Finance Committee - 10/18/2017 Page 18
Alderman Cookson
| would assume the same thing is true for the police. If the police have a catastrophe, they would be able to
also communicate and dispatch or provide services as well. Is that correct?
Mr. Mansfield
At fire, yes.
Alderman Cookson
At fire.
Mr. Mansfield
Correct.
Alderman Cookson
Alright. So, we only get to a point of complete failure if there are catastrophes at both places. Is that correct?
Mr. Mansfield
No, not necessary.
Alderman Cookson
Why not?
Mr. Mansfield
It depends on what the catastrophe is. If we lose a connection between fire and police or if we lose a
connection, | shouldn’t say “a” connection, multiple connections between those two buildings, you could be out
of service. We have enough redundancy we believe in there that is going to prevent that from happening, but
you don’t know.
Alderman Cookson
You have the connections coming in from multiple directions?
Mr. Mansfield
Yes.
Alderman Cookson
Okay, so you’re not on the same fiber line. You have a fiber line coming in from two different places.
Mr. Mansfield
Correct. We have redundancy within the system now where we are connected to all the towers through
microwave. That is the primary. The fibers are secondary.
