EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
A Regional Approach to Public Safety Communications Planning
In a disaster, a wide range of communications technologies are essential to interoperability, ranging from amateur radio to satellite technology. This article focuses on one of several important strategies: land mobile radio devices using the 700 and 800 MHz public safety spectrum. Starting in the 1980s, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established 110 regional planning committees to aid in developing radio frequencies dedicated to public safety agencies within the 700 MHz and 800 MHz…
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
A Regional Approach to Public Safety Communications Planning
In a disaster, a wide range of communications technologies are essential to interoperability, ranging from amateur radio to satellite technology. This article focuses on one of several important strategies: land mobile radio devices using the 700 and 800 MHz public safety spectrum. Starting in the 1980s, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established 110 regional planning committees to aid in developing radio frequencies dedicated to public safety agencies within the 700 MHz and 800 MHz…
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