Missoula County Public Works

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It has proven to be a very useful system for us. Not only the live version, but with the ability in tracking the playback to show where we have been. It’s a great system!

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Erik Dickson, Assistant Director, Missoula County Public Works

Missoula County

Background

Missoula County Public Works (MCPW) maintains over 1,500 miles of public roadways in Missoula County. This includes approximately 474 miles of road which have been accepted for maintenance. Of these 474 miles, approximately 232 miles is paved, and 242 miles is gravel. Work includes road repairs, right-of-way maintenance, paving, graveling, grating, dust abatement, and snow removal.

Initial Challenges

In 2018, MCPW was looking for a reliable GPS product for their vehicles. MCPW was looking for a solution to track and protect its drivers, increasing the safety, accountability, and dependability of their fleet.

Missoula County required multiple bids to be submitted for this project. Fortress Mobile was awarded the contract of the installation of the solution for the vehicles by Missoula County.

Project Information

Location

Missoula County, MT

Duration

2018 – Present

Fleet size

42 vehicles

System Setup

GPS
4 Channel DVRs
Dashcams
SureBUS™ with Mobile App

Fortress Mobile equipped 42 MCPW vehicles with its A4D DVRs.

The system records the GPS coordinates providing the synchronized vehicle location, speed, and direction of travel digitally displayed under a map in the playback section of SureBUS™. They also used dashcam cameras for added safety inside the vehicle. This setup for MCPW includes Fortress SureBUS™ software capabilities and Mobile App.

Solution Results

As a result of this all-in-one solution, MCPW was able to view live GPS with one of the fastest refresh rates in the industry, as well as being able to add safety for their drivers with a dashcam.

Solution Highlights

30FPS Full Motion Video Recording
Dashcams in every vehicle
Route Tracking, Location Recording, and Synchronizing of events
Assigned user access levels
Automatic download of marked event files
Real-Time Health Monitoring of DVR Equipment
Real-Time Viewing of Vehicles

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