07/08/2019 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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I III. A seven (7) digit, non-published, local (Mashpee) telephone number shall be established for use by fire department personnel for the purpose of recall information, etc. Due to the nature of routing the "local"telephone number to Barnstable, there 'is a long distance charge placed one each call. These charges w ill be billed to the Town of Mashpee, not the, Caller. IV. Radio communications for the Mashpee Fire Department shall be broadcast over the regional 800 radio system and simulcast over 33.68Mhz from the main base station located at the Mashpee Police Headquarters by means of remote control circuits. The simulcast equipment shall be the responsibility of the Town of Mashpee". V. The Town of Mashpee Fire Department shall be responsible for providing and maintaining a Fire Department Policies and Procedures, Manual as it relates, to dispatching, call processing and related issues, for the Mashp,ee Fire Department at the Sheriffs Office Communications Center. V1. In the event of telephone line failure or technical difficulty (equipment failures, natural disasters, storms, etc.) that render the Sheriff s Office Communications Center unable to provide dispatch services, the Mashpee Fire Departri-lent shall assume all responsibilities of fire dispatch for the Town, using in-house resources, at no expense to the Sheriff s Office. Once the problem has been resolved, dispatch operations, shall resume at the Sheriff s Office. VIL An annual fee to provide the fire dispatch services as outlined in the addendum to this agreement, shall be assessed to the Town of Mashpee. The fee to be paid quarterly, will be in effect on July 1, 201 to June 30, 2020. The Duties and Responsibilities of the Sheriff shall include the following: 1) Receipt Fire/Rescue related emergency 911 calls, from the Primary PSAP and the radio dispatch of same. If it is necessary to provide the caller with pre-arrival instructions, the telecommunicator at the Sheriff s Office will be available to stay on the line with the caller to provide this service. 2) Receipt of Fire/Rescue emergency calls on the (508) 477-1234 fire emergency line, and the radio dispatch of the same. 3) Processing of fire department radio traffic to emergency responses by the Fire Department. 4) The "'Toning Out" of manpower recall. 5) Receipt of non-emergency fire department traffic on an unpublished telephone line for manpower recall, run times, etc., fo�r the purpose of maintaining department operations.