July 2015 – Central Ohio Interoperable Radio System

July Meeting Postponed

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Webmaster

The COIRS Governing Board meeting, originally scheduled for Friday July 27th has been postponed. The board’s next meeting will be held on Friday August 21st at 9:30am in Worthington.

For any questions, please contact board secretary Jay Somerville.

Progress at the Hilliard Darby Site

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Webmaster

These pads are 4" thick and will hold the buildings that will house the electronics. — These pads are 4″ thick and will hold the buildings that will house the electronics.

The final grad has been completed at the site. The buildings are supposed to be delivered next week.

This base is 42 feet deep and 40 yards of concrete. This will hold the 195' tall tower. — This base is 42 feet deep and 40 yards of concrete. This will hold the 195′ tall tower.

XO Communications notified COIRS that they will be performing upgrades to the network switches that support our radio system between Saturday 07/18 @ 23:00 and Sunday 07/19 @ 06:00. There will be at least one connectivity interruption of up to 15 minutes during this time frame that will cause the system to go into site trunking. Dispatchers will need to be ready to use back up radios/walkies during this outage. Field units may receive the “SITE TRUNKING” notice on their radios, but can continue to operate on their normal talk-groups.

If you have any questions/concerns about the outages, please contact Jay Somerville

Hilliard/Darby Site Underway

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Webmaster

Today crews broke ground for the new Hilliard/Darby tower site. The site, which is a partnership between COIRS and Verizon Wireless, will be a 190′ mono-pole tower with two shelters that will serve both entities and provide much improved public-safety radio and private 3G/4G coverage throughout Hilliard and Norwich Township. Completion is expected by the end of September.