Radio Technical Operations Committee
The MESB’s Radio Technical Operations Committee (Radio TOC) meets to review technical and operational aspects of the metropolitan area ARMER system, such as requests to join the ARMER system, subsystem build-out plans, additions and/or changes to existing subsystems, and operational standards. The Radio TOC presents recommendations on these items to the Board for final approval.
The Radio TOC meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday* of the month at 1:00 p.m. All meetings, unless otherwise noted, are held in the Board Room of the Metropolitan Counties Government Center, 2099 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN, 55104.
*The meetings held in November and December are the exceptions to this rule.
2011 Radio TOC Members are:
Ulysses Seal, Chair-Bloomington Fire Department
Ron Jansen, Vice Chair—Dakota County
Jeff Bjorklund—Metropolitan Airports Commission
Chris Caulk, Isanti County Sheriff's Office
Jon Eckel—Chisago County Sheriff’s Office
Cliff Giese—Metro Region EMS
Scott Haas—Scott County Sheriff’s Office
Roger Laurence—Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office
Chad LeVasseur—Metropolitan Council
Rod Olson—Minneapolis Public Works (Radio Shop)
Steve Schoenbauer—Carver County Sheriff’s Office
Chuck Steier—University of Minnesota Police Department
Dave Thomalla—MN Chiefs of Police Association
Dean Tilley—Washington County Sheriff’s Office
John Tonding—Anoka County Central Communications
Scott Williams, Ramsey County
The Radio TOC has a standing subcommittee specifically created to deal with interoperability issues. This subcommittee is the Interoperability Subcommittee. This committee is composed of dispatch supervisors, fire, EMS, law enforcement and public works and has members from local, state and federal agencies. The subcommittee aids in standards development and to help solve operational issues related to interoperability.
The Interoperability Subcommittee meets the first Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the Board Room of the Metropolitan Counties Government Center, 2099 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN, 55104.
For more information, please contact Jill Rohret at (651) 643-8394 or jrohret@mn-mesb.org
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