There is no substitute for wisdom acquired through experience—
and that's all the more true when the stakes are as high as public safety.
Collectively, the leadership of the Public Safety Group draws on expertise gained over more than 90 years.
E. Frank Kirk Vice President of Public Safety Consulting Division
With over 50 years of experience in Public Safety including service as a Fire Chief, EMS Director, 911 Manager, Emergency Communications Center Director, Special Assistant to a County Manager and President of a consulting firm, Mr. Kirk has accrued a wealth of management and organization development experience.
Major accomplishments include planning, development and implementation of a countywide EMS system, evaluation and reorganization of several public safety agencies and participation in several NENA technical development committees.
He served as chairman of groups that reorganized statewide EMS systems in Florida and West Virginia.
He has vast experience in development and implementation of policies, procedures, strategic plans, fiscal budgets and management of large numbers of employees.
As a Deputy Commander of a FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team and as an EMS and Fire Service Incident Commander he has been deployed to several major disasters.
His field operation and emergency communications.E-911 experience combined with his management background enable Mr. Kirk to use a systematic approach to evaluate organizations and recommend positive enhancements as may be required.
Recent project experience includes:
Coordinated design and construction of a Public Safety Emergency Communications Center – Seminole County
Coordinated all phases of Computer Aided Dispatch System installation – Seminole County FL
Coordinated countywide 911 system enhancements to comply with wireless Phase II requirements – Seminole County Fl.
Coordinated all phases of implementation of mobile data system – Seminole County, FL
Coordinated countywide 911 system comprised of 8 PSAPs with a volume of over 1 million calls per year.
Performed analysis of county government operating departments and initiated actions to improve efficiency in the Departments of Public Works, Environmental Services, Human Resources, Roads Department.
Terry Johnston Vice President and Senior Project Oversight
Mr. Johnston has over 20 years of experience in public safety communications, project and senior level management in voice, data, and radio communications systems in the public safety and private sectors.
He is currently responsible for technical assessment, review, quality assurance evaluations, and project management.
He provides technical assistance in the assessment, design, specifications, operations, training and implementation of telecommunications, public safety access and public alert/notifications systems.
Also, he spent ten (10) years as the Head of Research and Development for one of the industry leaders in Computer Aided Dispatching, Mobile Data, and System Integration.
Recent projects include:
AMTRAK, CAD System Design
El Paso, TX and Monroe, NY CAD System Design and Implementation
Radio Design, Palm Beach County, FL
Intergraph CAD System Design, Washington, DC
Radio Needs Analysis, Georgetown County, SC
Radio Consulting, System Integration, MCTs, Howard County, MD
9-1-1 Consulting and Planning, Radio System Design, Allegheny County, PA
9-1-1 Consulting and Planning, Venango County, PA
CAD/MDT/AVL System Design and Implementation, Seminole County, FL
9-1-1 Consulting, CAD Design, Delaware County, PA
9-1-1 Consulting and Planning, LAN/WAN, CAD System Design, Mobile Data System Design, Seminole County, FL
Elmer Holt Subject Matter Expert
Mr. Holt has over thirty eight years of progressive experience in healthcare and emergency response organizations to include 911 technology, firefighting, land based and aeromedical emergency patient transport.
He has a proven ability to mentor and coach employees to enhance their technical, customer service and teamwork skills.
Mr. Holt has demonstrated expertise in assessing, organizing and managing multi-task activities and simultaneous projects.
He has also demonstrated a proven ability to oversee complex computer systems from request for purchase to implementation and maintenance.
Experience in the assessment of public safety emergency communications systems to include 911 telephony, computer aided dispatch, recording platforms and dispatch protocols.
Managed a (7) PSAP 911 system to include the design and build out of a backup PSAP, procurement and installation of the IP based 911 telephony Sentinel Patriot system.
His experience includes proposal development, sales and marketing.
Management of the 911 Consumer Premise Equipment for multiple PSAP’s
Oversight of multiple CAD platforms
Member of the Homeland Security Task Force
Acquired $1.1 million in grant funds for the Pasco County 911 system.
Managed the procurement and installation of the following systems:
PlantCML Sentinel Patriot
IP Network - First application with Brighthouse Networks
GTG Phase II Mapping
GTG AVL with routing
Priority Dispatch EMD, ProQA & AQUA Programs
Build out of the Back Up PSAP to include a rebuild of the ECS-1000
