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PlantCML(R) Announces Ground-Breaking Public Safety Call Centers Now Operational in Lake County, Indiana
| Source: PlantCML
TEMECULA, CA--(Marketwire - June 8, 2009) - In an innovative endeavor to institute public
safety interoperability, PlantCML® announces the 18 Public Safety
Answering Points (PSAPs) and one Mobile Command Center (19 total) in Lake
County, Indiana, with the next-generation call processing solution, Sentinel® Patriot®, are now in
service. These installations include 81 9-1-1 trunks and 66 call-taking
positions.
"Our county's 9-1-1 system was operating on 19 independent systems with no
centralized system administration," said Jeff Cicillian, 9-1-1 Director,
Lake County Commissioners. "Our hardware was outdated and it was time to
upgrade our call processing solution to one that aids our call takers and
dispatchers alike. It is necessary to have seamless interoperability within
the county's 19 PSAPs and the PlantCML Sentinel Patriot solution is able to
provide just that."
Sentinel Patriot, along with ORION™ Vela™ and ORION™ DataSync, has
the capacity to assist call takers in securing the second largest county in
Indiana. The PlantCML Aurora™ and Sentinel® CommandPost™
applications will be fully integrated in the next few months. Together,
this solution suite provides countywide mapping capabilities, enterprise
Management Information System (MIS), disaster recovery support and ease of
use for call takers, to name a few.
"The citizens of Lake County are the winners with this new system in
place," said PlantCML Chief Executive Officer Tim Fuller. "It's a great win
for us and an outstanding solution for the county where our main concern is
that of the citizens' safety. The solution suite installed is IP-based
enabling next-generation capabilities today, as well as being ready to
handle the demands of population growth tomorrow. The ability to adapt to
future county, state and federal requirements is a selling point for any
community."
Sentinel Patriot provides call takers full, on-screen control of both
wireline and wireless calls, facilitating fast and efficient emergency
response. It is a robust, standards-based software solution, engineered to
accommodate the physical and functional specifications of Lake County. It
also offers a full suite of computer telephony features, including
Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), Automatic Number Identification (ANI)
and Automatic Location Identification (ALI).
The ORION Vela comprehensive feature set combines mapping functionality and
administrative control with an intuitive, information rich Graphical User
Interface (GUI). With its scalable design, it allows for enhanced
customization of its display functionality, integrates seamlessly with
Sentinel Patriot, and supports Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) operations.
These 18 call centers and one Mobile Command Center are responsible for
receiving incoming emergency and administrative calls, as well as the
dispatching of several police, fire, EMS agencies and the Coroner's Office.
Lake County is located in northwest Indiana, bordering Chicago. With over
500 square miles and a population of nearly 490,000, Lake County is the
second largest county in the state. According to the County Commissioners,
Lake County handles over 1 million calls a year.
About PlantCML (www.plantcml.com)
PlantCML, an EADS North America company, is the industry's leading provider
of crisis communications and response technologies. Today, PlantCML is
pioneering the next generation of E9-1-1 and secure network communications
through Voice over IP-enabled applications, interoperable P25 radio systems
and advanced emergency notification technologies. PlantCML solutions are
resident in 14 of the top 20 most populous U.S. cities and largest first
responder operations.
About EADS North America (www.eadsnorthamerica.com)
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defense and homeland security, EADS North America and its parent company,
EADS, contribute over $11 billion to the U.S. economy annually and support
more than 200,000 American jobs through its network of suppliers and
services. Operating in 17 states, EADS North America offers a broad array
of advanced solutions to its customers in the commercial, homeland
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