9.60 SUMTER COUNTY 06/07/1610/01/12

9.60.1 SYSTEM SUMMARY

Sumter County is a type 4, E911 system consisting of two Primary PSAPs and one Secondary PSAP as follows:

9.60.1.1 SHERIFF'S OFFICE PRIMARY PSAP

The Sumter County Sheriff operates a Primary PSAP, which direct dispatches law enforcement for all unincorporated areas in the county as well as the municipalities of Bushnell, Coleman, Webster, and Center Hill. All fire and rescue calls are transferred to the Sumter County Fire & EMS Secondary PSAP in Bushnell.

A small portion of south Sumter County is included in the Trilacoochee central office, (583), which is trunked to the AT&T tandem switch in Gainesville. Likewise, a small portion in this area is included in the Dade City (567) central office and is trunked to the GTE tandem in Tampa. A call forwarding system forwards calls from Sumter County citizens to the Sheriff's Office PSAP in Bushnell. Three central offices, Lady Lake (750, 751 & 753), Leesburg (738, 787 & 326) and Groveland (429) are partially in Sumter County. Calls from Sumter County citizens in those three areas are trunked to a county- owned selective routing system in Lake County. Coordination between Sumter and Lake County are required in order that Sumter County calls are selectively routed to the Sheriff's Office Primary PSAP in Bushnell.

9.60.1.2 CITY OF WILDWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRIMARY PSAP

The City of Wildwood operates a Primary PSAP at the Wildwood Police Department and direct dispatches law enforcement inside their jurisdiction. All fire and rescue calls are transferred to the Sumter County Fire & EMS Secondary PSAP.

9.60.1.3 SUMTER COUNTY FIRE & EMS SECONDARY PSAP

Sumter County Fire & EMS operates a Secondary PSAP at Sumter County EMS headquarters in Bushnell. The Sumter County Fire & EMS communications center direct dispatches fire and rescue for the entire county and including the portion of The Villages located within the boundaries of Sumter County.

9.60.2 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

The E911 coordinator reporting directly to the Sumter County Sheriff will manage the Sumter County E911 system. The responsible fiscal agent is the Board of County Commissioners.

9.60.3 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS

Table 9.60-3 shows the required interlocal agreements for the Sumter County E911 system. Typical interlocal agreements are shown in the Appendix.

TABLE 9.60-1

SUMTER COUNTY E911 SYSTEM DEFINITION

Sheriff’s Office Primary PSAP

Location / Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Operations Center
Number of Answering Positions / 10
Type of Answering Positions / Call Taker/Dispatcher
Total Staff / 26
Number of Logging Recorders / 11 – 48 Channel
Number of Instant Playback Recorders / 10
Call Answering Equipment / Positron Viper
E911 Processing Equipment / Positron Viper
Incoming E911 Trunks / 6
Transfer Lines / 6
TDD / 10

Wildwood Police Department Primary PSAP

Location / Wildwood Police Department
Number of Answering Positions / 32
Type of Answering Positions / Call Taker/Dispatcher
Total Staff / 68
Number of Logging Recorders / 11 – 16 Channel
Number of Instant Playback Recorders / 32
Call Answering Equipment / Positron Viper
Incoming E911 Trunks / 3
Transfer Lines / 3
TDD / 32

Sumter County Fire & EMS Secondary PSAP

Location / Sumter County Fire & EMS Communications Center
Number of Answering Positions / 86
Type of Answering Positions / Call Taker/Dispatcher
Total Staff / 2017
Number of Logging Recorders / 1
Number of Instant Playback Recorders / 86
Call Answering Equipment / Positron Viper
Incoming E911 Trunks / 44
Transfer Lines / 86
TDD / 86

TABLE 9.60-2

SUMTER COUNTY CALL HANDLING

AGENCY / METHOD / VEHICLE

Sheriff’s Office Primary PSAP

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office / Direct Dispatch / Radio or MDT
Center Hill Police Department / Direct Dispatch / Radio or MDT
Webster Police Department / Direct Dispatch / Radio or MDT

Dispatching For:

Bushnell Police Department / Coleman Police Department
Center Hill Police Department / Webster Police Department
Sumter County Fire & EMS / Call Transfer / Telephone
Florida Div. of Forestry (BRKV) / Dial Out Call Transfer / Telephone
Florida Fish & Wildlife / Call Transfer / Telephone
Florida Highway Patrol (Tampa) / Call Transfer / Telephone
FHP Sunshine Pkwy (Lake Worth) / Call Transfer / Telephone
Florida Highway Patrol (Jax) / Call Transfer / Telephone
Wildwood Police Dept. / Call Transfer / Telephone
Hernando County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Marion County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Lake County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Citrus County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Poison Control / Call Transfer / Telephone
Pasco County / Call Transfer / Telephone

Wildwood Police Department Primary PSAP

Wildwood Police Department / Direct Dispatch / Radio or MDT
Sumter County Fire & EMS / Call Transfer / Telephone
Florida Div. of Forestry (BRKV) / Dial Out Call Transfer / Telephone
Florida Fish & Wildlife / Call Transfer / Telephone
Florida Highway Patrol (Tampa) / Call Transfer / Telephone
FHP Sunshine Pkwy (Lake Worth) / Call Transfer / Telephone
Florida Highway Patrol (Jax) / Call Transfer / Telephone
Sumter County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Hernando County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Marion County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Lake County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Citrus County SO / Call Transfer / Telephone
Poison Control / Call Transfer / Telephone
Pasco County / Call Transfer / Telephone

Sumter County Fire & EMS Secondary PSAP

Rural Metro Ambulance / Direct Dispatch / Radio or MDT
Sumter County Fire Services& EMS / Direct Dispatch / Radio or MDT
Villages Fire/RescuePublic Safety / Direct Dispatch / Radio or MDT
Lake EMS / Call Transfer / Telephone
Poison Control / Call Transfer / Telephone

TABLE 9.60-3

SUMTER COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS

FIRST PARTY / SECOND PARTY / SUBJECT
Hernando County / Sumter County / An interlocal agreement is in place defining call handling method and routing of each type of call received from Sumter County citizens.
Lake County / Sumter County / An interlocal agreement is in place defining call handling method and routing of each type of call received from Sumter County citizens.
Sumter County / Sumter County / An interlocal agreement is in place defining call handling method and routing of each type of call received from Sumter County citizens.

FCC Report & Order Phase II Compliant

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