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" JuI 22-2003 03:43pm From-ODOT OFFICE OF REALESTATE 614-466-0158 T-478 P.009/009 F-192 I 3dulti-Agency Idadio Communication System (MARCS) . • Whas ls MAR(S t Multi-Agency Radio Communication System (MARCS) Is a etete of the art 800 MHz wix and dm iadio oommunicatlon bystem fur statovide use, It wi11 be staced by foruteea state agencies. The sy,ateat is dosignad io setvc more thau 10,000 mobile radios. VN6o will participabe in MARCS i Patticipating ageacies include; State Highw$y Patrol, Netmal Resouroes, Reliabilitatioa and Coicections Youttt Scrvioes, Emergency ManaBemeat Apnc7'? Buresu of Ccimiael Identificadon end Iavesti,ption, Pubic Sdety> SWte Fire Nfatshall. TtaasPurtatfo4 EttiviroWmtai Protcrtion Agenry, Pubiic Uril'sties Commissinn of Ohio, Administrative Servicea, and Taxetion Some agencies may elect to maintain tbcir e7cishing systams while phasiag 1n MARCS . . capability. - • f How does it woric ? UdWztg sbam,d rteowcccs, thc eystm wi11 le compnsed of approxiatately 200 antenna sites and 4hree &petch oeatccs thmghoat the state. The "u=ked" radio syucm will allow maajr usm to talk oa tbe sybtem simwltaneonslY bY paratiandag-wmmonication claanets to providc puivate tallc gtoups. VVhea nocessary, a grouA of radio charmels can be made available W any or all bystcm users. . • Why MARCS 3 MARCS will pcovide pvrtici}xtnt agcncies with a lugher qualitY and more rcliable radio commun=tions sy%tem for muiine operations. While the new sadio sysoem will allow ageticics to og=te independwtlY, ie wiQ also allow sgeacies to communicace with one. anatbec much more eff=vely in emerpacy stmcioas. Ptdseatly, sme agancies are operatiing oa technology which is appmximately 40 years old. The 1993 pcisote riots ae the Southetn Ohio Catrational Fecilily nsar. i.ucasviile pobted out the need for better oommunic?tian? syscems between agencies bvch as the Ii'ighway Patral, National Guaid .. and Corrections personael. pther examples where coondinated emergency respunse would bc required include weather related emetsencies (b&zards, floods, tornaans etc.), and large scale incideats (airccaft crashes, explosioas, boating accidents etc.). Technological advances incorporared iato the oommunication systm inciude: mliable voice communications, aatellite besed tzactdng nenvork to piupQint zhe location -of, vehicles, in-car oomgutecs to access license, criminal reeorda, and adigitalized fingetpsint 57'stem. which oonnect to state or PHI reoords centers, and multipk puppose data ttansmission capability. MARCS Prnjat Benefits: • Pravide statewide radio oovetap. . • Redvice channel wngeation. • Eliminare communicsrion delays tbat can cause critical secviee delays. • Enable quiek and unintettuped statewide oomffiuaic.ation during naaual disasteas orothor cnses. • More cast effective than maaataining and reWilding many sep`uate and incompatible Wstecas. • Will support mobile data terminals such as Iaptop comptlYers. • Ydentafy caUer and corresponding officer lomdons enhaneing swiee to calles aad imgrove off6cer safety. . . • Can partitioA Yadio t,alk graups for mutine operations or special in(idents. . • Consolidate dispacch activities. (Highway Patrol fsom 57 pesta to 3 dispattch lacadons.) • Will svpport oomputer aided dispatching for efficiency and goneration of valuabls management repor[s. • Supports telephone interconnect fer terso=el in the field W6ece and Wden will MARCS be implemented ? MARCS will bc implemeated thraughout Ohio in the next five years. It wilt be implemented firsc ia the eentll vertical third of Ohio. s„,,,rwRcs.99.wpa