9.29 Holmes County 5/24/05

9.29 HOLMES COUNTY 5/24/05

9.29.1  SYSTEM SUMMARY

Holmes County will be a type 1, 9-1-1 system consisting of one Primary PSAP serving Holmes and portions of Washington County. The PSAP will be located at the Holmes County Work Camp in the City of Bonifay, and will direct dispatch calls for the Sheriff's Department and the Bonifay Police Department. There will be no dedicated transfer lines to other safety agencies. Calls from the portions of Holmes County that are not a part of the Holmes County 9-1-1 system will be handled by the Walton County 9-1-1 system. Likewise, calls from the portion of Washington County served by the Holmes County 9-1-1 system will be handled by the Holmes County 9-1-1 system.

9.29.2 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

The Holmes County 9-1-1 system will be managed and operated by the Holmes County Sheriff's Office and the Holmes County 911 Department. The responsible fiscal agent will be the Board of County Commissioners:

9.29.3 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS

Table 9.29-3 shows the required interlocal agreements for the Holmes County 9-1-1 system. Typical interlocal agreements are shown in the Appendix.

TABLE 9.29-1

HOLMES COUNTY 9-1-1 SYSTEM DEFINITION

Holmes County Sheriff's Department Primary PSAP

Location / Holmes County Work camp.
Bonifay
Number of Answering Positions / 1
Type of Answering Positions / Call Taker/Dispatcher
Total Staff / 5
Number of Logging Recorders / 1-10 Channel
Number of Instant Playback Recorders / 1
Call Answering Equipment / 1 – 1-22-B Key System & 1 – 12 Button Telephone
9-1-1 Trunks / 6
Transfer Lines / 0
TDD / 1

TABLE 9.29-2

HOLMES COUNTY CALL HANDLING

AGENCY / METHOD / VEHICLE

Holmes County Sheriff's Department Primary PSAP

Sheriff's Dept. / Direct Dispatch / Radio
Bonifay Police Dept. / Direct Dispatch / Radio
Bonifay Volunteer Fire Dept. / Call Relay / Telephone
Caryville Volunteer Fire Dept. (Washington County) / Call Relay / Telephone
Holmes Cnty. Ambulance (Bonifay) / Call Relay / Telephone
Florida Div. of Forestry (Bonifay) / Call Relay / Telephone
Florida Highway Patrol (Marianna) / Call Relay / Intercity Radio or Telephone
Remaining Washington Cnty. Agencies (via Washington Cnty. Sheriff's Off.) / Call Relay / Intercity Radio or Telephone
Walton County 911 / 1 / 1 Center
Holmes County Sheriff's Dept. / Call Relay / Intercity Radio or Telephone

TABLE 9.29-3

HOLMES COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS

FIRST PARTY / SECOND PARTY / SUBJECT
Holmes County / Walton County / An interlocal agreement is required to define the call handling method and routing of each type of call received from Holmes County citizens at the Walton County 9-1-1 PSAP located in the City of DeFuniak Springs.
Washington County / Holmes County / An interlocal agreement is required to define the call handling method and routing of each type of call received from Washington County citizens at the Holmes County 9-1-1 PSAP located in the City of Bonifay.