Eastern Shore Interoprability Network

[crackerjohn]

Hi;

Can some explain the network to me?

Are the electric companies, red cross, emergency Management on it?

What are the radio frequencies? Motorola or EDACS? APCO 25?

Thanks,

Crackerjohn

 

[troymail]

Are you talking about the the Upper Shore Consortium?

http://radioreference.com/modules.php?name=TRSDB&sid=615

 

[ResQguy]

crackerjohn is probably referring to MESIN. This is from the press release:


M/A-COM, Inc. a business unit of Tyco Electronics and a leading manufacturer of critical radio systems deployed around the world, today announced it has been awarded an $8.4 million contract from Cecil County, Maryland. M/A-COM’s solution will facilitate seamless interoperable communications for the county’s public safety agencies, which have previously been unable to communicate over their disparate radio systems when responding to emergencies. A complementary paging system will also be implemented as a part of the overall public safety and public service network.

The backbone of the communications system will include a VHF ProVoice analog and digital communications network; providing both digital and analog coverage, replacing a conventional low-band system that did not provide interoperable capabilities. Cecil County will also be able to send voice communication through the Maryland Eastern Shore Inter-Operability Network (MESIN). The MESIN system, being installed by M/A-COM, is a network designed to serve first responders in nine counties along the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

“M/A-COM will provide our public safety personnel with the essential capabilities they need for critical communications,” said Frank Muller, chief of emergency services for Cecil County. “For the first time, Cecil County’s police, fire, and emergency medical responders will be able to talk to one another and coordinate more effectively in times of crisis, without switching radios or using remote dispatchers.”

The communications system M/A-COM will build for Cecil County will have the potential to migrate to the company’s groundbreaking VIDA (Voice, Interoperability, Data and Access) network through M/A-COM’s EDACS Gateway and the MESIN project. VIDA represents a new approach to critical communications, unifying all disparate communications systems and equipment onto a single network solution. Through the power of Internet Protocol (IP) architecture, M/A-COM’s VIDA network enables unparalleled access to a combination of voice and data functionality, interoperability and network security with the flexibility to cost-effectively build and easily upgrade critical communications systems now and in the future.

“Not only will public safety responders in Cecil County be able to talk to one another, but future interoperable voice and data communications will also be within their reach,” said Ray Fuller, regional sales manager, M/A-COM. “Cecil County’s system will have the potential for Voice, Interoperability, Data, and Access; or what we at M/A-COM call VIDA. It’s seamless communication across various departments that lets public safety personnel do what they do best – protect and serve – with the confidence that they will be able to communicate with one another in times of crisis.”

 

[tolley]

The MESIN Network frequencies consist of the five NPSPAC 800 mhz channels. Down here in Dorchester we haven't used it a whole lot yet. There seems to be a lot of duplication of effort with this MESIN network. Most if not all of the counties on the Eastern Shore now have the capability of interopability with all of the newly installed radio systems down here. Kent and Queen Annes still use vhf-800 mhz patches to talk with one another, and if we have a fire/ems/police call in one of the neighboring counties we can just switch to their radio system and talk directly. Also, we have the ability to patch any VHF channel directly into our 800 system whether it be MSP helocopters, Coast Guard, or police. To answer your question I suppose the electric companies or Red Cross could be patched into the MESIN system as well but remember also that DP&L formerly Conectiv operates its own 800 mhz radio system that has shorewide coverage and most of the Emergeny Management agencies use this radio system to talk to one another as well. There is a TG dedicated for these agencies on that network.