Redmond Fire Department staff asked the Public Safety and Human Services Committee on Sept. 16 to place two agreements on the Oct. 7 consent agenda to implement Tablet Command, a digital incident command application to run on the department’s existing iOS fleet. Battalion Chief Freeman and Deputy Chief Quirricone presented the briefing.

The nut graf: Staff said the app will provide increased situational awareness and scene safety and will be used regionally with Kirkland Fire and Eastside Fire and Rescue under an enterprise agreement administered by Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority as fiscal agent.

Battalion Chief Freeman said there are two agreements: an integration services agreement with Norcom that includes a one-time integration fee of $595 and ongoing maintenance fees of $170 per year (shared among the three departments), and a billing agreement with Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority, the fiscal agent for the South King County Fire Training Consortium. Freeman said the consortium currently manages Tablet Command for 15 departments in South King County and that the three Northeast King County departments would operate under that enterprise agreement.

Freeman told the committee that billing for the remainder of 2025 will be $2,891, which includes the one-time integration cost, and that the expected annual cost beginning in 2026 will be approximately $2,100. Councilmember Stewart asked how the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority and the South King County consortium are related; staff replied that Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority is the fiscal agent and therefore the billing agreement must be with it.

Ending: Committee members agreed to place both agreements on the Oct. 7 consent agenda for council approval; staff will provide final interlocal and billing documents to the full council packet.