2004/03/10 Council Agenda Packet

, EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM COVER SIIFF."I 15 PROJECT TITLE: National Fire Incident Reporting Consent COUNCIL BILL# System 5.0 Grant x Action Originating Department Everett Fire First Reading Contact Person Warren Burns Second Reading Phone Number 425 257 8121 Third Reading FOR AGENDA OF Mar. 10,2004 Public Hearing Initialed by: Department Head .`ff CAA Council President , (,- Location Preceding Action Attachments Department(s)Approval Legal, SNOPAC Council approval of this agenda item authorizes a budget revision in the additional amount requested. Expenditure Required $ -0- Account Number(s): Amount Budgeted $ -0- Additional Required $ -0- DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: The Everett Fire Department has been approved for a grant for $30,000 for the purchase, configuration and implementation of a new computer server to be installed at the SNOPAC dispatch center in Everett, WA. SNOPAC is a regional dispatch center that services 26 fire agencies in north, central and east Snohomish County. The concept of the "DATA DMZ" is to convert the information once, to an industry standard database file, which would then be available to any or all of the 26 user agencies to easily extract the data required for their reporting systems. The end result of this project will be that the SNOPAC user agencies will be able to extract response time location etc. data directly from the dispatch center, decreasing the time require to provide NFIRS reports while improving accuracy. RECOMMENDATION (Exact action requested of Council): Authorize the Mayor to sign the necessary documents to accept a National Fire Incident Reporting System 5.0 Grant with Washington State Patrol and the Everett Fire Department for the purchase, configuration and implementation of a new computer server to be installed at the SNOPAC dispatch center in Everett,WA no cost to the City of Everett. 132