A good communications network is essential to quality EMS. This is especially so in the Northstate with its diverse countryside and geographic elements.
The communication guides and contact list provide information in support of the Northstate's communication network.
As a reminder, on January 1, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will require that all public safety and business industrial land mobile radio systems operating in the 150-512 MHz radio bands must begin operating using at least 12.5 kHz efficiency technology. The deadline is a result of an FCC effort to ensure more efficient use of the spectrum and greater spectrum access for public safety and non-public safety users. "Narrowbanding," or migration to 12.5 kHz from 25 kHz efficiency technology, will allow added channel capacity and support more users.
Download
the publication by the Homeland Security Office of Emergency Communications entitled
"A Practical Guide to Narrowbanding."
The guide provides best practices to help emergency responders comply with the Federal Communications Commission narrowbanding mandate and offers a step-by-step approach for narrowbanding communications equipment and licenses.
The Region III MEDCOMM Communications Guide is effective July 1, 2011.
It contains the updated regional/state tone plan including the Med-Net repeater frequency and tone outline,
UHF Med channel names and their transmit and receive frequencies as well as the CA tone plan.
Download the Region III MEDCOMM Communication Guide.
The Region III Communications Maintenance Contact List provides a primary and secondary contact information for each of the repeater sites in region III including phone number and email address.
Download the Region III Communications Maintenance Contact List.
The Cal-IFOG guide is a collection of radio communications technical reference
material for emergency responders, which includes information from the
California Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee Channel
Naming Report, the FIRESCOPE Field Operations Guide, and the
National Interoperability Field Operations Guide.
Download the California Interoperability Field Operations Guide.
The NIFOG is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Communications guide version 1.4.
It is a
technical reference for emergency communications planning and for radio
technicians responsible for radios that will be used in disaster response.
The NIFOG includes rules and regulations for use of nationwide and other
interoperability channels, tables of frequencies and standard channel
names, and other reference material, formatted as a pocket-sized guide
for radio technicians to carry with them.
Download the National Interoperability Field Operations Guide
