Firenet

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Firenet
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Combination of Two Systems

• VHF Analog Repeater Network
• Satellite Network
• Only System of its Kind in North America

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Functionality

• Provides 95 Mobile, 75 Portable and 100
  Aircraft Radio Coverage Within The Forest
  Protection Area
• Direct Satellite Link to Every Fire Center
• Backup Telephone Interconnect Access
• Spatially Separated Disaster Recovery Hub
• All Sites Contain UPS Power
• Mountain Top Sites will Last up to 35 Days
  Without Sun

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Radio Repeater Network

• 99 VHF Repeaters
• 38 Commercial Power
• 26 3kW Solar Power
• 36 440W Solar Power
• 19 High Elevation Sites
• 16 Sites Co-located with Telus, Atco or Other
  Comm Companies
• 80 Sites Located at Either Look Outs or Fire
  Centers

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Satellite Network

• Connects the 99 Repeater Sites to Designated Fire
  Centers
• Data, Voice and Fax Capabilities
• Edmonton Hub Provides Network Control
• LLB Disaster Recovery Hub Provides Spatial
  Redundancy

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Satellite Transportable

• Voice
• Fax
• Data
• Radio

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Existing Divisions/Departments On Firenet

• Forest Protection Division
• Community Development Kananaskis Country, Slave
  Lake, Lac La Biche
• Foothills 911 Dispatch Fire/Ambulance Kananaskis
• Public Lands Mountain Pine Beetle Projects and
  Back Country Guardians
• Fish and Wildlife - Canmore

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Existing Voice/Data Clients

• Beetle Base High Speed Data, 4 Telephone Lines
• Loon Tanker Base High Speed Data and 4
  Telephone Lines
• FERIC Data Testing for Remote Cameras

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Terminal Equipment on Firenet

• 3500 Portable Radios
• 750 Mobile Radios
• 190 Community Dev Portables
• 85 Community Dev Mobiles
• 23 Dispatch Consoles
• Portable, Mobile Radios are Purchased,
  Inventoried, Programmed and Maintained by FPD
  Comms

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Voice Logging
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Satellite and Site Monitoring
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Firenet Support Staff

• 3 Full Time Technologists
• 1 Office Admin
• Contract Engineer
• Contract Electrician
• Contract Technician
• 8 Full Time Field Techs

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Questions