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CAD team reviews box alarms; nine agencies programmed and files posted online

Rensselaer County Radio Communications Committee · March 11, 2026
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Summary

The CAD team has met with 24 of 38 agencies to review box alarms and response assignments; department chiefs retain final approval before programming is entered into CAD. Nine agencies have been programmed so far and the consolidated box alarm files are posted on the county website.

The CAD team told the Radio Communications Committee that it has contacted 24 of 38 agencies to review agency box alarms and response assignments, and most of those meetings were conducted in person. The team said department chiefs will exercise final approval over the programming before it is entered into CAD; once approved, that programming will eliminate the need for initial two-tier dispatching for the affected agency.

The minutes record that nine agencies have already been programmed. When programming is complete for an agency, the files are uploaded to the county website and consolidated into a single PDF at https://www.rensco.com/307/Box-Alarm-Assignments, the report said.