Interoperable Communications in Schools
Welcome
and
thank you for your time
Guy Grace
Patrick Hobby
Guy Grace
 Littleton Public Schools Director of
Security and Emergency Planning
 22 years with Littleton Public Schools
and 26 years total experience in the
security field
Patrick Hobby
 President and CEO, QDS and
SchoolSAFE Communications Inc.
 Co-inventor and sole manufacturer of
SchoolSAFE remote controlled two-way
radio bridging systems
 25 years Motorola two-way radio
product sales, service and system
integration
Introduction
 School Emergencies
 Operability and Interoperability
 Two-Way Radio
 Training
 Community Partners
 The SchoolSafe Network
Littleton Public Schools
Littleton Public Schools
Callbox with camera and
remote control door locks
Site Surveys
 Local-area school-based systems
 District wide-area system coverage and
capacity
 Public Safety wide-area systems,
coverage and capacity
 Sharing lessons learned working
towards operability and
interoperability.
Operability
 School safety teams
 Establishing command on the radio
 Establishing control zones
 Setting up staging areas
Two-Way Radios
 One-to-many
 Kinds of two-way radios
 Categories of two-way radios
 Site surveys for coverage and capacity
Interoperability
 Full understanding of plans and
procedures
 The ability to work together on a
common communications platform
in real time
 The ability to exchange real time
critical lifesaving information
by two-way radio
Incident Command
 Without effective communications
it is nearly impossible to have
command and control of any
situation.
 Two-way radio communications helps
multiple logistical and jurisdictional
teams coordinate response to
complex incidents.
Training and Exercising
 Regular testing of communications
capability
 Conducting tabletop exercises
 Conducting functional exercises
 3D simulations and communications
exercises
SchoolSAFE Technology
Mission
Enable on-demand seamless two-way
radio communications interoperability.
SchoolSAFE Block Diagram 1
PSAP Antenna
School Antenna
School Network
SchoolSAFE located
at each School
Location
Internet
PSAP Network
Server
PSAP 911
Dispatch
SchoolSAFE Block Diagram 2
PSAP Antenna
School Antenna
District Antenna
School Network
Server
SchoolSAFE located
at each School
Location
District
Security
PSAP Network
PSAP 911
Dispatch
Internet
SchoolSAFE Block Diagram 3
PSAP Antenna
District Antenna
PSAP 911 Dispatch WideArea Radio Coverage
District Services Wide- Area
Radio Coverage
School Antenna
Local Coverage
SchoolSAFE at each School
Location
Thank You!
Guy Grace
303-347-3416
ggrace@lps.k12.co.us
Patrick Hobby
303-598-1555
path@qdscorp.com
www.schoolsafecom.org