Wallowa County Responders retain Federal Engineering for public safety communications consulting

Wallowa Memorial Hospital is leading a consortium of a dozen response agencies that have retained the services of Federal Engineering, Inc. (FE) to work with them in the planning and conceptual design of a new P25 radio system to improve both coverage and interoperability.

Mr. Timothy Peck, Wallowa Memorial Hospital EMS Director and Project Manager for the consortium had this to say about the project: “This project encompasses the assessment of a broad range of systems that go beyond the design of a new P25 radio system including the County’s dispatch center’s radio consoles, voice logging, Computer Aided Dispatch system, fire alerting, and other ancillary systems to determine their ability to support a new P25 radio system. We need a firm that can recommend solutions that meet the current and future needs of our first responders. We also want a firm with direct, hands-on experience that can support us during the procurement and implementation phases of this project, should the need arise. Federal Engineering is one of the few consulting firms that has demonstrated technical experience in all of these areas, and we are confident their participation will enhance our efforts.”