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Emergency Communications
Emergency Communications Program purpose: Provide reliable communications for public-safety and transportation efficiency. Specifically:
- Provide WYDOT with one-stop-shopping for telecommunications, exchanging voice, data and video information between distant locations on shared telephone, microwave and mobile radio infrastructure.
- Give balanced telecommunications service and support to all customers, including other agencies as appropriate, and to meet responsibilities with due priority.
- Provide technical integration and support of electronics systems in DOT vehicles and on Wyoming roadways.
- Provide system architecture expertise for connecting distant information systems using appropriate communications.
Emergency Communications 2023
New WyoLink sites went live in Goshen County, Uinta County and in Big Horn County. Construction began, and is scheduled for completion in 2024 for the locations of: Newcastle and in Sublette Co. With the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds, multiple projects are currently underway, and also being scheduled for 2024 including: site expansion, 2 additional towers (Sheridan County, Saratoga Region) and Microwave system upgrades. $4.5 Million of the ARPA funds was awarded to local agencies to purchase new WyoLink communications equipment. Radio upgrades at 65 sites were completed in FY23 and 50% of WYDOT, 40% of the WHP fleet mobile and portable radios were completed by Program staff with 100% completion in FY24. Work continues to expand interoperable communications across adjacent state and cellular networks. Two FirstNet Compact Rapid Deployables (CRD) were obtained through a partnership with FirstNet to address FirstNet coverage gaps. Technicians and field staff completed all yearly inspections as scheduled for the 105 WyoLink Network radio sites as well as roadside radios. The program began using agency owned drones to scan and map 30 WyoLink towers across the state, with plans to continue into 2024. Collaboration with ETS continues in seeking solutions to provide fiber optic connections to WYDOT locations, and WyoLink sites. Upgrades, including: fiber optics, redundant links, and the licensing of frequencies continue to improve the reliability, and enhance the communications for WYDOT’s roadside devices, aiding the traveling public. As a result of coordination between state and local entities, the Next Generation 911 (NG 911) Geographic Information System (GIS) completed the development of the Wyoming NG 911 GIS Data Model. A greater emphasis on safety and technician training across the program has resulted in providing employees the knowledge and resources to complete our mission with fewer risks; while increasing the tasks that may be completed with in-house resources.
For information, visit: http://wyolink.state.wy.us/.
