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Land Mobile Radio

Regional shared public safety radio across three system generations and two decades — a rare thing to be able to say about infrastructure replaced once a generation.

Also known as LMR, First Coast Radio System, FCRS

Senior enterprise architect and subject-matter expert for the First Coast Radio System, the shared regional public safety network carrying JEA, the municipal utility, together with every public safety agency in the region.

Took it from the original system through retrofit onto newer technology and ultimately a full replacement on the Motorola P25 platform, including master site relocation, backup site and multiprotocol capability, and site expansion.

The work began under contract to JEA while at Coleman Technologies and continued for the following two decades at the city — an unusual thing to be able to say about infrastructure that gets replaced roughly once a generation.

Subtopics

  • Multi-Agency InteroperabilityA utility, law enforcement, fire and rescue and emergency management operating over infrastructure none of them individually owned.
  • Project 25 Trunked RadioThe Motorola P25 platform the regional system was ultimately replaced on, carrying a 10,500-radio fleet.
  • Radio Site & Tower DesignTower and site design, coverage validated in the field, and redundancy that had to be proven before a storm rather than during one.

Applied in

  • First Coast Radio System2000–2024Regional shared public safety radio across three system generations — original, retrofit, and full P25 replacement.
  • Downtown Campus Distributed Antenna System2008–2022A neutral-host DAS carrying four commercial carriers, public safety radio and Wi-Fi — owned across two full platform generations.

Through subtopics

2 further projects reference a subtopic of this entry rather than the entry itself.

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