APCO and the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council approved the...
APCO and the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council approved the American National Standard on channel naming. The standard provides a consistent naming format for each FCC-designated interoperability channel used by public safety agencies. “The public safety community uses spectrum allocated…
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by the FCC and NTIA in multiple bands that is replete with interoperability channels,” said APCO Executive Director George Rice. “It is necessary to develop and employ a common set of channel names so that all responders to an incident know which channel to tune their radios to, as well as the band and primary use for the channel.” NPSTC Chair Ralph Haller said “common interoperability channel names will help to assure that any organization responding to an emergency will be able to establish contact immediately when arriving on scene. Although the specific channel names were initially controversial, the proposed standard represents the collective efforts of public safety agencies across the country to reach consensus."