Most public safety agencies (fire, law enforcement, and EMS) in the U.S. and Canada do fairly well in using their communication tools, e.g., land mobile radios and wireless devices, for the day-to-day emergency incidents to which they respond. Those same entities, however, can experience real communications challenges when faced with a large-scale or complex emergency event that requires the response of additional resources from multiple agencies.
Topics: emergency management, Emergency Operations Center, mutual aid partners, emergency management agency, Communications problems, Mutual aid operations, Emergency managers, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Harvey, Public safety communications challenges
A tricky predicament isn’t? Communicating without any communications is similar to the current situation in Puerto Rico right now, an area completely devastated and with little to no electricity or means of communicating to the United States mainland.
Topics: Radio Communications, Mutual aid operations, Ham radios, Satellite communications, Emergency plans
Cheshire County Sheriff’s Office, located in New-Hampshire, US., answers more than 47,000 calls annually. They serve a community of 75,000 people in an area that covers over 7,000 square miles divided into 23 towns.
Topics: public safety communications, Incident Commander, Sheriff Office, Mutual aid operations, Mobile radios, Tactical Communications, Radio interoperability gateway, Mobile Command Trailer, Cross-agency interoperability, Communications trailer, Law enforcement communications