9.37 LEVY COUNTY 4-5-05
9.37.1 SYSTEM SUMMARY
Levy County will be a type 1, 9-1-1 system consisting of one Primary PSAP. The PSAP will be
located in the Sheriff’s dispatch center in the jail facility in the City of Bronson and will direct
dispatch calls for the Sheriff’s Department, Bronson Volunteer Fire Department, and the Cedar
Key, Chiefland, and Williston Police Departments. Calls for other public safety agencies will be
transferred over existing seven-digit telephone lines. Calls from the portion of Levy County not
served by the Levy County 9-1-1 system will be handled by the Gilchrist county 9-1-1 system and
directed to the appropriate agencies. The central office 9-1-1 trunk network is shown in Figure
9.38-1.
9.37.2 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
The Levy County 9-1-1 system will be operated by the Levy County Sheriff’s Office under the
management of the Levy County Sheriff’s Office. The responsible fiscal agent will be the Board
of County Commissioners.
9.37.3 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS
Table 9.38-3 shows the required interlocal agreements for the Levy County 9-1-1 system.
Typical interlocal agreements are shown in Appendix.
TABLE 9.37-1
LEVY COUNTY 9-1-1 SYSTEM DEFINITION
Levy County Sheriff’s Office
Location Levy County Sheriff’s Office, Bronson
Number of Answering Positions 3
Type of Answering Position Call Taker/Dispatcher
Total Staff 15
Number of Logging Recorders 32 Channels
Number of Instant Playback Recorders 3
Call Answering Equipment 3 – CTI
Tie-Lines 1
Number of 9-1-1 Trunks 8
Transfer Lines
TDD 3
TABLE 9.37-2
LEVY COUNTY CALL HANDLING
AGENCY METHOD VEHICLE
Sheriff’s Department Primary PSAP
Levy County Sheriff’s Dept. Direct Dispatch Radio
Direct Dispatching For:
Bronson Volunteer Fire Dept. Cedar Key Police Dept. Chiefland Police Dept.
Williston Police Dept.
Cedar Key Volunteer Fire Dept. Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
Chiefland Volunteer Fire Dept. Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
FL Div. of Forestry (Chiefland) Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
Florida Highway Patrol (Inglis) Call Relay or Dial Out Telephone/Radio Call Transf.
Morrison Volunteer Fire Dept. Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
Levy County Ambulance Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
(Chiefland)
Levy County Ambulance Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
(Williston)
Levy County Sheriff’s Office Direct Dispatch
Levy County Civil Defense Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
Otter Creek Vol. Fire Dept. Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
Suwannee River Vol. Fire Dept. Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
Williston Fire Dept. Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
Yankeetown Fire Dept. Dial Out Call Transfer Telephone
Gilchrist County 9-1-1 System
FL Div. of Forestry (Chiefland) Call Relay Telephone
Levy County Ambulance Call Relay Telephone
(Chiefland)
Suwannee River Vol. Fire Dept. Call Relay Telephone
Remaining Levy Cnty. Agencies Call Relay Telephone/Radio
(via Levy County Sheriff’s Office)
TABLE 9.37-3
LEVY COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS
FIRST PARTY SECOND PARTY SUBJECT
Levy County Gilchrist County An interlocal agreement is required to define the call handling
method and routing of each type of call received from Levy
County citizens at the Gilchrist County 9-1-1 Primary PSAP
located in the City of Trenton.