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The Onondaga County Interoperable Communications System is a 15 site Motorola APCO P25 [[Simulcast|simulcast trunked radio system]], currently 13 frequency pairs are available for voice communication. Testing of the system began in late 2009 and the Syracuse Police Department became the first agency to go live on the system on February 2, 2010. Onondaga County police agencies followed a month later, with County Fire and EMS agencies approximately two months later. The City of Syracuse Fire Department was the last county public safety agency to switch over to the system in June of 2010.

Currently all public safety radio operations for Onondaga County are conducted on this system, along with DPWs, Highway Departments, School Districts, and higher education such as Syracuse University and SUNY ESF.

Rural/Metro Medical Services (the primary EMS provider for the city of Syracuse) retained their own private VHF radio system independent of the county 911 Center until 2016 when it's successor, American Medical Response transitioned to the OCICS for dispatching and tactical operations.


===== See Also =====
*[[Central_New_York_Interoperable_Communications_Consortium_(CNYICC)|Central New York Interoperable Communications Consortium (CNYICC)]]
*[[Onondaga_County_(NY)_EMS|Onondaga County EMS]]
*[[Onondaga_County_(NY)_Firefighting|Onondaga County Firefighting]]
*[[Onondaga_County_(NY)_Law_Enforcement|Onondaga County Law Enforcement]]
*[[Rural/Metro_Syracuse|American Medical Response of Central New York]]





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