FY23 FULL BUDGET REPORT ADOPTED

Fire Station 2 - Relocation

Concept

$11.3M

Unfunded Project Concept

Location: Paramount Parkway/Wake Tech Site

Strategic Plan Goal: Public Safety Readiness

Brief Scope & Justification: While NCDOT road improvement will no longer render facility unusable, the building is reaching its life expectancy. The Town has purchased land fromWake Tech and the location will allow us to improve distribution and cover a higher percentage of addresses in town within both 1.5 and 2.5 mile range which should improve first due response times. Relocate and construct Fire Station 2 on the Wake Tech site with a 12,000 to 15,000 Sq foot, two bay station with an EMS option to meet growing community needs within the service area.

Emergency Traffic Pre-emption

Active

$745K

Reserves

Location: Targeted intersections near Fire Station facilities

Strategic Plan Goal: Operational Excellence

Brief Scope & Justification: This technology is a proven hazard mitigation tool that can reduce intersection crashes between emergency vehicles and other vehicles by up to 70 percent, eliminate priority conflicts in the intersections and grant the right of way to the emergency vehicles, improve response times by up to 25 percent, and reduce the Town of Morrisville’s potential liability. Allows emergency vehicles to safely navigate intersections by utilizing Infrared Technology to communicate with the traffic lights in intersections. As an emergency vehicle approaches the intersection, a transponder on the top of the emergency vehicle communicates with a detector installed on the traffic light and safely turns the light green for the emergency vehicle and provide it with the right of way. This service will also be added to all Police Department vehicles.

Public Safety Radios (NEW)*

Active

$1.6M

Bond Proceeds

Location: Police, Fire, & Public Works Department

Strategic Plan Goal: Public Safety Readiness

Brief Scope & Justification: Most of the radios we have in our fleet are first-generation radios that were purchased in October, 2014, and Motorola announced they will discontinue support for these radios. Additionally, there is a new requirement for radios to be able to meet TDMA compliance. Not having TDMA radios means we could not operate on the state's VIPER network, which would prevent us from accessing both Wake County and Cary Communication Center's radios systems. Replacement of all the radios (portables, mobiles, repeaters, and remote heads) for Fire, Police, and public works. This would include 111 handheld portable radios, 80 vehicle installed mobile radios, 6 repeaters to increase tactical operations, and 20 radios for Public Works for their operations.

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