Agenda Package - City of Vernon

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A.
During the committee of the whole meeting of March 29, 2oog, the following resolution
was carried:
THAT Council authorizes administra
Rescue Seruices (VFRS) Fire DisPa
Regional District of the Nofth Okana
users their intention to participate in
case anatyiis. (Option'3 Fire'Dispatch, VFRS Busrness PIan refers);
AND FURTHER, that this resotution contemptates the transition of the current Fire
Dispatch tytt", in an "as is condition" and that a number of non-discretionary
upgrades will be required within the business case anatysis. The current system is a
public safetY r.ssue.
CARR,ED.
B. Relevant Historv:
ln 2010 Council allocated $1OOK to commence the fire dispatch modernization as a multiyeãr
pro¡ect. må tollowing is a chronology of the fire dispatch initiative since vernon's
ñotif¡dat¡ón of withdrawal from the regional sen ice in spring 2010:
. On B0 August, Council approved a consultant study for fire dispatch system design'
. In late Auguri ZOIO, VFHS and COV lT staff travelled to Vancouver to assess the
feasibility and cost-effectiveness of participating in a hosted Fire Dispatch System
through E-Comm.
o ln September the consultant study confirmed that, subject to cost, a hosted fire
dispatch sYstem was desirable.
ln the fall, VFRS staff entered into discussions with E-comm for the development
and associated costs of a hosted dispatch system'
on December 5, E-Comm provided VFRS with a detailed quote for a hosted
dispatch system solution. VFRS and lT staff conducted a cosVbenefit analysis of the
E-öomm solution versus a stand alone VFRS fire dispatch system'
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