Unit Costs (Adjusted)
Equipment Costs for Emergency Response Center (ER)
Note: Equipment list adjusted to 2009 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, 2009 Dollars (Source Year) |
O&M Cost $K/year, Dollars (Source Year) |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Facilities, Comm. for Large Area - ER Index: 4 | EM006 |  | 5745 (1995) | 574 - 862 (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 - ER Index: 4 | EM007 | | 4596 (1995) | 574 - 689 (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 - ER Index: 4 | EM008 | | 4021 (1995) | 574 - 603 (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 - 8 (2004) | 0.12 - 0.28 (2004) | Includes three workstations. O&M is estimated at 2% of capital cost. |
| Emergency Response Software Index: 3 | EM002 | 10 | 70 - 149 (1995) | 0.5 - 3.5 (1995) | Includes emergency response plans database, vehicle tracking software, and real traffic coordination. |
| Emergency Response Labor Index: 6 | EM003 | | | 79 - 261 (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 - 10 (1995) | 2.5 - 5 (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 - 179 (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 - 0.12 (2001) | Cost is per radio. |
| Other Unit Cost Elements Index: - | - | - | - | - | Summary values under development |