Public safety technology infrastructure, built by someone who has run it from inside the department..
CAD, RMS, P25 radio, identity architecture, and network infrastructure — owned end to end by a career fire service Battalion Chief, and now available as subject-matter-expert support for consulting firms serving public safety agencies.
Fire service credibility, executed technology change.
Zarse Public Safety Consulting provides technology infrastructure consulting exclusively for public safety agencies and the firms that serve them. The firm is built around a combination that's genuinely hard to find: deep operational fire service credibility, paired with direct, executed experience delivering technology change inside a large, complex municipal department.
That means CAD replacement isn't theoretical — it's a joint fire/police procurement worked from RFP through vendor vote. Identity architecture isn't a slide — it's a full requirements document written to retire shared-password service accounts across an entire department. Radio interoperability isn't a briefing — it's SOPs written and taught in person, across every shift, at every station.
Available to support prime consulting firms as a subject-matter expert on public safety technology engagements, and open to direct engagements with fire departments and public safety agencies.
Eight areas, one operator.
CAD Systems
Selection, RFP development, vendor evaluation, contract negotiation, and implementation governance.
Records Management
Platform transitions, regulatory migration (NFIRS to NERIS), system administration, consolidation strategy.
Radio & Interoperability
Capability rollout, channel architecture, cross-bureau operational integration.
Identity & Access
Role-based access architecture, HR/scheduling-driven provisioning, IAM governance for shift-based workforces.
Network & Cloud
ESInet/NG911 architecture, cloud-native CAD design, MDC/APN connectivity, failover and redundancy planning.
Vendor & Contract
Scope remediation, licensing architecture for shift-based operations, reference validation, change-order negotiation.
Workforce Analytics
Data-driven staffing models (queuing theory / Erlang C), KPI design against NFPA standards.
Training Programs
Curriculum design and direct delivery across dispatch and field operations.
Delivered, not theorized.
Multi-Agency CAD Selection & Implementation (DFR/DPD)
Represented fire department on a joint selection committee evaluating 6 CAD vendors; ran independent multi-agency reference checks and negotiated added contractual protections before the final vote. Partnered with city attorneys to structure a contract that protected the department against vendor non-delivery.
$4.5M Fire Station Alerting System
Assumed vendor management on a 59-station, $4.5M contract after award; renegotiated scope and equipment to correct a misaligned award, running on-site assessments at every station. Restructured equipment allocation to deliver improved capability within a fixed budget.
Identity & Access Management — Service Account Remediation
Authored a full technical proposal replacing shared-password service accounts department-wide with a role-based, HR-system-integrated access model driven by Workday and TeleStaff provisioning into Microsoft Entra ID. Delivered both an operations-facing and IT-technical version.
NFIRS-to-NERIS RMS Transition
Led department-wide training delivery and vendor coordination for a major regulatory reporting transition on the ESO platform; redesigned system permissions to a role-based model and migrated a ~2,000-person roster via bulk import.
Tactical Dispatcher Program — P25 Capability Deployment
Authored SOPs and led cross-bureau training rollout activating dedicated tactical dispatch channels; coordinated citywide reprogramming of radios across 59 stations and integrated channel data into CAD.
Vendor Licensing Negotiation — Motorola Rapid Deploy
Identified a licensing architecture mismatch between a vendor's standard SaaS model and 24-hour shift-based staffing; negotiated additional no-cost licenses by presenting the operational case for shift rotations.
Why a prime brings Scott onto a team.
Career Battalion Chief, not a consultant translating fire service secondhand
Direct operational credibility with field personnel, command staff, and dispatch — the kind of standing that shortens every stakeholder conversation on an engagement.
A demonstrated, repeatable skill: translating shift-based staffing to vendors
Twice negotiated better contract and licensing terms by explaining why 24-hour, shift-based staffing breaks vendors' standard 9-to-5 enterprise assumptions — not a one-off, a pattern.
Full lifecycle, not one phase
RFP development through contract negotiation, implementation governance, training delivery, and system administration — able to sit anywhere on the engagement timeline a prime needs coverage.
Cross-agency coordination experience
Served as a secondary PSAP within NG911/ESInet architecture and coordinated a joint fire/police CAD selection — comfortable operating where agency interests don't fully align.
AI-augmented delivery, human-owned judgment
Uses AI tooling to accelerate technical documentation and specification work, while owning the underlying requirements, domain judgment, and quality of every deliverable.
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