Volfirefighter
Member
I am told by a fire chief that transition of users from the old Stark County system to the simulcast is being delayed by furniture. A couple of the dispatch centers are awaiting delivery of tables and chairs so the new dispatch consoles can be set up. Alliance and Minerva are ready to go and we should see those departments transition by Thanksgiving.
Volfirefighter
Member
So far, the only regular users based in Stark County on the Simulcast that I am aware of are:
North Canton FD
North Canton PD
American EMS
EMT Ambulance
Indian River
OSP
ODOT
North Canton FD
North Canton PD
American EMS
EMT Ambulance
Indian River
OSP
ODOT
Volfirefighter
Member
Just trying to keep a running list of users based in Stark County. Bleedover from neighboring counties will always occur.
Its so busy now and when Stark County units move to MARCS it will be even busier. I got to lock out American Ambulance and a few others because they very active....
I can confirm that. The sheriffs dispatch room is being remodeled. They are still doing architectural planning and needs some electrical work. They won’t be set up for a good month to go live. The new agencies they’ve picked up are planning to switch over the last week of the year.
Canton city is also moving into a different building for dispatch. They are shooting for the first of the year to go live.
January 1 should see most of the system in use across the county.
Any definite word on encryption?
Stark County's old system has many TG's that have encryption. When they move to MARCS I hope they are in the clear with the option to go encryption when needed....
I've heard that all law enforcement on the system will be fulltime encryption. Just wondering if someone konws for sure.
Mike, is there a link to each county in Ohio like the one you included here through google maps?
If so, can you tell me how to access them?
If so, can you tell me how to access them?
No, at least not for the maps I created. I only created maps of the simulcast locations for certain counties. Any specific you are looking for?
I made one for the MARCS-IP Cuyahoga Simulcast back in 2016. The info may be out of date. But here it is:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1rpM5EonqXDo6L9zeCri3I3NAsFA
Mike
How about Medina, Summit and Wayne?
I only did the some of the ones that were active on MARCS.
Wayne Co has no simulcasts.
Summit has a P25 simulcast system, but I've never made a map up for it.
And I have never made a map of the Parma / Ottawa / Medina Co system or even just the Mediina Co Simulcast portion of it.
I don' tknow if you are asking about county simulcasts in general, or MARCS-IP county simulcasts specifically. For the former, I don't care about simulcasts that aren't part of MARCS-IP so I do not map them. And I only have mapped some of the simulcasts that are part of MARCS-IP
mike
Thank you Mike! I appreciate the quick reply.
I've seen the final fleetmaps and all the primary dispatch TGs are in the clear, including PD. Remember, this isn't just a Stark Co. system anymore and MARCS is calling the shots. Canton PD was originally encrypted when they had their own system before it merged with the county's system, so it was left alone. From what I know Canton PD dispatch should be in the clear. There are plenty of TGs with encryption like SO's Inquiry.
Thanks for the info!
Looks like I will be getting my uncle in Massillon the scanner he wanted for Christmas.
Actually, MARCS doesn't have much to say about encryption. Their position is that encryption (some, all or none) is up to the user agency.
From an interoperability standpoint, it doesn't make much sense to encrypt dispatch, but it's left up to each agency.
I have heard the same thing that MARCS lets the agency decide to be encrypted.
