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1. 1. Sidebar to "Be Prepared!"

   www.9-1-1magazine.com/magazine - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/19/2001   Last Visited: 7/19/2001

   Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy Chuck Kellenberger said he used the laptops extensively during the emergency event. The WinForce software serving the PCMobiles is tied into the Florida Criminal Investigation Center ( FCIC ) and the National Criminal Investigation Center ( NCIC ) , the computer networks that can identify and provide background on an individual by typing in a license plate number or name.
   
   We used it to try and identify who was who and we also used it during curfew to do person checks so we won't overload dispatch , Kellenberger said.
   
   That allowed deputies on Marathon Key , the geographic center of the island chain where all the computers are being used , to prioritize who needed to be evacuated first. The Monroe County Sheriff's evacuation plan calls for the southern most islands to be evacuated initially under a mandatory order starting with visitors and tourists and eventually moving residents off the Keys. Each island moving northward is evacuated in succession in order to avoid traffic jams on U.S. 1 , the sole highway going in and out of Monroe County.
   
   In all , about 40 , 000 people were evacuated from Monroe County before Hurricane Georges hit. With that kind of volume of people being moved off the islands , Kellenberger said it was a relief to deputies and dispatchers that the computers were in use.
   
   The use of the laptops freed valuable air-time on the radio that dispatchers need to prioritize. You don't have to bother dispatch , because they were so inundated with 9-1-1 calls and trying to get their own selves situated. We were able to rely on the computer we had , Kellenberger said.
   
   While patrol deputies felt at ease using the laptops during the emergency , supervisors distributing commands and emergency messages were equally comforted by the use of the computers , said Monroe County Sheriff's Sgt.

2. 2. Sidebar to "Be Prepared!"

   www.9-1-1magazine.com/magazine - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/5/2002   Last Visited: 6/5/2002

   Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy Chuck Kellenberger said he used the laptops extensively during the emergency event. The WinForce software serving the PCMobiles is tied into the Florida Criminal Investigation Center (FCIC) and the National Criminal Investigation Center (NCIC), the computer networks that can identify and provide background on an individual by typing in a license plate number or name.
   
   "We used it to try and identify who was who and we also used it during curfew to do person checks so we won't overload dispatch," Kellenberger said.
   
   That allowed deputies on Marathon Key, the geographic center of the island chain where all the computers are being used, to prioritize who needed to be evacuated first. The Monroe County Sheriff's evacuation plan calls for the southern most islands to be evacuated initially under a mandatory order starting with visitors and tourists and eventually moving residents off the Keys. Each island moving northward is evacuated in succession in order to avoid traffic jams on U.S. 1, the sole highway going in and out of Monroe County.
   
   In all, about 40,000 people were evacuated from Monroe County before Hurricane Georges hit. With that kind of volume of people being moved off the islands, Kellenberger said it was a relief to deputies and dispatchers that the computers were in use.
   
   The use of the laptops freed valuable air-time on the radio that dispatchers need to prioritize. "You don't have to bother dispatch, because they were so inundated with 9-1-1 calls and trying to get their own selves situated. We were able to rely on the computer we had," Kellenberger said.
   
   While patrol deputies felt at ease using the laptops during the emergency, supervisors distributing commands and emergency messages were equally comforted by the use of the computers, said Monroe County Sheriff's Sgt.

3. 3. NLECTC - News Summary

   www.nlectc.org/justnetnews/021 - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/11/1999   Last Visited: 12/4/2005

   Moreover, Deputy Chuck Kellenberger says the computers eliminated the need to communicate via the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) dispatch, thus conserving valuable radio air-time.