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Counties okay fire dispatch specialist contract to upgrade fire dispatch communications, to better serve the sevenmunicipalities within Prescott-Russell which use it.
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
It’s servedwell formany years but the exis- ting fire dispatch communication system for Prescott-Russell is past its prime now. Counties council approved authority for administration to hire a communications specialist to help design a new communi- cations setup for fire dispatch service for the region.“The bottom line is we have to start from scratch,” said Stéphane Parisien, counties chief administrator. “The system we have is obsolete.” Parisien presented an update on the fire dispatch program during the January 10 committee of the whole meeting of the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR). He told council that the UCPR needs to hire a radio-frequency engineer as part of its plans
Much of the existing system uses analog communications gear rather than digital which has become standard now for modern fire dispatch, including the one for the City of Ottawa. Champlain Townshipmayor, Gary Barton, noted that Ottawa spent two years getting its digital system up and running and said he “is prepared now” to support the UCPR going ahead with preparations to upgrade its fire dispatch setup. Hawkesbury mayor Jeanne Charlebois noted there are two radio towers already for the present regional fire dispatch: one in Hawkesbury and the other in Rockland. The City of Clarence-Rockland is part of the City of Ottawa’s fire dispatch system. Charlebois said she wouldn’t speak for
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Les tours de radiomunicipales de Hawkesbury ont servi pendant de nombreuses années dans le cadre du système régional original de répartition des incendies. La mairesse Jeanne Charlebois veut s’assurer qu’elles feront partie du nouveau système et ainsi continuer d’épargner de l’argent pour la Ville. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
Clarence-Rockland’s mayor about the future of the two towers. But she noted that Hawkesbury made a serious finan- cial investment to build the tower when it provided regional fire dispatch. “We own it, we intend to keep it,” Char- lebois said. “It’s a source of revenue. As the owner of the tower I don’t think I should be paying for the services of my own tower.” Parisien told council that his staffwould
present a detailed report with recommen- dations on options for both upgrading the communications system to digital, and also its management. Mayor Charlebois offe- red to share the results of a past study her municipality did about a fire dispatch digital upgrade. “I’m hoping a decision can be made by this council by the end of June,” Parisien said. “I want us to consider all options.”
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca House arrest order for Ryan Lucas ments. He must be able to provide written approval on demand for those exemptions. On Saturdays, he has a limited time available to go out to shop for «the necessities of life.» For the remaining three months of his sentence, Lucas is still confined to his home, but he can go out during the day, subject A St-Isidoremanwill be under house arrest for part of his sentence after pleading guilty to a weapon assault charge resulting from an incident that occurred early in 2017. Ryan Lucas, 22, of
to a curfew limit. After the six-month period is over, Lucas is on probation for two years. The conditions of his probation in- clude a no-contact order concerning the victim of his assault and two witnesses to the incident. He is also
St-Isidore, entered the plea during the January 10 provincial court ses- sion in L’Orignal. Both the Crown and defence counsels proposed a six-month conditional sentence. Judge Marc D’Amour agreed to de- fence counsel’s request for Lucas to serve three
Un homme de Saint-Isidore sera assigné à résidence pour une partie de sa peine après avoir plaidé coupable à une accusation d’agression armée, à la suite d’un incident survenu au début de 2017. Ryan Lucas, 22 ans, a plaidé coupable le 10 janvier.
months of the sentence under house arrest, through the electronicmonitoring program. The sole exemptions to the house arrest period are when he needs to go out of the house to attend school or medical appoint-
required to attend counselling programs. Lucas is also banned for 10 years from owning firearms or other types of weapons. He must also pay a $600 victim’s surcharge fine.
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