{"id":14702,"date":"2019-10-01T21:08:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T01:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=14702"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:27:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:27:45","slug":"redcom-updates-la-fire-department-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/unified-communications\/redcom-updates-la-fire-department-communications.html","title":{"rendered":"REDCOM Updates LA Fire Department Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

REDCOM Laboratories just updated the REDCOM MSP system from the 1990s to a future implementation of a new, more modern fire station alerting capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current REDCOM MSP system is interfaced with the LAFD’s Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system and supports the alerting network to all 106 LAFD fire stations. This system has been working reliably for more than two decades, but the city needed to begin the transition to a more modern, high-speed fiber-optic network that could support IP in order to make way for a new fire station alerting system. In an effort to reduce cost and lower risk, the LAFD needed a way to keep their existing fire station alerting system operational while moving to an all-IP network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“REDCOM has a long history of supporting the Los Angeles Fire\nDepartment’s fire station alerting communications system, so we’re thrilled to\nbe working with them on this next generation system,” said Dennis\nKohlmeier, Business Development Director, Public Safety Markets, REDCOM.\n“REDCOM is uniquely qualified for this project. Not only are we helping\nthe LAFD to modernize their network, but we’re doing so in a way that maintains\ninteroperability with their current infrastructure.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase one of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s fire station alerting system\nupgrade involved the installation of two REDCOM HDX systems to act as gateways.\nThis enables the city to keep their existing system, while providing a path to\nmigrate to IP without impacting end-to-end operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We worked closely with REDCOM to figure out how best to transition to\nan all-IP network. Together we came up with this two-phased approach,”\nsaid Scott Porter, CIO Los Angeles Fire Department. “REDCOM is making it\npossible for us to update the technology for all of our fire stations, in a\nfiscally responsible manner over multiple years. The solution is the only one\nthat allows us to upgrade our network infrastructure in phases, so that we can\nmove to the new systems at our own pace.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“REDCOM’s ability to work with our existing technology is the reason we\ndecided to partner with them as we embarked on this upgrade,” said Stella\nBairamian, Director of Dev & Ops Los Angeles Fire Department. “We’re\nvery pleased with REDCOM’s professionalism, attention to detail, and customer\nsupport.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase Two of the Los Angeles Fire Department upgrade involves the replacement of the legacy REDCOM MSP system with a fully IP-based REDCOM HDX system, which will enable the Department to continue to enhance its fire station alerting capabilities replacing old analog components in each fire station with new, modern ones. Once the MSP has been replaced and they are fully cut-over, the HDX gateways from Phase One will become part of a redundant backup system. Phase Two is scheduled to go live in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s great to see fire departments upgrading to more modern, flexible and secure IP communications tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope to see you all at the <\/a>ITEXPO<\/a> <\/strong>#TechSuperShow, Feb 12-14, 2020 Fort Lauderdale, FL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come and learn about the latest in everything business tech\u2026 Collaboration<\/strong>, UCaaS, the Channel<\/a>, IT, IOT, Edge<\/a>, Cybersecurity, AI, SD-WAN<\/a>, and the Future of Work<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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