Sigb chairman Sheriff Leo Dutton State Single Point of Contact Ron Baldwin Statewide Interoperability Coordinator Quinn Ness

Emergency Medical Services: A census of public and private emergency medical personnel is not available. However, a current licensing registration list reveals there are ninety-five (95) Emergency Medical Services Agencies in Montana. These EMS service providers are headquartered in thirty-four Montana Counties and serve both urban and rural areas.

In total, according the UCR Master File, the USFA Census and EMS Licensing data, there are over 9,233 public safety personnel working at 713 public safety agencies/departments/fire districts in Montana. Approximately six thousand (6,000) of those personnel are volunteer fire fighters. This information is important to FirstNet as it looks at potential users of the

FirstNet Network.

Lists of Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS and Emergency Management agencies and contacts (partial, see Spreadsheet) are included in the Appendix.

Section 4. Mobile Data Survey

FirstNet requested that Montana PSE’s take a survey about current wireless device usage. The survey is located on-line at WWW.//Publicsafetytools.Info. This website is maintained by the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC).

To date, eighty-two PSE’s have taken the survey. A list of responding PSE’s is included in the Appendix. FirstNet will directly access cost and usage information from OEC. Below are tabulations about the seven (7) questions posed by the MDS:

MDS Responses by PSE Discipline
Type	PSE Respond
Emergency Management	3
Fire	67
Police	12
Total:	82

Response to Devices Permitted for Work
Question		Agencies
Yes	68
No	4
Unknown	2
Total:	74

Response to Stipend Paid for Use of Personal devices
Question Choices	Agencies
Yes, Fixed Amount	9
Yes, Based on Usage	0
Yes, Other Method	3
No	61
Unknown	4
Total:	77

Responses to Wireless Data Barriers: Cost
Question Choices	Agencies
Yes, Cost Barrier	50
No, Cost not Barrier	9
Unknown	8
Total:	67

Responses to Wireless Data Barriers: Network Reliability
Question Choices	Agencies
Yes, Barrier	36
No, not Barrier	21
Unknown	10
Total:	67

Responses to Wireless Data Barriers: Security
Question Choices	Agencies
Yes, Security a Barrier	14
No, Security not a Barrier	33
Unknown	18
Total:	65

 

Responses to Wireless Data Barriers: Coverage
Question Choices	Agencies
Yes, Coverage is a Barrier	46
No, Coverage is not a Barrier	12
Unknown	8
Total:	66

Responses to Wireless Data Barriers: Expertise
Question Choices	Agencies
Yes, Expertise is Barrier	22
No, Expertise is not Barrier	35
Unknown	6
Total:	63