The FCC Public Safety Bureau sought comment on a waiver...
The FCC Public Safety Bureau sought comment on a waiver request by the state of Montana, which wants to use 155.4750 MHz for interagency coordination of first responders within 16 kilometers of the U.S.-Canadian border. The Northern Tier Interoperability Consortium…
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got a grant under the Border Interoperability Demonstration Project and Montana wants to use the “Blue Channel” spectrum. “Specifically, Montana would allow state, local, tribal and Canadian first responders to communicate on the Blue Channel for mutual U.S./Canadian operations at or within 16 kilometers of the border,” the bureau said in a notice (http://xrl.us/bnrn4p). “Montana argues this plan would achieve the following objectives: 1) Improve day-to-day interoperable emergency communications among local, state, tribal, and federal entities as well as international partners along and across international borders; 2) Improve interoperable emergency communications among emergency response providers responding to threats and natural disasters on the border; and 3) Facilitate interoperable communications among emergency response providers in border communities of varying population densities.” Comments are due Oct. 18, replies Oct. 29.