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<br />Attachment A <br /> <br />Appendix C - Development of Interoperable Communications <br />Plans, Continued <br /> <br />Interoperable <br />Communication <br />Plan <br />Considerations <br /> <br />The following considerations should be made when developing a <br />communications plan: <br /> <br />. Has the grant recipient already completed a plan that illustrates their <br />commitment to public safety communication priorities? <br />- Obtain/retain an executive summary that clearly illustrates how the <br />proposed effort will lead to enhanced public safety communications <br />interoperability . <br />What type of multi-jurisdictional or multidisciplinary agreements does <br />the grant recipient possess (i.e., MOUs, interstate compacts, mutual <br />aid agreements)? <br /> <br />. Has the grant recipient considered public safety's operational needs of the <br />communications equipment? <br />In what type of top ography/terra in does the grant recipient operate? <br />In what types of structures does the grant recipient need to <br />cOlnmunicate? (i.e., tunnels, high-rise buildings) <br />What methods of communication does the grant recipient use? (i.e., <br />email, paging, cellular calls, portable radio communications) <br />What is the process for dispatching calls? <br />Is the communications center independently owned and operated by <br />the grant recipient? Does it serve several public safety agencies in <br />the grant recipient's jurisdiction? Is it a multi-agency, multi- <br />jurisdictional facility? <br />Does the grant recipient have the ability to patch across channels? If <br />so, how many patches can be simultaneously set up? Is a dispatcher <br />required to set up and break the patches down? <br />What is the primary radio language used by the grant recipient when <br />communicating with other agencies or organizations? (i.e. 'plain' <br />English, code) <br />What types of equipment can immediately be deployed to provide <br />short-term solutions for improved communications? <br /> <br />Continued on next page <br /> <br />FY04 Urban Areas Security Initiative <br /> <br />Page 61 <br />