Note: Equipment list adjusted to 2008 dollars. The date in parentheses under the capital cost value and O&M cost value represents the dollar year from which the cost value was adjusted. All costs are in $K.
| Unit Cost Element |
IDAS # |
Life Years |
Capital Cost $K, 2008 Dollars (Source Year) |
O&M Cost $K/year, Dollars (Source Year) |
Description |
Basic Facilities, Comm. for Large Area Index: 4 | EM006 |  | 5998 (1995) | 600 - 900 (1995) | For population >750,000. Based on purchase of building rather than leasing space. Communications includes communications equipment internal to the facility such as equipment racks, multiplexers, modems, etc. |
Basic Facilities, Comm. for Medium Area Index: 4 | EM007 |  | 4799 (1995) | 600 - 720 (1995) | For population <750,000 and >250,000. Based on purchase of building rather than leasing space. Communications includes communications equipment internal to the facility such as equipment racks, multiplexers, modems, etc. |
Basic Facilities, Comm. for Small Area Index: 4 | EM008 |  | 4199 (1995) | 600 - 630 (1995) | For population <250,000. Based on purchase of building rather than leasing space. Communications includes communications equipment internal to the facility such as equipment racks, multiplexers, modems, etc. |
Emergency Response Hardware Index: 5 | EM001 | 10 | 6.0 - 9.0 (2004) | 0.13 - 0.27 (2004) | Includes three workstations. O&M is estimated at 2% of capital cost. |
Emergency Response Software Index: 3 | EM002 | 10 | 70.0 - 149.0 (1995) | 0.5 - 3.5 (1995) | Includes emergency response plans database, vehicle tracking software, and real traffic coordination. |
Emergency Response Labor Index: 6 | EM003 |  |  | 78.0 - 256.0 (1995) | Description is based on 1995 data: Two people. Salary costs are fully loaded including salary, overtime, overhead, benefits, etc. |
Emergency Management Communications Software Index: 3 | EM004 | 20 | 5.0 - 10.0 (1995) | 2.5 - 5.0 (1995) | Shared database between four sites. Cost is per site; software is COTS. |
Hardware, Software Upgrade for E 9-1-1 and Mayday Index: 3 | EM005 | 10 | 104.0 - 179.0 (1995) | 1.7 - 2.5 (1995) | Data communications translation software, E 9-1-1 interface software, processor, and three workstations. |
800 MHz. two-way Radio Index: 1 |  | 5 | 0.8 - 1.6 (2001) | 0.09 - 0.11 (2001) | Cost is per radio. |