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BOOK Ph,E350 <br />system delivers the messages and retrieves return messages, <br />releasing staff for other duties- during the emergency. It ,was <br />determined that contact with the Special Needs population and <br />county employees needs to be improved. The current computer <br />calldown system was purchased eight years ago. This was before <br />Special Needs evacuation and sheltering were made mandatory by <br />Statute, and the system proved to be substantially inadequate for <br />the amount of calls required during Hurricane Erin. <br />Improved Automatic Calldown Computer $3,050 <br />System with Printer and Training <br />2. Telephone Headsets <br />Historically, the Department has received a constant barrage of <br />telephone calls when a tropical disturbance threatens the Treasure <br />Coast area. It was noted during the critiques that telephone <br />headsets would provide greater efficiency for the telephone <br />operators than standard telephone handset receivers and increase <br />the total number of calls which can be answered. The headsets <br />would also allow comfort, more freedom of movement, and hands-free <br />operation for continuing other administrative duties. <br />Telephone Headsets (2 @ $225) $450 <br />3. Emergency Operations'Center (EOC) Equipment <br />During the critiques it was determined that the EOC space was not <br />efficiently utilized, the layout limited movement, and the <br />Emergency Services Function (ESF) assignments could not easily be <br />identified due to the current configuration of furniture. It is <br />the opinion of other county and state agencies that utilization of <br />separate tables of sufficient size for each emergency function are <br />best for EOC operations. Also, the smaller tables have a cable <br />management system which provides for safer and more efficient <br />management of computer and telephone wiring and allows for rapid <br />conference room/EOC trans -formation. During routine working days, <br />these tables can be joined together to allow for a typical <br />conference room setting. <br />EOC Tables (12 @ $401) $4,812 <br />4. Atmospheric Recording Sensors <br />The critiques noted that during Hurricane Erin and other <br />significant weather events, the Department does not have access to <br />any local sensors which indicate imperative weather information. <br />Data reference to local conditions with respect to wind speed, <br />rainfall, barometric pressures, humidity, wind direction, and <br />temperature is not readily available. This information is <br />necessary and essential for emergency operations. All information <br />during Erin was received by sources out of the area that only <br />provided estimated data. Having access to these sensors would have <br />provided a competent source of information that Erin was actually <br />weakening before making landfall. <br />Atmospheric Gauges and Recording Equipment $1,880 <br />5. Special Needs Shelter Equipment <br />During the hurricane, it was noted that operations were hindered at <br />the Special Needs Shelter when the number of people seeking shelter <br />exceeded the number of available cots. The purchase of additional <br />cots is needed to allow for the continually increasing volume of <br />evacuees. Along with the cots, additional computer software is <br />needed to . provide for more efficient pre -registration and <br />registration of those being sheltered. It was also noted in the <br />35 <br />OCTOBER 17, 1995 <br />M <br />M <br />