SAPD to showcase communications equipment & mobile command vehicles on 11/18

MEDIA ADVISORY, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org

Public Safety Agencies Showcase Communications Equipment & Mobile Command Vehicles

WHAT: The California Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee will be hosting an exercise in Orange County, with Los Angeles, Riverside/San Bernardino, and San Diego counties also participating. The purpose of this exercise, called the Multi Agency Regional Radio Interoperability Training Exercise, is to test the interoperable capability of radio communications equipment inside mobile command post vehicles. It will also provide a venue for first responders and emergency management employees to view the resources available in Orange County.

WHEN: Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Time: 9:00 AM – Noon
(Media Preview: 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon)

WHERE: Orange County Public Works Collins Yard Facility at 2120 W. Collins Ave, Orange 92867

WHO: Multiple Public Safety and Government agencies are participating and will have their mobile command post vehicles on site.

Scheduled to participate:

• Anaheim Police Department
• California Highway Patrol
• California Department of Transportation
• City of Orange Police Department
• City of Irvine Police Department
• Garden Grove Police Department
• Huntington Beach Police Department
• Huntington Park Police Department
• Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
• Orange County Animal Care
• Orange County Fire Authority
• Orange County Health Care Agency
• Orange County Public Works
• Orange County Sheriff’s Department
• Orange County RACES organizations
• Santa Ana Police Department
• Tustin Police Department
• West Cities Mobile Command Post

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