9. 7 calhoun county 1 system summary

9.7 CALHOUN COUNTY
9.7.1 SYSTEM SUMMARY
Calhoun County will be a type 1, 9-1-1 system consisting of one PSAP serving Calhoun County and portions of Jackson County. The PSAP will be located in the Sheriff's Department in Blountstown. Dedicated transfer lines will interconnect the PSAP with six safety agencies. Calls from the portion of Calhoun county that is not a part of the Calhoun County 9-1-1 System will be handled by the Gulf County 9-1-1 PSAP. Likewise, calls from the portion of Jackson County served by the Calhoun County 9-1-1 System will be handled by the Calhoun County 9-1-1 PSAP.
9.7.2 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
The Calhoun County 9-1-1 System will be managed and operated by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. The responsible fiscal agent will be the Board of County Commissioners.
9.7.3 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS
Table 9.7-3 shows the required interlocal agreement for Calhoun County. Typical interlocal agreements are shown in the Appendix.
TABLE 9.7-1

CALHOUN COUNTY 9-1-1 SYSTEM DEFINITION

Location	Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Blountstown
Number of Answering Positions	1
Type of Answering Position	Call Taker/Dispatcher
Total Staff	5
Number of Logging Recorders	1 – 10 Channel
Number of Instant Playback Recorders	1
Number of 9-1-1 Trunks	4
Call Answering Equipment	To be determined
Number of Transfer Lines	6
TDD	1

TABLE 9.7-2

CALHOUN COUNTY CALL HANDLING

AGENCY

METHOD

VEHICLE

Calhoun County 9-1-1 PSAP

Calhoun Cnty. Sheriff's Office	Direct Dispatch	Radio
Altha Police Dept.	Call Transfer	1 Line
Altha Fire Dept.	Call Transfer	1 Line
Blountstown Police Dept.	Call Transfer	1 Line
Blountstown Fire Dept.	Call Transfer

Dispatching For:

Kinard Volunteer Fire Dept.

Shiloh Volunteer Fire Dept.

Calhoun Cnty. Civil Defense	Call Relay	Telephone
Calhoun Cnty. Gen. Hospital Ambulance Service	Call Transfer	1 Line
Florida Div. of Forestry (Bristol)	Call Transfer	1 Line
Florida Highway Patrol (Panama City)	Call Relay	Tele/Intercity Radio
Any Jackson County Agency (via Jackson County Sheriff's Office)	Call Relay	Tele/Intercity Radio

Gulf County 9-1-1 PSAP

Any Calhoun County Agency (via Calhoun County Sheriff's Office) Call Relay

Tele./Intercity

Radio

Bay County 9-1-1 PSAP

Any Calhoun County Agency (via Calhoun County Sheriff's Office)

Call Relay

Tele./Intercity Radio

TABLE 9.7-3

CALHOUN COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS

FIRST PARTY	SECOND PARTY	SUBJECT
Calhoun County	Gulf County	An interlocal agreement is required to define the call handling method and routing of each type of call received from Calhoun County citizens at the Gulf County 91 Center located in the city of Port St. Joe.
Calhoun County	Jackson County	An interlocal agreement is required to define the call handling method and routing of each type of call received from Jackson County citizens at the Calhoun County 9-1-1 Center located in the city Blountstown.
Calhoun County	Bay County	An interlocal agreement is required to define the call handling method and routing of each type of call received from Calhoun County citizens at the Bay County 9-1-1 Center located in Panama City.