Communications and Interoperability
The communications and interoperability resource page is designed to help firefighters keep up with the latest communications gear and best practices in mutual-aid and interoperability.
FirstNet
As part of a $6.3 billion investment, FirstNet will become the exclusive wireless network to offer first responders uninterrupted priority and preemption across the entire AT&T 5G spectrum
Union President John Sibiga said the report shows the Baltimore County Fire Department “lacks sufficient fiscal, physical, and human resources to accomplish its core mission”
Cellphone carriers are now required to send first responders based on the location of the caller, rather than the nearest cell tower
Investigation launched after a 79-year-old woman died even as a pair of EMTs stood just feet away outside her locked front door
Static is so bad that communication is sometimes impossible
Firefighters entered a burning home with an uncharged hoseline, no 360 degree size-up and did not follow the hoseline while trying to escape
Funding and staffing have not matched the increase in call volume, according to officials
A $86,677 grant will help purchase new radio communications equipment
San Antonio’s system is unique, alerting the radios of firefighters who should respond and using an LED message board in each station
Firelink allows fire crews to communicate directly with control rooms, as well as with fellow firefighters across the UK and police
The Erie County Fire Wire website has quickly become a valuable and popular resource among with local firefighters
A company has proposed to install at its cost a 210-foot tower and equip it with all new equipment for emergency responders
The group is concerned by the lack of a nationwide interoperable communications network
In its second year, California’s communications vehicle rally focuses on interoperability
Second annual communications vehicle rally in California highlights move toward more, smaller, more-capable rigs
The Tiburon computer-aided dispatching system is set to go online Aug. 8
Ultra wireless broadband will offer instantaneous speed for the new line, which is vital to emergency workers when seconds count
Building 13 radio towers would enable fire and police departments to speak directly to each other on the air
With lower prices, more choices and faster networks, more and more responders are carrying smartphones on the job
No matter how well maintained communications systems are, they will eventually fail
Public Safety Director Michael Huss was subpoenaed to discuss his role in the city’s response to February’s fatal snowstorms
The fix should allow firefighters who cross county lines to communicate with each other over different systems
Incorrect routing to the wrong dispatch center has caused delays in response
The threats interfered with emergency broadcasts in a fatal traffic collision, a search-and-rescue call and a brush fire
Since a digital system switch, emergency responders have complained about communication, reception and transmission problems
2 firefighters died while setting backfires in a failed attempt to keep walls of flame from overrunning an inmate firefighting camp
Fire officials say the $323,000 will be used topurchase radios, laptops and defibrillators
Towns, counties, fire departments, EMS, and other agencies all benefitted from money, with the main goal of building NIMS compliance
Called 18 times in two months
The home was ‘heavily’ damaged, but no one was injured
Conference told there will be several advantages of a broadband network dedicated solely to first responders
MSAT-G2 designed for rural, remote, disaster-prone areas