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Fayette County ends Code Red contract after outages, approves Regroup mass‑notification deal and accepts $468,802 9‑1‑1 grant
Summary
The Fayette County commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 15 to terminate their OnSolve (Code Red) contract effective Jan. 31, 2026, citing outages and a security incident; they approved a three‑year, $30,000 Regroup subscription and accepted up to $468,801.99 in PEMA 9‑1‑1 Statewide Interconnectivity grant funds.
Fayette County commissioners voted unanimously on Jan. 15 to terminate their contract with OnSolve’s Code Red platform, approve a three‑year mass‑notification contract with Regroup and accept a PEMA 9‑1‑1 Statewide Interconnectivity grant for county emergency communications.
In a written notice included in the meeting packet and signed by Commissioners Scott Dunn, Vince Vicites and Henry Kaufman and Fayette County EMA Director Roy Shipley, the county cited “extended system downtime,” “a confirmed security incident involving unauthorized access to the legacy OnSolve platform,” and IPAWS certificate impacts as reasons for terminating the Code Red service effective Jan. 31, 2026. The notice requests a complete export of organizational data and confirmation that credentials and certificates have been revoked or destroyed.
The board then approved a three‑year, paid‑in‑full subscription with Regroup Mass Notification for $30,000; the contract summary in the packet lists a $7,500 savings over comparable options and includes IPAWS, NOAA and other messaging features. Commissioner Scott Dunn described the system as “the program that provides a very loud emergency notification on your phone.” The Regroup agreement includes implementation, unlimited support and an annual SMS/voice allowance identified in the vendor materials.
Separately, the commissioners approved acceptance of up to $468,801.99 in Statewide Interconnectivity Funds from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) for 2026 projects to support PSAP maintenance, GIS, CAD maintenance and refresh, radio maintenance, ESInet maintenance and recorder maintenance. The PEMA award is itemized in the grant agreement included in the packet.
All motions related to the termination, the Regroup contract and the PEMA grant were moved by Commissioner Henry Kaufman, seconded by Commissioner Vince Vicites and passed by unanimous vote.
The county’s termination notice also asked OnSolve for refunds or credits for unusable prepaid services and a full export of message logs, templates and IPAWS configuration data. The transcript contains no response from OnSolve; the record reflects only the county’s written notice and the board’s approval to transition to Regroup.
Next steps: the termination is effective Jan. 31, 2026, the Regroup contract is signed by county representatives as approved, and the county will proceed with PEMA’s grant reporting and project milestones as required under the award documents.
