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Permalink Reply by Tom on March 17, 2009 at 10:06pm

Does your system just show the call info or can you bring up a map also?

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Permalink Reply by John on March 17, 2009 at 10:08pm

From what I have heard in the rumor mill our deotarment is looking into getting them as well, but not sure if its just for the Battalion vehicles or all apparatus.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Jackson on March 17, 2009 at 10:26pm

We use Motorola MW800 and/or Motorola Toughbook. We have CAD, mapping and IM capability. Mapping is great shows building outlines, addresses, hydrants, water lines, canals, the works. We are trying to load ERG and preplans so we pull up the preplan on the way to the call. Only problem we have found is because they use a cellular signal if your area has a lot of dead spots (like we do) the mapping and dispatch info sometimes doesn't transmit. Other than that they are great asset. Second hardest part was finding a mounting location that the officer could operate but not interfere with the engineer trying to drive.

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Permalink Reply by Trainer on March 18, 2009 at 7:28am

Most of the departments that I know that are using computers are using Toughbooks, some with mapping programs have the pre-plan and IAP linked to the map program, don’t know what program. Now the rest of us are going to a Garmin.

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