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New Zetron Dispatch System Readies PSAP for P25

Lightning can strike the same place twice. And Hampshire County, West Virginia, recently had the singed radio dispatch system to prove it.

After a first debilitating lightning strike in 2006, their equipment was hit again in summer of 2008. The second strike wasn’t as damaging as the first, but even after repairs, the system was never quite the same.

There was an upside to the situation, however. Hampshire County was opening a new 9-1-1 communication center, and instead of equipping it with their existing system, which was old as well as damaged, they decided to obtain and install a new one based on Zetron’s Series 4000 Communication Control System.

In mid-October, with the help of Kenwood Systems, Custom Computers and Communications, and Zetron, Hampshire County went live with a new, highly integrated, P25-compliant dispatch system in their new 9-1-1 communication center

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Saudi Aramco’s Emergency System Features DCS-5020

Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Saudi Aramco, recently decided to improve the emergency communication system they were using in their Riyadh Refinery Emergency Control Room. With the help of Baud Telecom Company (BTC), they installed Zetron’s DCS-5020 TETRA Digital Console System. This project consolidated 11 hotline telephone lines into a single console system, greatly improving the company’s ability to respond to disasters and other critical emergencies.

"Now, during an incident, members of the Disaster Team can all attend to the emergency together,” says Eric Lozada, Radio Transmission Networks Division, BTC.

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5 Ways Zetron Supports Your Move to Digital
1. Use Zetron’s iRIM to access digital radios.
With Zetron’s Intelligent Radio Interface Module (iRIM), you can migrate to digital radio without having to replace your existing analog console with an expensive digital one.

2. Use the Series 4000 to access both analog and digital radios.
Zetron’s Series 4000 allows you to dispatch to both analog and digital radios at the same time, which can improve interoperability.

3. Meet upcoming narrow-banding requirements.
FCC-mandated 12.5 kHz and 6.25 kHz narrow-banding requirements are on the horizon. With Zetron consoles, you can interface to legacy analog FM radios and digital, narrow-band radios. This allows you to migrate your entire radio system from analog to digital at your own pace.

4. Use Zetron consoles to conform to P25. 
Zetron consoles can help you conform to P25 standards. This helps you qualify for federal P25 funds, improves your interoperability, provides a rich feature set, and gives you access to an open architecture, so you’re not limited to a single vendor. (See Zetron’s P25 Application Note for details.)

5. Upgrade your system as digital and IP technologies evolve.
 Zetron offers migration paths for:
 • Zetron radio dispatch systems
 • Zetron 9-1-1 call-taking systems
 • Zetron IP Fire Station Alerting


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