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Dispatching and Medical Priority Dispatching (MPD), both required components of the LPFD's communications center to continue to receive the full funding available from the County as an Alameda County Paramedic Provider. They are an Accredited Center of Excellence by the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch. LPFD Operational Impact: In both Livermore and Pleasanton, the police dispatch centers are the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP). In the present model, when a call for fire services is received by Livermore, it is dispatched from the same center. In the event of a medical emergency the call is then transferred to ACRECC for ambulance dispatch. When the call is in a borderline area with another jurisdiction, or the LPFD's resources are taxed, Livermore Dispatchers would then contact ACRECC to request resources from the appropriate location causing unnecessary delays. In Pleasanton, when a call for the LPFD's services is requested, it is transferred to Livermore Police. Just as with Livermore, the call would then be transferred again to ACRECC for the ambulance in a medical call, and/or additional fire agency resources would require a call in to ACRECC from Livermore. In the proposed plan, Livermore or Pleasanton would receive the emergency call as the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and transfer it to ACRECC where LPFD, Paramedics Plus, and an adjacent fire agency would all be dispatched from. The response from each agency would be on the same radio channel from the onset providing a level of interoperability that currently does not exist in the Tri Valley. In addition to the improved communications amongst agencies, multiple times each year, the LPFD reaches a unit draw down to a level that requires assistance of other agencies. This is true for Alameda County Fire in the Tri valley as well. Based on our increasing population and call volume without an increase in fire units, mutual aid has become necessary to assure acceptable service levels. Under our current system, we do rely on other agencies, but we have no effective way of determining which resources are available or closer to incidents or able to provide district coverage. Moving to a single regional fire dispatch center allows dispatchers and field personnel to locate the closest, most appropriate resource. Livermore Police Dispatch: The Livermore Police Dispatch Center has provided quality service to the LPFD for over 15 years. During this time, requests for service have nearly doubled for all Tri-Valley agencies. As a result, all are increasingly reliant on each other to meet our customer service needs. Currently neither Livermore nor ACRECC are able to accurately determine the closest, most appropriate unit. In the past, a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) link between the two agencies was proposed. While this would help, it would still be less than ideal, as each agency would not necessarily know the geographical position of the resource, nor would they know when a resource was about to be sent on a call within their own jurisdiction. This link also comes with a cost estimated at $150,000. Page 3 of 4