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Ii <br /> Office of the State Fire Marshal <br /> Washington State Patrol <br /> National Fire Incident Reporting System 5.0 <br /> Grant Application Supplemental Information <br /> Sept. 10, 2003 <br /> The grant application from the City of Everett, for $30,000, is for the <br /> purchase, configuration and implementation of a new computer server to be <br /> installed at the SNOPAC dispatch center in Everett, WA (Snohomish <br /> County). SNOPAC is a regional dispatch center that services 26 fire <br /> agencies in north, central and east Snohomish County. <br /> The purpose of the new server is to create a "Data DMZ" from which <br /> emergency response information can be extracted for individual response <br /> agencies for use in their NFIRS 5.0-compliant reporting systems. The center <br /> uses a Northrop-Grumman (formerly PRC) CAD system that uses <br /> proprietary programming to store and retrieve data. Each agency wishing to <br /> interface with that system is required to pay Northrop-Grumman to write <br /> custom computer code language to convert the CAD information into <br /> information of use to the individual reporting software. The concept of the <br /> "Data DMZ" is to convert the information once, to an industry standard <br /> database file, which would then be available to any or all of the 26 user <br /> agencies to easily extract the data required for their reporting systems. This <br /> concept has been discussed with Northrop-Grumman and is agreeable to <br /> them. All agencies currently using third-party reporting software are invited <br /> to send a representative of their department, their reporting software vendor, <br /> or both, to pre-configuration meetings to ensure that the new database meets <br /> the needs of all interested parties. <br /> The end result of this project will be that the SNOPAC user agencies will be <br /> able to extract response time, location etc. data directly from the dispatch <br /> center, decreasing the time required to provide NFIRS reports while <br /> improving accuracy. SNOPAC has committed limited resources to this <br /> project, these grants funds will move this program into the 2003 budget year <br /> with an estimated completion date of November 2003. <br /> 141 <br />