc1 Z3 emer Z4 ma pc2 Z5 emer Z6 st ops 5 Z7 stops5 Z8 emer Z10 emer

Why isn’t interoperability actually happening? The interoperability talk groups are ‘suppose’ to be in all regional 800 MHz radios, but aren’t… Not all radios have what they can and/or should have programmed into them. Fire-fire discrepancies are not quite as bad as fire-law: inter-discipline interoperability is atrocious (UASI drill) Same talk group(s), different label(s) for different agencies

Why isn’t interoperability actually happening? Often, users have the talk groups in their radio, but don’t know: Location How to turn to it What it is used for Who else can be contacted on it Regional ‘Fire’ representation on groups is thin Interoperability to law enforcement is…,well,…hmm…

(Concept/proposal for new/replacement interop. banks) The fix? (Concept/proposal for new/replacement interop. banks) Channel KinG County Tacoma Snohomish County Port of Seattle 1 KC CALL 01 TPS CALL 01 SN CALL 01 PS CALL 01 2 KC IOP 02 TPS IOP 02 SNO IOP 02 POS IOP 02 3 KC IOP 03 TPS IOP 03 SNO IOP 03 POS IOP 03 4 KC IOP 04 TPS IOP 04 SNO IOP 04 POS IOP 04 5 KC IOP 05 TPS IOP 05 SNO IOP 05 POS IOP 05 6 KC IOP 06 TPS IOP 06 SNO IOP 06 POS IOP 06 7 KC IOP 07 TPS IOP 07 SNO IOP 07 POS IOP 07 8 KC IOP 08 TPS IOP 08 SNO IOP 08 POS IOP 08 9 KC IOP 09 TPS IOP 09 SNO IOP 09 POS IOP 09 10 KC IOP 10 TPS IOP 10 SNO IOP 10 POS IOP 10 11 KC IOP 11 TPS IOP 11 SNO IOP 11 POS IOP 11 12 KC IOP 12 TPS IOP 12 SNO IOP 12 POS IOP 12 13 KC IOP 13 TPS IOP 13 SNO IOP 13 POS IOP 13 14 KC IOP 14 TPS IOP 14 SNO IOP 14 POS IOP 14 15 KC IOP 15 TPS IOP 15 SNO IOP 15 POS IOP 15 16 KC EMER TPS EMER SNO EMER POS EMER Same in all EMS/fire/law radios These talk groups would NOT replace respective agencies’ own zones – they would reside somewhere else in the radio (PoS Zone 1 would still have POS-DISP, PT FIRE1, PT FIRE2, etc.)

(Concept/proposal for new/replacement interop. banks) The fix? (Concept/proposal for new/replacement interop. banks) Channel KinG County Tacoma Snohomish County Port of Seattle 1 KC CALL 01 TPS CALL 01 SN CALL 01 PS CALL 01 2 KC IOP 02 TPS IOP 02 SNO IOP 02 POS IOP 02 3 KC IOP 03 TPS IOP 03 SNO IOP 03 POS IOP 03 4 KC IOP 04 TPS IOP 04 SNO IOP 04 POS IOP 04 5 KC IOP 05 TPS IOP 05 SNO IOP 05 POS IOP 05 6 KC IOP 06 TPS IOP 06 SNO IOP 06 POS IOP 06 7 KC IOP 07 TPS IOP 07 SNO IOP 07 POS IOP 07 8 KC IOP 08 TPS IOP 08 SNO IOP 08 POS IOP 08 9 KC IOP 09 TPS IOP 09 SNO IOP 09 POS IOP 09 10 KC IOP 10 TPS IOP 10 SNO IOP 10 POS IOP 10 11 KC IOP 11 TPS IOP 11 SNO IOP 11 POS IOP 11 12 KC IOP 12 TPS IOP 12 SNO IOP 12 POS IOP 12 13 KC IOP 13 TPS IOP 13 SNO IOP 13 POS IOP 13 14 KC IOP 14 TPS IOP 14 SNO IOP 14 POS IOP 14 15 KC IOP 15 TPS IOP 15 SNO IOP 15 POS IOP 15 16 KC EMER TPS EMER SNO EMER POS EMER These zones would automatically affiliate with respective radio system These talk groups would typically be patched with existing talk groups – this should eliminate additional ‘overhead’ on the radio system

(Concept/proposal for new/replacement interop. banks) The fix? (Concept/proposal for new/replacement interop. banks) Channel KinG County Tacoma Snohomish County Port of Seattle 1 KC CALL 01 TPS CALL 01 SN CALL 01 PS CALL 01 2 KC IOP 02 TPS IOP 02 SNO IOP 02 POS IOP 02 3 KC IOP 03 TPS IOP 03 SNO IOP 03 POS IOP 03 4 KC IOP 04 TPS IOP 04 SNO IOP 04 POS IOP 04 5 KC IOP 05 TPS IOP 05 SNO IOP 05 POS IOP 05 6 KC IOP 06 TPS IOP 06 SNO IOP 06 POS IOP 06 7 KC IOP 07 TPS IOP 07 SNO IOP 07 POS IOP 07 8 KC IOP 08 TPS IOP 08 SNO IOP 08 POS IOP 08 9 KC IOP 09 TPS IOP 09 SNO IOP 09 POS IOP 09 10 KC IOP 10 TPS IOP 10 SNO IOP 10 POS IOP 10 11 KC IOP 11 TPS IOP 11 SNO IOP 11 POS IOP 11 12 KC IOP 12 TPS IOP 12 SNO IOP 12 POS IOP 12 13 KC IOP 13 TPS IOP 13 SNO IOP 13 POS IOP 13 14 KC IOP 14 TPS IOP 14 SNO IOP 14 POS IOP 14 15 KC IOP 15 TPS IOP 15 SNO IOP 15 POS IOP 15 16 KC EMER TPS EMER SNO EMER POS EMER Dispatch centers would coordinate and pre-assign users (PoS ARFF to Boeing Field – “Switch to KC Interop 13”) EMER could be set up so unaffiliated law radios report to a specified ‘law’ PSAP, while unaffiliated fire radios report to a specified ‘fire’ PSAP

(Concept/proposal for new/replacement interop. banks) The fix? (Concept/proposal for new/replacement interop. banks) Channel KinG County Tacoma Snohomish County Port of Seattle 1 KC CALL 01 TPS CALL 01 SN CALL 01 PS CALL 01 2 KC IOP 02 TPS IOP 02 SNO IOP 02 POS IOP 02 3 KC IOP 03 TPS IOP 03 SNO IOP 03 POS IOP 03 4 KC IOP 04 TPS IOP 04 SNO IOP 04 POS IOP 04 5 KC IOP 05 TPS IOP 05 SNO IOP 05 POS IOP 05 6 KC IOP 06 TPS IOP 06 SNO IOP 06 POS IOP 06 7 KC IOP 07 TPS IOP 07 SNO IOP 07 POS IOP 07 8 KC IOP 08 TPS IOP 08 SNO IOP 08 POS IOP 08 9 KC IOP 09 TPS IOP 09 SNO IOP 09 POS IOP 09 10 KC IOP 10 TPS IOP 10 SNO IOP 10 POS IOP 10 11 KC IOP 11 TPS IOP 11 SNO IOP 11 POS IOP 11 12 KC IOP 12 TPS IOP 12 SNO IOP 12 POS IOP 12 13 KC IOP 13 TPS IOP 13 SNO IOP 13 POS IOP 13 14 KC IOP 14 TPS IOP 14 SNO IOP 14 POS IOP 14 15 KC IOP 15 TPS IOP 15 SNO IOP 15 POS IOP 15 16 KC EMER TPS EMER SNO EMER POS EMER As practice, law-only events could default from top down; fire-only events could default from bottom up Specific talk groups could be reserved for encryption, P25/digital, etc.

Area Communications Resources Communications Unit Leaders (~50) Communications Unit Technicians (~20) Regional cache: Portable radios (20 Marine, 4 Aviation, 13 VHF, 16 UHF, 40 700/800 MHz) Repeaters, antennas, cross-banding, etc. Generators Satellite phones Batteries (6000 AA, 12vDC, chargers, etc.)