RCIP and KUSI NEWS - Thinkstream -- San Diego Urban Area -- Segment II

August (Augie) F. Ghio




August (Augie) F. Ghio is a 31 year veteran of the Fire Service and is currently the Fire Chief for the San Miguel Fire Protection District in San Diego's East County. His career includes 29 years with the City of San Diego serving as the City Office of Homeland Security Director and Assistant Fire Chief. His experience includes serving as the Assistant Communications Officer, Hazardous Materials Team Coordinator, Office of Emergency Services Manager, Director of Support Services, President of San Diego Medical Services Enterprise, LLC, and Chairman of the San Diego Regional Homeland Security Technology Partnership. Augie has also served as the President of the City of San Diego Chapter of the National Management Association. He currently serves as the President of the San Diego County Fire Districts' Association and is the Vice-President of the San Diego County Fire Chiefs' Association. His education includes an Associate of Science in Fire Protection, B.A. in Business Administration and a Certificate in Fire Administration.




PROJECT OVERVIEW:




The scope of the Regional Computer-Aided-Dispatch Interoperability Project (RCIP) was to provide for the "real-time" collaborative and interoperable communications capabilities among public safety agencies throughout the cities and unincorporated areas of San Diego County (the San Diego Urban Area). The RCIP enables 911 emergency collaboration, situational awareness and timely distribution of critical incident information by providing a method for fire rescue, medical and law enforcement CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) with diverse and separate systems to manage and share mission-critical data and resources during response incidents that affect the region. The RCIP has been designed for secure transport of real time public safety information. The RCIP provides an organized method of coordinating regional public safety resources (law enforcement, fire, medical) to reduce response time, increase personnel efficiency and increase resource management to and from regional dispatch centers, and the field.

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Science & Technology

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• Law Enforcement