A radio dealer from the Cincinnati area has offered to provide Kenwood test units to the Communications Division of the Butler County Sheriff's Office. Kenwood Corporation, a manufacturer of portable and mobile radios, began offering a Project 25 compliant 700-800MHz product in December. The performance of the new Kenwood radios will be evaluated by BRICS technicians.
BRICS encourages all users to learn about the difference between emergency alarms and emergency calls. It is also important to understand a dispatcher's process for responding to emergency alarms and become familiar with applicable policies.
Radio towers on the BRICS 800MHz voice system receive a thorough yearly preventative maintenance check. During this process, each individual tower is taken out of service for several hours so that site equipment can be checked and calibrated.
BRICS regularly publishes system statistics to give users a sense of implementation progress and system loading. In the month of February 2010.