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The PSERN Final Radio Inventory process started in January and now there are only a few more days before the Final Radio Inventories are due on Monday, March 8, 2021! At this point, the Project has only received 41 of 103 agency inventories (40%), which amount to only 2,327 of more than 17,000 radios (13%). It is essential that agencies complete their inventories by the deadline to meet the planned schedule.
This spring, the PSERN Technical Team will be using the Final Radio Inventory data to order equipment from Motorola, program over 600 radio templates, and determine the logistics for radio deployment. If the Project does not receive a completed Final Radio Inventory from an agency by the March 8th deadline, this may impact the equipment you receive and when you receive it.
More information on Final Radio Inventory:
If you have questions, please contact PSERN-INFO@kingcounty.gov.
The PSERN Project understands that the business needs of some agencies have changed since the Preliminary Inventory in 2019, so there will be differences in some Final Radio Inventory submissions. The PSERN Project will be providing standard features and functions to agencies paid for by the PSERN levy. If your agency has experienced changes that will require non-standard radio features or functions, however, your agency will be charged the difference. Motorola will charge the PSERN Project for standard radios and then Motorola will invoice any upgrade costs for non-standard radios (features/functions) directly to the agency. If you have any questions about upgrading, please immediately contact PSERN-INFO@kingcounty.gov so, that this information can be captured in your Final Radio Inventory. The radio order to Motorola will be placed based on the data provided in the Final Radio Inventory.
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The following Project schedule timeframes are subject to change, but are accurate as of the February 25, 2021 PSERN Project Joint Board meeting:
- Final Radio Inventory: January 2021 - Early March 2021
- Radio Frequency Coverage Testing: March 2021 - November 2021
- Radio End-User Pilot Testing: August 2021 - September 2021
- Radio Deployment & Transition: November 2021 - September 2022*
- Full System Acceptance: February 2023
* date change since last month
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The PSERN Project radio exchange will provide radios that are appropriate for the services you provide (e.g. fire, law, public works, etc.). In about 2012, stakeholder groups of your peer subject matter experts advised the Project on the needed radio features/functions per service and then those decisions were included in the PSERN RFP. This process was repeated by members of the PSERN Operations Board during 2018. Although you may not receive the same model radios or features, the equipment meets the needs identified in the stakeholder requirements session and PSERN Project Operations Board review. Some models will no longer be supported by Motorola in the future, whereas the PSERN models will provide guaranteed support for at least 10 years from the first shipments, which occur late in 2021. If you have any questions/concerns, please contact PSERN-INFO@kingcounty.gov.
The PSERN Project sent a letter to over 600 buildings throughout King County with a known public safety Distributed Antenna System (DAS) to notify them that the PSERN Project will be upgrading and expanding the current emergency communications system. Not all buildings are required to have public safety DAS. If you have questions about whether a DAS is required, please contact your local Fire Marshal. Just like fire alarm or sprinkler systems, property owners with DAS are responsible for incorporating changes to the broadcast system (e.g. PSERN). In preparation for the transition to PSERN, DAS property owners need to contract a DAS Vendor by September 1, 2021. More information about DAS/Inbuilding Coverage, including a list of DAS Vendors, can be found here.
The PSERN Technical Criteria and Rebroadcast Agreement are now available for DAS Vendors and Fire Marshals/Authorities Holding Jurisdiction (AHJs) on the Confidential Resources section of the PSERN website. To access these documents, vendors and Fire Marshals will need to register here for the Confidential Resources section and be validated. For more information, visit DAS/In-Building Coverage page or contact the DAS Coordinator, Creighton Watley, at DAS-PSERN@kingcounty.gov.
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