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National Interoperability

Field OperationsGuide

U.S. Department o Homeland SecurityOf ce o Emergency Communications

Version 1.4

January 2011


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INTRODUCTION

The National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) 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.

If you are not familiar with interoperability and mutual aid communications,

start with the How to Use the National Interoperability Field Operations

Guide section.

We encourage you to program as many of these interoperability channels

in your radios as possible, as permitted by the applicable regulations.

Even if geographic restrictions on some channels preclude their use in

your home area, you may have the opportunity to help in a distant location

where the restrictions do not apply. Maximize yourflexibility.

To download or request copies of the NIFOG, please visit

http://www.safecomprogram.gov/SAFECOM/nifog

Your comments are welcome at [email protected]

Thank you.

Chris Essid, Director Ross Merlin, NIFOG Author

DHS Office of Emergency Communications


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

USING THE NATIONAL INTEROPERABILITY FIELD OPERATIONS GUIDE ..1

Recommendations for Programming the Federal Interoperability Channels ... 19

Regulations and Guidelines for National Interoperability ........................................20

Conditions for Use of Federal Interoperability Channels .........................................21

Law Enforcement Plans .............................................................................................. 22Incident Response Plans ............................................................................................ 23FCC Rules and Regulations ....................................................................................... 24NTIA Rules and Regulations ...................................................................................... 24

INTEROPERABILITY CHANNELS ..................................................................25

Non-Federal VHF National Interoperability Channels ................................................ 25

VHF Low Band ................................................................................................................25VHF High Band ..............................................................................................................26VHF Inland ....................................................................................................................... 27

Counties Where VTAC17/VTAC17D May Be Used ........................................................ 28

Non-Federal UHF National Interoperability Repeater Channels ............................ 29

700 MHz Interoperability Channels .................................................................................. 30

Non-Federal 800 MHz National Mutual Aid Repeater Channels ............................33VHF Incident Response (IR) Federal Interoperability Channel Plan ......................34

UHF Incident Response (IR) Federal Interoperability Channel Plan ...................... 35

VHF Law Enforcement (LE) Federal Interoperability Channel Plan ....................... 36

UHF Law Enforcement (LE) Federal Interoperability Channel Plan ....................... 37

Federal / Non-Federal SAR Command Interoperability Plan ................................... 38

Federal / Non-Federal VHF SAR Operations Interoperability Plan ......................... 39

VHF Public Safety Mutual Aid and Common Channels ............................................. 40UHF MED (Medical, EMS) Channels...................................................................................41

The 25 Cities Project Federal Interoperability Channels ........................................... 44

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards Broadcasts ............................................................. 49

COMMON COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES .............................................50

Operations Center Telephone Numbers .........................................................................50


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Emergency Support Functions (ESF) ................................................................................ 51

FEMA Regions - States and Territories..............................................................................52

U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Centers ...........................................................53

CTCSS Tones and Codes ........................................................................................................54

DCS Codes .................................................................................................................................. 55

P25 Digital Codes .................................................................................................................... 56

RS-232 Connectors (DB25 and DB9) .................................................................................57

RJ-45 Wiring ............................................................................................................................... 58

Telephone Connectors ..........................................................................................................59

Telephone Block Wiring ........................................................................................................ 60

Telephone Keypad Letters ...................................................................................................61

DSN Area Codes ....................................................................................................................... 61Cellular Telephone Emergency Response ...................................................................... 61

Satellite Phone Dialing Instructions .................................................................................62

INMARSAT-M Service Codes ................................................................................................64

Wireless Priority Service (WPS) ........................................................................................... 65

GETS - Govt. Emergency Telecomm. Service ................................................................. 65

Text Messaging......................................................................................................................... 66

Line-of-Sight Formulas .......................................................................................................... 68

COMMONLY USED FREQUENCIES ...............................................................69

Aviation Frequencies.............................................................................................................. 69

VHF Marine Channel Listing ................................................................................................ 70

VHF Marine Channels & Frequencies ............................................................................... 74

Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS) ........................................................................................ 79

GMRS Frequencies .................................................................................................................. 80

FRS Frequencies ....................................................................................................................... 80

CB Frequencies ......................................................................................................................... 80

Common Business Frequencies ......................................................................................... 81

Railroad Frequencies .............................................................................................................. 82

SAR (Search And Rescue) Frequencies ............................................................................ 83

NOTES .............................................................................................................84


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1

USINGTHENATIONA

LINTEROPERABILITY

FIELDOPERATIONSGU

IDE

Whatis

theNationalIntero

perabilityFieldOpera

tionsGuide?

TheN

ationalInteroperabilityFieldOperationsGuide(NIFOG)isapo

cket-sized

listingoflandmobileradio(LMR)frequenciestha

tareoftenusedindisastersor

otherincidentswhereradio

interoperabilityisrequired,andotherinformationuseful

toeme

rgencycommunicators.

Terms

usedinthisdocumen

t:

FCCFederalCommun

icationsCommission

FCCRulescontainedinTitle47,CodeofFederalRegulations(4

7CFR)

Federalusedhereinto

differentiatebetweenradiostationsofthe

UnitedStates

GovernmentandthoseofanyState,tribal,local,orregionalgovernmental

authority.FederalFrequ

enciesrefertofrequ

encies(channels)availablefor

ass

ignmenttoU.S.GovernmentAgencies.AlthoughtheFCCisaFederal

Governmentagency,the

frequenciesitadmin

istersarenotfederalfrequencies

-th

eyareadministeredforstate/tribal/localgovernments,commercialentities,

andindividuals.

NC

C-(1)thePublicSafetyNationalCoordinationCommittee,aFederal

AdvisoryCommitteeformedbytheFCCtoad

viseitoninteroperab

ility;

(2)

NationalCoordinatingCenterforTelecommunications.


7/98

2

NPSTCtheNationalPublicSafetyTelecom

municationsCouncilisafederation

of

organizationswhose

missionistoimprove

publicsafetycommunications

an

dinteroperabilitythro

ughcollaborativeleadership.Afterthecha

rterfor

theNCCexpired,NPSTCcontinuedNCCseffortstoestablishac

ommon

ch

annelnomenclature.

NPSTCchannelIDsusedintheNIFOGarebased

on

theStandardChannelNomenclaturefor

thePublicSafetyInte

roperability

Channels,APCOANS

1.104.1-2010,approvedJune9,2010bytheAmerican

NationalStandardsInstitute(ANSI)-seehttp://www.npstc.org/documents/

AP

CO-NPSTC-ANS1-1

04-1web.pdf

NTIANationalTelecommunicationsandInformationAdministration

NTIAManualTheNTIAManualofRegulationsandProcedures

forFederal

RadioFrequencyMana

gementhttp://www.n

tia.doc.gov/osmhome/redbook/

redbook.html

FrequenciesareinMeg

aHertz(MHz)unless

otherwisenoted.

Em

issionsonfrequenciesabove30MHzare

narrowbandanalog

FM,unless

otherwisenoted.


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3

HowistheN

IFOGused?

TheNIFOG

maybeusedbyrad

iotechnicianswhenprogrammingchannelsinradios.

Werecommendhavingthesech

annelsprogrammed

inradiosatalltimes,

aspermitted

bytheapplicableregulations,ra

therthanwaitinguntiladisasterisimminentoroccurring

todotheprogramming.

TheNIFOG

alsoisausefultoolforemergencycomm

unicationsplanners,

providing

themwithinformationontheine

roperabilitychannels

mostlikelytobeinth

eradiosof

respondersfromanotherdisciplineorjurisdiction.


9/98

4

DontI

needalicenseorthesechannelsbeore

p

rogrammin

gthem

intora

dios?

Ifyou

arelicensedunderP

art90oftheFCCrules,youmayprogram

frequencies

thatyouarenotlicensedto

useIFthecommunicationsinvolvedrelatedirectlytothe

immin

entsafety-of-lifeorpropertyorwithU.S.Governmentstations...inconnection

withm

utualactivities(see

FCCrules90.427an

d90.417).

However,notethat90.403(g)requiresthat[f]or

transmissionsconcerningtheimminent

safety

-of-lifeorproperty,thetransmissionsshallbesuspendedassoonasthe

emergencyisterminated.

Also,thesafety

oflife

provisionof90.417(a)makesitclear

thatth

eexceptionappliesonlywhenthecommu

nicationsinvolvedre

latedirectlytothe

imminentsafetyoflifeorproperty.BecauseoneoverridingpolicyconcernoftheFCC

isthe

preventionofharmfulinterference,anyexceptionstothegeneralprohibitionon

using

non-licensedfrequen

ciesarelimitedinnaturetorespondingto

animminentthreat

tosafety-of-lifeorproperty,andlicenseesareno

tallowedtoexceedtheboundsofthose

comm

unications.

Seea

lso90.407dealingwithcommunicationsduringanemergencywhichdisrupts

normalcommunicationsfacilitiesand90.411dealingwithcivildefensecommunications.

There

arenorestrictionsonU.S.Governmentstationsprogrammingfrequenciesinto

U.S.G

overnmentradios.


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5

HowcanIu

sethesere

quencies

iIdonthavealicenseorthem?

Thereare

sevenwaysyoucan

legallyusetheseradiofrequencies:

1.Youor

youremployermayalreadyhaveaFederalCommunicationsC

ommission

(FCC)

licenseoraNationalTelecommunications

andInformationAdm

inistration

(NTIA)authorizationforsom

eoftheinteroperabilityandmutualaidfre

quencies.

2.ForFCClicensees,thenon-Fe

deralNationalInteroperabilityChannels

VCALL10-VTAC14,UCALL40-UCALL43D,and8

CALL90-8TAC94Darecoveredbya

blanketauthorizationfrom

theFCC-Publicsafetylicensees...canoperatemobile

unitso

ntheseinteroperabilitychannelswithouta

nindividuallicense.SeeFCC

00-348

,released10/10/200

0,paragraph90.

3.Youmayoperateonfrequenciesauthorizedtoanotherlicenseewhen

thatlicensee

design

atesyouasaunitoftheirsystem,inaccordancewithFCCrule

90.421.

4.Inextraordinarycircumstances,theFCCmayiss

ueaSpecialTemporaryAuthority

(STA)forsuchuseinaparticulargeographicarea.

5.Inextraordinarycircumstances,theNTIAmayissueaTemporaryAss

ignmentfor

suchu

seinaparticulararea.

6.I

youareanFCClicensee,youmayoperateamobilestationontheFederal

Interop

erabilityChannelson

lywhenauthorizedb

ytheFCC(bylicenseorSTA)and

onlyfo

rinteroperabilitywith

FederalradiostationsauthorizedbytheN

TIAtouse

thosechannels.Youmayno

tusethesechannelsforinteroperabilityw

ithotherState,


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6

tribal,regional,orlocalradiostationsthese

arenotasubstituteforyour

regularmutualaidchan

nels.SeeFCCPublicNoticeDA01-1621,

releasedJuly

13

,2001.

7.Whennecessaryforthe

IMMEDIATEprotectionoflifeorproperty,FCCPart90

lice

nseesmayuseprudentmeasuresbeyond

thespecificsoftheir

license.See

FC

Crule90.407,Emergencycommunicatio

ns.U.S.Governmentstationsare

au

thorizedbyNTIArule

7.3.6tooperateonanyPart90frequencywiththe

pe

rmissionoftheFCClicenseewhensuchu

seisnecessaryforcommunications

directlyrelatedtotheemergencyathand.


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7

(FCCru

les)

90.407

Emergencycommunications.

Th

elicenseeofanystationauthorizedunder

thispartmay,during

aperiodof

em

ergencyinwhichthe

normalcommunicationfacilitiesaredisruptedasa

resultofhurricane,flood,earthquakeorsimilardisaster,utilizesuchstationfor

em

ergencycommunicationsinamannerotherthanthatspecified

inthestation

au

thorizationorintherulesandregulationsgoverningtheoperationofsuch

stations.TheCommissionmayatanytimeorderthediscontinuanceofsuch

specialuseoftheautho

rizedfacilities.[49FR36376,Sept.17,1984]

90.411

Civildeensecommu

nications.

Th

elicenseeofanystationauthorizedunder

thispartmay,onavoluntarybasis,

tra

nsmitcommunication

snecessaryfortheimplementationofcivildefense

activitiesassignedsuch

stationbylocalcivildefenseauthoritiesduringanactual

or

simulatedemergency,includingdrillsandtests.TheCommissio

nmayatany

tim

eorderthediscontin

uanceofsuchspecia

luseoftheauthorize

dfacilities.

[49FR36376,Sept.17,1984]


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(FCCru

les-continued)

90.417

Interstationcommu

nication.

(a)Anystationlicensed

underthispartmaycommunicatewithanyotherstation

withoutrestrictionasto

type,service,orlicenseewhenthecommunications

involvedrelatedirectlytotheimminentsafety-of-lifeorproperty.

(b)Anystationlicensed

underthispartmaycommunicatewithanyother

stationlicensedunderthispart,withU.S.Go

vernmentstations,andwith

foreignstations,inconn

ectionwithmutualactivities,providedthatwherethe

co

mmunicationinvolvesforeignstationspriorapprovaloftheCom

missionmust

be

obtained,andsuchcommunicationmustbepermittedbythegovernmentthat

au

thorizestheforeigns

tation....

90.421

Operationomobile

stationunitsnotund

erthecontrolothelicensee.

Mobilestations,asdefinedin90.7,include

vehicular-mounteda

ndhandheld

un

its.Suchunitsmayb

eoperatedbyperson

sotherthanthelicen

see...

90.427

Precautionsagainst

unauthorizedoperation.

(a)...

(b)Exceptforfrequenciesusedinaccordancewith90.417,nop

erson

sh

allprogramintoatransmitterfrequenciesforwhichthelicensee

usingthe

tra

nsmitterisnotauthorized.


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9

(NTIAr

ules)

7.3.4E

mergencyCommunic

ationsorwhichanIm

mediateDan

gerExiststoHumanLie

orPro

perty

1.In

situationswhereimm

ediatedangerexists

tohumanlifeorproperty,anagency

mayoperatetemporarilyonanyregularlyassignedfrequencyina

mannerother

thanthatspecifiedinthetermsofanexisting

assignment.Emergencyoperations

un

dersuchsituationsshouldcontinueonlya

slongasnecessarytoensurethatthe

da

ngertohumanlifeor

propertynolongerexists.Emergencyope

rationsunderthese

circumstancesshallbe

reevaluatedonaregularbasisuntilsuchtimeasnormal/

routineoperationscanbereestablished.

2.Interoperablecommunic

ationsfordisaster/em

ergencyresponseinv

olvingFederal,

State,local,andtribalentitiesshallbeinconformancewithSection

4.3.16ofthis

Manual.Additionalinformationregardinginteroperablecommunicationscanalsobe

foundintheNationalInteroperabilityFieldOperationsGuide(NIFOG)...promulgated

by

theDepartmentofHomelandSecurity.

7.3.6E

mergencyUseoNon

-FederalFre

quencies

In

emergencysituations,agovernmentradio

stationmayutilizeanyfrequency

au

thorizedtoanon-governmentradiostation,underPart90oftheFCCRulesand

Regulations,whensuchuseisnecessaryforcommunicationswithnon-government

stationsandisdirectlyrelatedtotheemergencyathand.Suchus

eissubjecttothe

followingconditions:


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10

a.The

non-governmentlicenseehasgivenverba

lorwrittenconcurren

ce.

b.Ope

rationsareconductedinaccordancewiththeFCCRulesandR

egulations.

c.Use

isrestrictedtothese

rviceareaandstationauthorizationofthe

licensee.

d.Allo

perationsareunderthedirectcontrolofth

elicenseeandshallbeimmediately

term

inatedwhendirected

bythelicensee.

e.Ope

rationsdonotexceed60days.

f.Awrittenreportofeachsuchuseshallbeprov

ided,throughtheage

ncysFAS

[FrequencyAssignmentS

ubcommittee,ofNTIAsIRAC(InterdepartmentRadio

AdvisoryCommittee)]rep

resentative,totheFC

Cassoonaspractic

able.

7.5.2Fre

quenciesAuthorizedbytheFCCorShipStations

FrequenciesauthorizedbytheFederalCommunicationsCommissionforship

stationsmaybeusedbyGovernmentmobilestationstocommunicatewith

non-Go

vernmentstationsin

themaritimemobileservice.

7.5.3Fre

quenciesortheSaetyoLieandPro

perty

...(5)T

hefrequency40.5MHzisdesignatedasthemilitaryjointcomm

onfrequency.

Useofthischannelislimited

tocommunicationsnecessarytoestablishcontactwhen

otherchannelinformationis

notavailableandfor

emergencycommunications.This

frequen

cyalsomaybeused

forsearchandrescu

ecommunications.


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11

(6)TheprovisionsofthisManualdonotprev

entmobilestations,o

rmobileearth

stations,indistressfrom

usinganyfrequencyatitsdisposaltoattractattention,make

kn

ownitsposition,and

obtainhelp.(SeeITU

RadioRegulationAp

.13PartA1,6,1.)

7.5.4F

requenciesorCoordinatin

gSearchandRe

scueOperations

...

(2)Thefrequency12

3.1MHz,usingclass

A3Eemission,maybeusedbystations

of

theaeronauticalmob

ileserviceandbyoth

ermobileandlandstationsengagedin

co

ordinatedsearchand

rescueoperations.

(3)Thefrequency156.3MHz[VHFMarinec

hannel6]maybeusedfor

co

mmunicationsbetweenshipstationsandaircraftstations,using

G3Eemission,

en

gagedincoordinated

searchandrescue(SAR)operations.Wh

encontrolofthe

sc

eneofaSARinciden

tisunderaCoastGu

ardcoaststation,156.3MHzmaybe

us

edbyshipstationsto

communicatewithth

atcoaststation.

DoestheNIFOGauthorizem

etousecertainre

qu

encies?

NO.T

heNIFOGdoesnotgrantauthoritytooperateonanyradiofreq

uencies.Such

authoritycancomeonlyfro

mtheFCCortheNT

IA.

IstheNIFOGthenationalem

ergencycommunica

tionsplan?

TheN

IFOGisthenationalguideforpossibleuseinasituationwhere

nootherradio


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12

interoperabilityarrangementwaspromulgatedbyloca

lauthorities,orwhereemergency

respondersareunawareofsuchanarrangement.TheNIFOGdoesNOTsupersede

anyFederal,State,tribal,local,orregionalemergenc

ycommunicationsplan.Ifyouare

dispatched

toadisasterorincidentsceneandhaven

ootherinformationo

nhowtomake

contactwithotheremergencyre

sponders,theNIFOG

providesusefulsuggestionsfor

whichfrequenciestousetoattemptinitialcontact.

Aretheinte

roperabilitychannelsdiscussedintheNIFOGavailablenationwide?

No.NotallfrequenciesareavailablenationwideforuseasdescribedintheNIFOG.In

particular,theNon-FederalVHFInlandInteroperabilityChannelsmaybe

usedonlyin

certaininla

ndpartsofthecountry,awayfromcoastalareasandmajorwaterways(see

themaptitledCountiesWhereVTAC17/VTAC17DMayBeUsed

onpage28forfurtherdetails).

Otherchan

nelsinthisplanmay

notbeusabledueto

thepotentialforadjacentchannel

interferenceinsomeareas,ord

uetoauthorizedon-c

hannelusesthatare

differentthan

thecommo

nusesdescribedintheNIFOG.

ForadetailedlistofwhichcountiesareinwhichVHFPublicCoast(VPC)area,see:

http://w

ww.fcc.gov/oet/info/m

aps/areas/data/2000

/FCCCNTY2K.txtand

http://w

ww.fcc.gov/oet/info/m

aps/areas/data/2000

/README_FCCCNTY2K.txt

FCConlineareacross-referencesearch:http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/cesearch.pl


18/98

13

WhodoIcontacttouseinte

roperabilitychannels?

Thesech

annelscanbeusedwher

elicensedorauthorizedb

yFCCorNTIA,includingauthorizationbyaSTA.

TheCOM

L(CommunicationsUnit

Leader)actsas,ordelega

testheroleorequency

manager;assigning

specifcusestoavailableradiochannelsandcoordinatingwiththeFCCandNTIAor

authorizationtouse

addition

alchannelsasneeded.

Iaccess

totheCOMLhasnotbeenpre-arrangedorisnotw

orkingasplanned,tryth

ecallingchannels

specifedintheNIFOGatornearthecommandpost,incide

ntscene,orstagingarea.

AtaFederally-declareddisasterwhereaJointField

Ofce(JFO)isestablished,

Comm

unicationsisunderth

eLogisticsSectionandtheOperationsSection-doesntthat

contradictICS?

No.Com

municationsorthepers

onnelworkingintheJFO

istheresponsibilityotheJFOCommunications

Unit,wh

ichisundertheLogistics

Section.Communicationsorthoseaectedbythedisaster,including

localfrs

tresponders,victims,andlocalinrastructure,asw

ellasFederalassetssupportinglocal

disaster

operations,istheocusotheDisasterEmergency

Communications(DEC)Branch(ESF#2-

Communications),whichisinthe

JFOOperationsSection.TheDECBranchmayhave

personnelinthe

TacticalCommunicatonsGroup,W

irelessCommunicationsTaskForcefllingtheroleoSpectrumManager.

Working

withtheLogisticsSectio

nCommunicationsUnitL

eaderandthelocalCOML

responsibleorthe

aected

area,WirelessCommunicationsTaskForceLeader

coordinatestheuseoradiorequenciesused

byFede

ralresponderswithState

andlocalgovernmentau

thorities.TheWirelessCo

mmunicationsTask

Forceprovidesdirectaccesstothe

FCCandNTIAdecision-m

akers.


19/98

14

FCClicensees

requestaSpecialTemporaryAuthorization(STA)r

omtheFCC:

DuringNormal

FCCBusinessHours(Mon

daythroughFriday,8:00a

m-5:30pmEST/EDT)

TracySimmons

-STALicensing(Part90--LandMobileandPublicSaety),PublicSaety&H

omeland

SecurityBureau

-phone:717-338-2657

email:Tracy.Simmons@

cc.gov

orfleelectronically:FCCForm601-ULS

http://wireless.cc.gov/uls/thenclickonULSOnlineFiling

OutsideoNorm

alFCCBusinessHours(5

:30pm-8amEST/EDT,we

ekends,andholidays)

CommunicationsandCrisisManagementCenter(CCMC)-

phone:202-418-1122

email:disasteras

[email protected]

FirstRespond

ersandPublicSaetyEntitieswith

generalS

TAinquiries

AllanManuel,P

ublicSaety&Homeland

SecurityBureau

phone:202-418-1164

mobile:202-391

-5331

email:[email protected]

or

FCC24/7Opera

tionsCenterphone:202-418-1122

email:FCCOP

[email protected]

U.S.Governm

entradiostationsrequ

esttemporaryassignmen

torSTAsviatheiragency

representa-

tivetotheFrequencyAssignmentSubcommittee(FAS)otheInte

rdepartmentRadioAdvis

oryCommit-

tee(IRAC).The

telephonenumberortheNTIAFrequencyAssignm

entBranchis202-482-1

132.

[SeethepreviouspageorrequestingST

AswhenaJointFieldO

ceisoperationaloranin

cident.]


20/98

15

y

y

No.

Thereisnoone-size-fi

ts-allsolutionduetodifferingradiodesigns.The

NIFOGusestheANSIS

tandardChannelNom

enclatureforthePublicSafety

InteroperabilityChannels

forchannelnames-seeNPSTConpage2.

For

somechannels,thestandardnomenclaturespecifiesadirect(talk-around)

channelforrepeaterswhichtakesupanadditionalmemoryslot.So

meradioshave

asw

itchthatpermitstalk-aroundonarepeaterchannel,andusingthisfeature

wou

ldsavememoryslots.Similarly,someradiosmayhaveaswitchorbuttonto

enableordisablereceive

CTCSS;forradiosthatdont,anothercha

nnelmaybe

programmedsobothmodeswouldbeavailable.

Untilthenarrowbandtran

sitioniscomplete,so

memutualaidchann

elsmaybe

widebandinsomeareas

andnarrowbandinothers.Thestandardn

omenclature

doesnotalwaysaddress

howtolabelthesam

efrequencieswithdifferent

bandwidths.Forthelegacypolice,EMS,andfi

remutualaidchanne

ls155.475,

155.340,154.265,154.280and154.295,wes

uggestVLAW31W,V

MED28W,

VFIRE22W,VFIRE21W,andVFIRE23Wasth

ewidebandnamesfo

rVLAW31,

VMED28,VFIRE22,VFIRE21,andVFIRE23onthesamefrequenc

ies.Forthe

SAR

commonchannel,1

55.160MHz,wesuggestSARWFMforwidebandand

SARNFMfornarrowba

nd.

Also

,considerprogramm

ingadditionalVHFM

arinechannelsaspossible

interoperabilitychannels

(forusewhenproperlyauthorized),based

onlocal


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16

appropriate;seehttp://wireless.fcc.gov/marine/vhfchanl.pdfforauthorizedchannel

usesandhttp://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtVhfforfrequen

cies.

RecommendedmodesforusingFederalInteroperabilityChannels:useanalogfor

allIncidentResponsechan

nels(CTCSS167.9H

z)andLawEnforcem

entchannels

LEA,

LE1,LEB,LE10,andLE16(CTCSS167.9Hz);useP25digitalforthe

remainingLEchannels,NA

C$68F.CTCSSshouldalwaysbetransmittedonthe

analogchannels,butcarrie

rsquelch(CSQ,noC

TCSS)shouldbeusedonreceive.

Considerallowingtheuser

toenableordisableCTCSSonreceiveby

aswitchor

button

;otherwiseuseCSQ

onreceive.

Should

Fire/EMSradioshave

theLawEnorcemen

tintero

perabilitycha

nnels

pro

gra

mmed,andviceversa

?

Yes.R

adiosforpublicsafetypersonnelshouldhaveasmanyofthese

interoperability

chann

elsprogrammedasp

ossible,aspermitted

bytheapplicablereg

ulations.

Interoperabilitymayrequire

crossingjurisdictiona

landfunctionallines.Onthe

Federalinteroperabilitychannels,IncidentResponse(IR)meanseve

rybody

Fire,R

escue,EMS,PublicWorks,LawEnforcem

ent,etc.TheLawEnforcement

(LE)c

hannelswillbeusedprimarilyforLawEnforcementactivities,b

utcouldbe

designatedforotherincidentsupportifthatwouldnothamperLawEnforcement

activities,andifassignedbytheagencyincontro

loftheincident.


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17

Howdoemergencyrespond

ersusethecallin

gchannels?

Asyouapproachanincidentsceneorstagingarea,youmightestablishcontactona

dispatchorworkingchannel.Ifyoucantmakec

ontact,orifnochann

elwasdesignated

forthispurpose,attemptto

makecontactononeofthedesignatedinteroperability

callingchannels.Ifitisare

peaterchannelandy

ougetnoresponse,trythedirect

ortalk-aroundmodeifyourradiohasthatcapa

bility.Insomecases,thetalk-around

chann

elexistsasadistinctchannelontheradio

.Forexample,theVHFIncident

ResponseFederalInterope

rabilityChanneliskn

ownasNC1.Thetalk-aroundforthis

repeaterchannelisknown

asIR5.

Thenon-Federalnationalinteroperabilitycalling

channelsareVCALL10,UCALL40,

and8CALL90;theFederalIRandLEcallingchannelsareNC1(direct:IR5),NC2

(direct:IR15),LEA,andLEB.Ifyouareunabletomakecontactonthesechannels,

considerthewidebandinte

roperabilitychannels

ifyouareauthorize

dtousethem,orif

yours

ituationqualifiesasIMMEDIATEprotectio

noflifeorproperty.

Youmaybeableto

learnwhatyouneedwithouttransmitting,byjustlisteningtoradiotraffi

cononeofthese

chann

els.

HowdoSearchandRescuep

ersonnelonland,on

watercrat,andonaircratcoordinate

byradio?

CertainVHFMarinechannelsaredesignatedin

thisplanforSearchandRescue

(SAR)interoperability.Searchersonland,inboa

ts,andinaircraftnee

dtobeableto


23/98

18

communicatewitheachotherto

coordinaterescues.ThereisnoVHFchannelauthorized

andreadily

availabletoallthree

communities.SomeaircraftinvolvedinSA

Rhave

VHFMarin

eradios,asdomostboaters;theVHFradiosthatmanyground

SARgroups

usearecapableofcoveringthe

VHFMarinefrequencies.Werecommend

thatSAR

participantshavethechannelsinthisplanpre-progra

mmedintheirradios.VHFMarine

channelss

hallnotbeusedforconventional,terrestrialsearchandrescueoperations

theyarein

thisplanduetothelikelihoodofboatsbeinginvolvedinSARin

coastalareas.

Also,155.1

6MHzislicensedto

manySARorganizations.Weencouragepublicsafety

entitiestoobtainlicensesforthisfrequencytofacilitateinteroperability.Lik

ewise,we

encourage

SARorganizationsw

ithVHFradiostopro

gramtheappropriate

VHFMarine

channelsintheirradiosandtoe

xercisegreatrestrain

tinusingthesechannelsonlywhen

authorized.

HowcanI

getanswerstoquestio

nsabouttheNationalIntero

perabilityFieldOperations

Guide,orhowcanIoersuggestionstoim

proveit?

Pleasesen

dyourquestionsorc

ommentstotheU.S.

DepartmentofHome

landSecurity,

OfficeofEmergencyCommunic

ations,[email protected]

eyourname,

agencyororganizationaffiliation,andyoure-mailaddress.

HowdoI

ge

tcopiesotheNIFOG?

ThelatestversionoftheNIFOG

canbedownloadedororderedfrom

http://www.safecomprogram.gov/SAFECOM/nifog


24/98

19

Recommendations

orPro

grammin

gthe

FederalIntero

perabilityChannels

1.Ifthereisenoughroo

minyourradio,programallchannelsasa

nalogandagain

asdigitalchannels.Ifnot,programasfollo

ws:

a.IncidentResponsechannelsallanalo

g.

b.LawEnforcement

channelsprogramallasP25digitalwith

NAC$68Fexcept

LEA,LE1,LEB,

LE10,andLE16whicharetobeprogrammedanalogwith

TxCTCSS167.9Hz(6Z)andnoRxCTCSS(carriersquelch

,CSQ)

2.Ifyourradiohasaus

er-selectableoptiontoenable/disableCTC

SSonreceive,

youmaychoosetoconfigurethisoptionsothattheusercanen

ablethesame

CTCSStoneusedon

transmitforreceive.

Thedefaultconfigura

tionshouldbe

CSQreceive.

NoteonusingtheF

ederalInteroper

abilityChannels

:Thesechan-

nelsmaynotbeusedforstate/state

,state/local,orlocal/local

inte

roperability.AF

ederalentitymu

stbeinvolvedw

hentheseare

use

d.


25/98

20

RegulationsandGuidelinesorNationalIntero

perability

1.TheFCCandNTIArulesallowforsomeflexibilityinfrequencyuseb

ypersonnel

direc

tlyinvolvedinasituationwherethereisim

minentdangertohumanlifeor

property.ThisdoesNOTm

eanInanemergency,anythinggoes.

2.Forc

ommunicationsnotcoveredby#1,youruseofaradiofrequenc

ymustbe

authorizedby:

a.Yo

ur(oryouragencys)

FCClicenseorNTIA

authorization

b.LicensebyruleaprovisioninFCCrulesthatauthorizesuseofaradio

frequencyunderspecifiedconditionswithoutaspecificlicenseor

authorization

issuedtotheuser

c.ASpecialTemporaryAuthorizationprovided

byFCCorNTIA

3.DigitalP25operationsonnon-Federalinteroperabilitychannelsshouldtransmitthe

defaultNetworkAccessCode(NAC)$293,and

receivewithNAC$F

7E(acceptany

incomingNAC).Specifyta

lkgroup$FFFF,whichincludeseveryone.

4.DefaultmodesforusingFederalInteroperabilityChannels:useanalogforall

IncidentResponsechannelsandLawEnforcem

entchannelsLEA,LE1,LEB,LE

10,a

ndLE16;useP25DigitalfortheremainingLEchannels,NAC$68F.


26/98

21

Conditions

orUseoFederalInt

eroperabilityChannels

1.TheVHFIncidentResp

onse(IR)FederalInteroperabilityChannelPlan,the

UHFIncidentResponse(IR)FederalInteroperabilityChannelPlan,theVHF

LawEnforcement(LE)F

ederalInteroperabilityChannelPlan,and

theUHFLaw

Enforcement(LE)FederalInteroperabilityChannelPlanshowfrequenciesavailable

for

usebyallFederalag

enciestosatisfylawenforcementandpub

licsafetyincident

res

ponseinteroperabilityrequirements.Thesefrequencieswillbereferredto

hereinafterasFederalInteroperabilityChann

els.

2.TheFederalInteroperab

ilityChannelsareavailableforuseamong

Federalagencies

andbetweenFederalag

enciesandnon-federalentitieswithwhich

Federalagencies

havearequirementtooperate.

3.Thechannelsareavailabletonon-federalentitiestoenablejointFederal/non-federal

operationsforlawenforcementandincidentresponse,subjecttotheconditionthat

harmfulinterferencewillnotbecausedtoFederalstations.Thesechannelsare

res

trictedtointeroperabilitycommunicationsandarenotauthorizedforroutineor

administrativeuses.

4.Extendedoperationsandcongestionmaylea

dtofrequencyconflic

ts.Coordination

withNTIAisrequiredtoresolvetheseconflicts.

5.OnlynarrowbandemissionsaretobeusedontheFederalInteroperabilityChannels.


27/98

22

6.Equipm

entused(transmittersandreceivers)mus

tmeetthestandards

establishedin

Section

5.3.5.2oftheNTIAManual:

a.TIA/EIA603-Bfornarrowbandanalog;

b.TIATSB102.CAAB-Afor

narrowbanddigital

7.Acomp

letelistingofconditio

nsforusebyFederaluserscanbefoundinSection

4.3.16oftheNTIAManual.

8.Useofthesefrequencieswithin75milesoftheCanadianborderand5

milesofthe

Mexicanborderrequirespec

ialcoordinationandinsomecaseswillnotbeavailable

foruse.

LawEnorc

ementPlans

1.Frequencies167.0875MHz

and414.0375MHza

redesignatedasNationalCalling

Channelsforinitialcontacta

ndwillbeidentifiedintheradioasindicate

dintheLaw

EnforcementFederalInterop

erabilityChannelPla

ns.

2.Initialcontactcommunicationswillbeestablished

usingnarrowbandan

alogFM

emissio

n(11K25F3E).

3.Theinteroperabilitychannelswillbeidentifiedinm

obileandportableradiosas

indicatedintheLawEnforce

mentFederalInterop

erabilityChannelPlanswith

ContinuousTone-Controlled

SquelchSystems(CTCSS)frequency167

.9Hzand/or

NetworkAccessCode(NAC

)$68F.


28/98

23

Incide

ntResponsePlans

1.Frequencies169.5375MHz(pairedwith164

.7125MHz)and410.2375MHz(paired

with419.2375MHz)aredesignatedasthecallingchannelsforinitialcontact

an

dwillbeidentifiedin

theradioasindicated

intheIncidentResp

onseFederal

InteroperabilityChanne

lPlans.

2.InitialcontactwillbeestablishedusingnarrowbandanalogFMem

ission(11K25F3E).

3.To

ensureaccessbystationsfromoutsideth

enormalareaofope

ration,Continuous

To

ne-ControlledSquelc

hSystems(CTCSS)

willnotbeusedonth

ecallingchannels.

4.Th

einteroperabilitychannelswillbeidentified

inmobileandportableradiosasindicated

in

theVHFIncidentResponse(IR)FederalIn

teroperabilityChanne

lPlanandthe

U

HFIncidentResponse(IR)FederalInteroperabilityChannelPlan.


29/98

24

FCCRulesa

ndRegulations

Title47,CodeofFederalRegulations,Parts0-199

http://wireless.fcc.gov/rules.html

Part

80

MaritimeServices

ForinformationonVHFMarinechannels,see

http://www.nav

cen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtVhf

Part

87

AviationServices

Part

90

PrivateLandM

obileRadioServices

Part

95

PersonalRadioServices(includesGMRS,FRS,CB,&M

URS)

Part

97

AmateurRadioService

NTIARules

andRegulations

Title47,CodeofFederalRegulations,Part300

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhom

e/redbook/redbook.html


30/98

25

IN

TEROPERABILITYCHANNELS

Non-FederalVHFNationalIntero

perabilityChannels

Desc

ription

Chann

el

Nam

e

Mobile

Receive

Fre

quency

Mobile

Transmit

Fre

quency

CTCSSTone

VHFLowBand

LawEnforcement

LLAW1

39.4600

45.8600

C

SQ/156.7(5A)

LLAW

1D

39.4600

39.4600

C

SQ/156.7(5A)

Fire(Proposed)

LFIR

E2

39.4800

45.8800

C

SQ/156.7(5A)

LFIRE2D

39.4800

39.4800

C

SQ/156.7(5A)

LawEnforcement

LLAW3

45.8600

39.4600

C

SQ/156.7(5A)

LLAW

3D

45.8600

45.8600

C

SQ/156.7(5A)

Fire(Proposed)

LFIR

E4

45.8800

39.4800

C

SQ/156.7(5A)

Fire

LFIRE4D

45.8800

45.8800

C

SQ/156.7(5A)

Frequency39.4800MHzisp

endingFCCassignm

entforexclusivefire

intersystemuse.

Defaultoperationshouldbecarriersquelchreceive,CTCSStransmit.Iftheusercanenable/

disablew

ithoutreprogrammingtheradio,theindicatedC

TCSStonealsocouldb

eprogrammedfor

receive,andtheuserinstructedhowandwhentoenable

/disable.


31/98

26

Non-Feder

alVHFNationalIntero

perabilityChannels

VHFHighBand

Description

ChannelName

M

obileReceiveFre

q.

MobileTransmitFre

q.

CTCSSTone

Calling

VCALL10

155.7525

155.7525

CSQ/156.7(5A)

Tactical

VTAC11*

151.1375

151.1375

CSQ/156.7(5A)

Tactical

VTAC12*

154.4525

154.4525

CSQ/156.7(5A)

Tactical

VTAC13

158.7375

158.7375

CSQ/156.7(5A)

Tactical

VTAC14

159.4725

159.4725

CSQ/156.7(5A)

TacRpt

VTAC33*

159.4725

151.1375

CSQ/136.5(4Z)

TacRpt

VTAC34*

158.7375

154.4525

CSQ/136.5(4Z)

TacRpt

VTAC35

159.4725

158.7375

CSQ/136.5(4Z)

TacRpt

VTAC36*

151.1375

159.4725

CSQ/136.5(4Z)

TacRpt

VTAC37*

154.4525

158.7375

CSQ/136.5(4Z)

TacRpt

VTAC38

158.7375

159.4725

CSQ/136.5(4Z)

*VTAC11-12,VTAC33-34,andVTAC36-

37maynotbeusedinPu

ertoRicoortheUSVI.

Deaultoperationshouldbecarriersquelchreceive,CTCSStran

smit.Itheusercanenab

le/disablewithoutre-

programmingtheradio,theindicatedCTCSStonealsocouldbeprogrammedorreceive,a

ndtheuserinstructed

howandwhentoenable/disable.

VTAC33-38recommendedordeployabletacticalrepeateruseonly(FCCStationClassFB2T).

VTAC36-38arepreerred;VTAC33-35shouldbeusedonlywhen

necessaryduetointererence.


32/98

27

Non-Federa

lVHFNationalIntero

p

erabilityChannels

VHFInland

Description

ChannelName

Mo

bileRX(MHz)

Mo

bileTX(MHz)

Tactical

narrowbandFM

VTAC17

161.8500

157.2500

Tactical

narrowbandFM

VTAC17D

161.8500

161.8500

Deaulto

perationshouldbecarriersquelchreceive,CTCSS1

56.7Hz(5A)transmit.Itheusercan

enable/disableCTCSSwithoutreprogrammingtheradio,theindicatedCTCSStonealsocouldbe

programmedorreceive,andtheu

serinstructedhowandw

hentoenable/disable.

ForVTAC

17/VTAC17Donly:Basestations:50wattsmax,

antennaHAAT400eetm

ax.Mobile

stations:20wattsmax,antennaHAAT15eetmax.Thesech

annelsareortacticaluseandmaynot

beoperatedonboardaircratinight.Thesechannelsusen

arrowbandFMandareavailableonly

incertain

inlandareasatleast100

milesromamajorwaterway.Thesechannelsuse

thesame

requenciesasVHFMarinechannel25,whichuseswideban

dFM.Useonlywhereaut

horized.See

maponn

extpage.Intheseauthorizedareas,interoperabilitycommunicationshavepriorityover

grandatheredpubliccoastandpu

blicsaetylicensees.


33/98

28

Countie

sWhereVTAC17/VTAC1

7DMayBeUsed

NumbersIndicateV

HFPublicCoastStationA

reas-see47CFR80.371(c)(ii)


34/98

29

Non-FederalUHFNationalIntero

per

abilityRepeaterCha

nnels

Des

cription

Cha

nnelName

MobileRX(MHz)

MobileTX(MHz)

Calling

UCALL40

453.2125

458.2125

Calling

U

CALL40D

453.2125

453.2125

T

actical

UTAC41

453.4625

458.4625

T

actical

UTAC41D

453.4625

453.4625

T

actical

UTAC42

453.7125

458.7125

T

actical

UTAC42D

453.7125

453.7125

T

actical

UTAC43

453.8625

458.8625

T

actical

UTAC43D

453.8625

453.8625

Defaulto

perationshouldbecarriersquelchreceive,CTCSS156.7(5A)transmit.Iftheusercan

enable/disableCTCSSwithoutreprogrammingtheradio

,theindicatedCTCSS

tonealsocould

beprogrammedforreceive,and

theuserinstructedhow

andwhentoenable/disable.


35/98

30

700 MHz Interoperability Channels

FCC Channel

(Subscriber Load)

Transmit and

ReceiveFrequencies

Primary Use ChannelNameReceive Ch. Transmit Ch.

23-24 983-984 799.14375 GeneralPublic Safety

7TAC5123-24 769.14375 7TAC51D

39-40 999-1000 799.24375 CallingChannel

7CALL5039-40 769.24375 7CALL50D

63-64 1023-1024 799.39375 EMS 7MED6563-64 769.39375 7MED65D

79-80 1039-1040 799.49375 EMS 7MED6679-80 769.49375 7MED66D


7TAC52103-104 769.64375 7TAC52D

119-120 1079-1080 799.74375 GeneralPublic Safety 7TAC55119-120 769.74375 7TAC55D143-144 1103-1104 799.89375 Fire 7FIRE63

143-144 769.89375 7FIRE63D159-160 1119-1120 799.99375 Fire 7FIRE64

159-160 769.99375 7FIRE64D183-184 1143-1144 800.14375 General

Public Safety7TAC53

183-184 770.14375 7TAC53D199-200 1159-1160 800.24375 General

Public Safety7TAC56

199-200 770.24375 7TAC56D223-224 1183-1184 800.39375 Law

Enforcement7LAW61

223-224 770.39375 7LAW61D


36/98 31

FCC Channel(Subscriber Load)

Transmit andReceive

Frequencies

Primary UseChannel

Name

Receive Ch. Transmit Ch.239-240 1199-1200 800.49375 Law

Enforcement7LAW62

239-240 770.49375 7LAW62D263-264 1223-1224 800.64375 General

Public Safety7TAC54

263-264 770.64375 7TAC54D

279-280 1239-1240 800.74375 Mobile Data 7DATA69

279-280 770.74375 7DATA69D303-304 1263-1264 800.89375 Mobile

Repeater7MOB59

303-304 770.89375 7MOB59D319-320 1279-1280 800.99375 Other Public

Service7GTAC57

319-320 770.99375 7GTAC57D

641-642 1601-1602 803.00625 EMS 7MED86

641-642 773.00625 7MED86D657-658 1617-1618 803.10625 General

Public Safety7TAC71

657-658 773.10625 7TAC71D681-682 1641-1642 803.25625 Calling

Channel7CALL70

681-682 773.25625 7CALL70D697-698 1657-1658 803.35625 EMS 7MED87

697-698 773.35625 7MED87D721-722 1681-1682 803.50625 Fire 7FIRE83

721-722 773.50625 7FIRE83D


7TAC72737-738 773.60625 7TAC72D


37/98

32

FCC Channel(Subscriber Load)

Transmitand ReceiveFrequencies

Primary UseChannel

NameReceive Ch. Transmit Ch.


7TAC75761-762 773.75625 7TAC75D

777-778 1737-1738 803.85625 Fire 7FIRE84

777-778 773.85625 7FIRE84D

801-802 1761-1762 804.00625 LawEnforcement

7LAW81

801-802 774.00625 7LAW81D


7TAC73

817-818 774.10625 7TAC73D


7TAC76

841-842 774.25625 7TAC76D

857-858 1817-1818 804.35625 Law

Enforcement

7LAW82

857-858 774.35625 7LAW82D881-882 1841-1842 804.50625 Mobile

Repeater7MOB79

881-882 774.50625 7MOB79D


7TAC74

897-898 774.60625 7TAC74D

921-922 1881-1882 804.75625 Mobile Data 7DATA89

921-922 774.75625 7DATA89D937-938 1897-1898 804.85625 Other Public

Service7GTAC77

937-938 774.85625 7GTAC77D12.5 kHz narrowband channels shown as odd-even channel pairs o 6.25 kHz channels

Re: http://www.apco911.org/requency/documents/700_NB_channel_centers.pd


38/98

33

Non-Federal800MHzNationalMutu

alAidRepeaterChannels

Description

Ch.Name

MobileRX(M

Hz)*

MobileTX(MHz)*

Calling

8CALL90

851.0125(866.0125)

806.0125(821.0125)

Calling

Direct

8CALL90D

851.0125(866.0125)

851.0125(866.0125)

Tactical

8TAC91

851.5125(866.5125)

806.5125(821.5125)

TacticalDirect

8TAC91D

851.5125(866.5125)

851.5125(866.5125)

Tactical

8TAC92

852.0125(867.0125)

807.0125(822.0125)

TacticalDirect

8TAC92D

852.0125(867.0125)

852.0125(867.0125)

Tactical

8TAC93

852.5125(867.5125)

807.5125(822.5125)

TacticalDirect

8TAC93D

852.5125(867.5125)

852.5125(867.5125)

Tactical

8TAC94

853.0125(868.0125)

808.0125(823.0125)

TacticalDirect

8TAC94D

853.0125(868.0125)

853.0125(868.0125)

Defaultoperationshouldbecarriersquelchreceive,CT

CSS156.7(5A)transmit.Iftheusercan

enable/d

isableCTCSSwithoutreprogrammingtheradio,theindicatedCTCSS

tonecouldalso

beprogrammedforreceive,and

theuserinstructedhowandwhentoenable/disable.

*Thefrequencyinparenthesis,whichis15MHzhigher,isthefrequencyusedb

eforerebanding-

channelnameswereICALL,ITA

C1-ITAC4.Wideband

FM20K0F3Ebeforean

dafterrebanding.


39/98

34

VHFIncidentResponse(IR)FederalInteroperabilityChannel

Plan

SuggestedAssignment

(subjecttoavailability&localplans)

Channel

Name

Note

MobileRX

(MHz)

MobileTX

(MHz)

IncidentCalling

NC1

Calling

169.5375

164.7125

IncidentCommand1

IR1

170.0125

165.2500

MedicalEvacuationControl

IR2

170.4125

165.9625

LogisticsC

ontrol

IR3

170.6875

166.5750

Interagenc

yConvoy

IR4

173.0375

167.3250

IncidentCalling(Direct)

IR5

DirectforNC1

Calling

169.5375

169.5375(S)

IncidentCommand1(Direct)

IR6

DirectforIR1

170.0125

170.0125(S)

MedicalEvacuationControl

(Direct)

IR7

DirectforIR2

170.4125

170.4125(S)

LogisticsC

ontrol(Direct)

IR8

DirectforIR3

170.6875

170.6875(S)

Interagenc

yConvoy(Direct)

IR9

DirectforIR4

173.0375

173.0375(S)

*SeeConditionsforUseofFedera

lInteroperabilityChannelsonpages22-24.

Defaultoperationshouldbecarrier

squelchreceive,CTCSS167.9/CSQtransmit.Iftheusercan

enable/disableCTCSSwithoutreprogrammingtheradio,theindicatedCTCSSton

ealsocouldbe

programmedforreceive,andtheuserinstructedhowandwhentoenable/disable.


40/98

35

UHFIncidentResponse(IR)FederalIn

teroperabilityChannelPlan

Sug

gestedAssignment

(subjecttoavailability&localplans)

Channel

Name

Note

Mobile

RX

(MHz)

MobileTX

(MHz)

IncidentCalling

NC2

Calling

410.2375

419.2375

Adhocassignment

IR10

410.4375

419.4375

Adhocassignment

IR11

410.6375

419.6375

SARInc

identCommand

IR12

410.8375

419.8375

Adhocassignment

IR13

413.1875

413.1875(S)

Interage

ncyConvoy

IR14

413.2125

413.2125(S)

IncidentCalling(Direct)

IR15

DirectforNC2

Calling

410.2375

410.2375(S)

Adhocassignment(Direct)

IR16

DirectforIR10

410.4375

410.4375(S)

Adhocassignment(Direct)

IR17

DirectforIR11

410.6375

410.6375(S)

SARInc

identCommand(Direct)

IR18

DirectforIR12

410.8375

410.8375(S)

*SeeCo

nditionsforUseofFederalInteroperabilityCha

nnelsonpages22-24

.

Defaulto

perationshouldbecarriersquelchreceive,CTCSS167.9/CSQtransm

it.Iftheusercan

enable/disableCTCSSwithoutreprogrammingtheradio

,theindicatedCTCSStonealsocouldbe

programmedforreceive,andthe

userinstructedhowan

dwhentoenable/disab

le


41/98

36

VHFLawEnorcement(LE)FederalInteroperabilityChann

elPlan

Descrip

tion

Channel

Name

Note

Mob

ileRX

(M

Hz)

MobileTX

(MHz)

CTCSSorNAC

Calling

LEA

Analog

167.0875

167.0875

(S)

167.9Tx,

CSQRx

Tactical

LE1

Analog

167.0875

162.087

5

167.9Tx,

CSQRx

Tactical

LE2

167.2500

162.262

5

$68F

Tactical

LE3

167.7500

162.837

5

$68F

Tactical

LE4

168.1125

163.287

5

$68F

Tactical

LE5

168.4625

163.425

0

$68F

Tactical

LE6

D

irectforLE2

167.2500

167.2500

(S)

$68F

Tactical

LE7

D

irectforLE3

167.7500

167.7500

(S)

$68F

Tactical

LE8

D

irectforLE4

168.1125

168.1125

(S)

$68F

Tactical

LE9

D

irectforLE5

168.4625

168.4625

(S)

$68F

*SeeConditionsforUseofFed

eralInteroperabilityChannelsonpages22-24.

CTCSSonreceiveonlyifusers

electable;elseCSQ.


42/98

37

UHFLawEnorcement(LE)FederalInteroperabilityChann

elPlan

Descript

ion

Channel

Name

Note

Mobile

RX

(MHz)

MobileTX

(MHz)

CTCSSorNAC

Calling

LEB

Analog

414.0

375

414.0375(S)

167.9Tx,CSQRx

Tactical

LE10

Analog

409.9

875

418.9875

167.9Tx,CSQRx

Tactical

LE11

410.1

875

419.1875

$68F

Tactical

LE12

410.6

125

419.6125

$68F

Tactical

LE13

414.0

625

414.0625(S)

$68F

Tactical

LE14

414.3

125

414.3125(S)

$68F

Tactical

LE15

414.3

375

414.3375(S)

$68F

Tactical

LE16

DirectforLE

10

-Analog

409.9

875

409.9875(S)

167.9Tx,CSQRx

Tactical

LE17

Dire

ctforLE11

410.1

875

410.1875(S)

$68F

Tactical

LE18

DirectforLE12

410.6

125

410.6125(S)

$68F

*SeeCo

nditionsforUseofFederalInteroperabilityChannelsonpages22-24

.

CTCSSo

nreceiveonlyifuserselectable;elseCSQ


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Federal/Non-FederalSARComma

ndIntero

perabilityPlan

ChannelName*

MobileRX(MHz)

M

obileTX(MHz)

CTCSS

IR12**

410.8375

419.8375

167.9Tx,CSQRx

V

TAC14

159.4725

159.4725

156.7Tx,CSQRx

(156.7Rxifuser

selectable)

U

TAC43

453.8625

458.8625

156.7Tx,CSQRx

(156.7Rxifuser

selectable)

8TAC94(ITAC4

beforerebanding)

853.0

125(868.0125

befo

rerebanding)

808

.0125(823.0125

be

forerebanding)

156.7Tx,CSQRx

(156.7Rxifuser

selectable)

VH

FMarine

C

h.17***

156.8500(thisuse

requiresFCCSTA)

15

6.8500(thisuse

requiresFCCSTA)

none

*Ifarepeaterisnotavailable,substitutethecorrespon

dingtalk-aroundchannel:IR18forIR12,

UTAC43DforUTAC43,8TAC94Dfor8TAC94.

**SeeC

onditionsforUseofFederalInteroperabilityCh

annelsonpages22-2

4.

***VHF

marinech.17iswidebandFM,emission16K00F3E.


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Federal/Non-FederalVHFSAROperati

onsIntero

perabilityPlan

SuggestedSARFunction

Fre

quency(MHz)

GroundOperations

155.1600narrowbandFM(orwidebandFMtill1/1/2013)

MaritimeO

perations*

157.050or157.150(VHFMarinech.21Ao

r23A)asspecifiedby

USCGSectorC

ommander

AirOperationscivilian

123.100MHzAM(maynotbeusedfortes

tsorexercises)

AirOperationsUSCG/Military

345.0MHzAMforinitialcontactonly,then

moveto282.8MHz

AMorotherworkingchannel

Airrescue

assetstoairrescueassets

(deconfliction)

AschartedonstandardairchartorMULTICOM122.850(southor

westsector)&1

22.900MHz(northoreastsector),orasspecified

byFAA.122.850maynotbeusedfortestsorexercises

Groundto

AirSARworkingchannel

157.17583A(21A,23A,81Aalternatesas

specifiedbylocal

USCGSectorC

ommander)**

Groundto

MaritimeSARworkingchannel


specifiedbylocal

USCGSectorC

ommander)**

Maritime/A

ir/GroundSARworkingch

annel*


specifiedbylocal

USCGSectorC

ommander)**

EMS/MedicalSupport

155.3400(widebandFM)

Hailing*&

DISTRESSonly-

Maritime/A

ir/Ground

156.800VHFM

arinechannel16

*UseVHFMar

inech.16tomakecontact(30se

condsmax.),thenmovetoappropriateworkin

gchannelasdire

ctedbylocalUSCGSector

Commander.Non-maritimeuseoan

yVHFMarinechannelre

quiresFCCSpecialTem

poraryAuthorityorappro

priatelicense.VHFmarine

channelsusewidebandFM,emission16K0F3E

**VHFMarinechannels:16=156.80021

A=157.05022A=157.10023A=157.15081A=157.07582A=157.12583A=157.1750

Directionrom

USCG,FCC,orFAAoverridesinormationinthistable.Thistabl

edoesnotconveyauthoritytoo

perate.


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40

VHFPublicS

aetyMutualAidandCommonChannels

Fre

quency

(MHz)

Usage

WidebandID

N

arrowbandID

Note

155.1

600

Searchand

RescueCom

mon

SARWFM

SARNFM

NotdesignatedbyFCC;

availabilityvaries.

154.2650

mobile

FireMutualAid

VFIRE22W

VFIRE22

Notava

ilableinPuertoRico

andthe

U.S.VirginIslands.

154.2

725

FireMutualAid

VFIRE24

154.2

800

base/m

obile

FireMutualAid

VFIRE21W

VFIRE21

154.2

875

VFIRE25

154.2950

mobile

FireMutualAid

VFIRE23W

VFIRE23

154.3

025

VFIRE26

155.3

400

base/m

obile

EMSMutua

lAid

VMED28W

VMED28

Maybe

designatedforEMS

MutualAid.

155.3

475

VMED29

Maybe

designatedforEMS

MutualAid.

155.4

750

base/m

obile

LawEnforce

ment

MutualA

id

VLAW31W

VLAW31

155.4

825

LawEnforce

ment

MutualA

id

VLAW32

Rulesforuseofthesechannelsarecon

tainedin47CFR90.20andNTIAManualSection4.3.11&7.3.6.

SeealsoNon-FederalVHFNationalInteroperabilityChannelsa

ndNon-FederalVHFInlandInteroperability

Channelsonpage26-28ofthisdocu

ment.


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UHF MED (Medical, EMS) Channels

Base & Mobile TX Mobile TX Channel Name Bandwidth

462.950 467.950 MED9 * W,N,U462.95625 467.95625 MED91 * U

462.9625 467.9625 MED92 * N,U

462.96875 467.96875 MED93 * U

462.975 467.975 MED10 * W,N,U

462.98125 467.98125 MED101 * U

462.9875 467.9875 MED102 * N,U

462.99375 467.99375 MED103 * U

* Used primarily or dispatch; may be used or mutual aid. 47CFR90.20(d)(65).

463.000 468.000 MED1 W,N,U

463.00625 468.00625 MED11 U

463.0125 468.0125 MED12 N,U

463.01875 468.01875 MED13 U

463.025 468.025 MED2 W,N,U

463.03125 468.03125 MED21 U

Direct mode: receive & transmit on Base & Mobile TX req.; Repeater mode:transmit on Mobile TX req., receive on Base & Mobile TX req. CTCSS as

required by local plan. Bandwidth: W=wide, N=narrow, U=ultra-narrow (6.25

kHz). Add D to channel name when operating in Direct mode.


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463.0375 468.0375 MED22 N,U

463.04375 468.04375 MED23 U

463.050 468.050 MED3 W,N,U

463.05625 468.05625 MED31 U

463.0625 468.0625 MED32 N,U

463.06875 468.06875 MED33 U

463.075 468.075 MED4 W,N,U

463.08125 468.08125 MED41 U

463.0875 468.0875 MED42 N,U

463.09375 468.09375 MED43 U

463.100 468.100 MED5 W,N,U463.10625 468.10625 MED51 U

463.1125 468.1125 MED52 N,U

463.11875 468.11875 MED53 U

463.125 468.125 MED6 W,N,U

Direct mode: receive & transmit on Base & Mobile TX req.; Repeater mode:transmit on Mobile TX req., receive on Base & Mobile TX req. CTCSS as




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463.13125 468.13125 MED61 U463.1375 468.1375 MED62 N,U

463.14375 468.14375 MED63 U

463.150 468.150 MED7 W,N,U

463.15625 468.15625 MED71 U

463.1625 468.1625 MED72 N,U463.16875 468.16875 MED73 U

463.175 468.175 MED8 W,N,U

463.18125 468.18125 MED81 U

463.1875 468.1875 MED82 N,U

463.19375 468.19375 MED83 UDirect mode: receive & transmit on Base & Mobile TX req.; Repeater mode:

transmit on Mobile TX req., receive on Base & Mobile TX req. CTCSS as




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The 25 Cities Project Federal Interoperability Channels

The 25 Cities Project Federal Interoperability Channels were developed through the

Department o Justice 25 Cities project to support local, state, ederal, and tribal

voice communications interoperability. Each metropolitan area has agreed upon poli-

cies and procedures regarding use o these channels. Most 25 Cities VHF channels are

accessible by non-VHF users via permanent or ad hoc patching capabilities. All agen-

cies interested in using these requencies, who are not currently participating in the

25 Cities eort, should contact the local FBI Radio Manager prior to programming any

equipment. For requencies and programming details or other questions regarding

the project, contact Rob Zanger, U.S. Department o Justice, Wireless ManagementO ce at 202.598.2000 or [email protected].

Inormation as o November 17, 2010.

CITY CHANNEL NAME

ATLANTA ATL FIO (VHF P25 Voted System)

BALTIMORE BA FIOLE3 (VHF P25 Voted System)

BOSTON BPD FIO (VHF Voted System - Analog)

CHICAGO

CG-COM-N, CG-COM-C, CG-COM-S

(VHF P25 Multicast Voted System)

CG-TAC-N, CG-TAC-C, CG-COM-S


DALLASDFW EAST (VHF P25 Voted System)

DFW WEST (VHF P25 Voted System)

(continued)


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CITY CHANNEL NAME

DENVERDEN IO-N, DEN IO-E, DEN IO-C, DEN IO-S,

DEN IO-W


EL PASOEP FIO-W, EP FIO-E

(VHF P25 Multi-cast Voted System)

HAMPTON ROADS NORFOLK

HRN FIO

(VHF P25 Voted System)

HARTFORD, CTCFedcom-N, CFedcom-S

(VHF P25 Multi-cast Voted System)

HONOLULU

HNL FIO

(VHF P25 Stand Alone 125 watt repeater)

HNL FIO2(VHF P25 Stand Alone 125 watt repeater)

LE 4

(VHF P25 Transportable 125 watt repeater)

HNL FIRE (VHF Voted System Analog)

HOUSTON

HOU CMD (VHF P25 Voted System)

HOU PAT (VHF P25 Voted System)

JACKSONVILLE JAX FIO (VHF P25 Voted System)

(continued)


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CITY CHANNEL NAME

LOS ANGELESLA FIO1 (VHF P25 Voted System)LA FIO2 (VHF P25 Voted System)

LA FIO3 (VHF P25 Voted System)

MIAMI MIA FIO (VHF P25 Voted System)

MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAULFEDCOM-MP, FEDCOM-SP

(VHF P25 Multicast Voted System)NEW ORLEANS NOLA FIO (VHF P25 Voted System)

NEW YORK

NYC FIO (NYC), NYC FIO-N (Orange-

Putnam), NYC FIO-E (Suolk), NYC FIO-S

(Central NJ)

(VHF P25 Multicast Voted system)

NYC FIO2 (VHF P25 Voted System)

ORLANDO ORL FIO (VHF P25 Voted System

PHILADELPHIA PH FIO (VHF P25 Voted System)

(continued)


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CITY CHANNEL NAME

ST LOUIS

STL CALL (VHF P25 Voted System)

8CALL90(800 MHz Simulcast Voted

Repeater System)

STL TAC (VHF P25 Voted System)

8TAC91 (800 MHz Simulcast Voted

Repeater System)All o the above repeaters can be

networked together.

(continued)


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CITY CHANNEL NAME

SAN FRANCISCO

SF MA U-A (UHF Stand Alone 125 wattrepeater - Analog)

SF MA V-A (VHF Stand Alone 125 watt

repeater - Analog)

CLEMARS 7 (LLAW1) (Low Band repeater)

SF MA T-A (UHF-T Band Stand Alone 125

watt repeater - Analog)

8TAC94 (800 MHz Stand Alone 125 watt

repeater- Analog)

SF FED-V (VHF P25 Stand Alone 125 watt

repeater)

SF FED-U (UHF P25 Stand Alone 125 wattrepeater)

All o the above repeaters can be

networked together.

SF FED-ED, SF FED-ES, SF FED-ET, SF FED-

EW (VHF P25 Multicast Voted System)

TAMPA TAM FIO (VHF P25 Voted System)

WASHINGTON DCDC IO-1 (VHF P25 Voted System)

DC IO2LE2 (VHF P25 Voted System)


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49

NOAAWe

atherRadioAllHazardsBroadcasts

NWRbroadcastsNationalWe

atherService(NWS)warnings,watches,forecastsand

othernon-weatherrelatedhazardinformation24hoursaday.ChannelsWX1-WX7are

usedintheUS&Canada;channelsWX8-WX9are

usedforCanadaMa

rineWeather

broadcastsinsomeareas.Th

esechannelsshould

beprogrammedasw

ideband

FM(16K

0F3E)RECEIVEONLY.Someradiomanu

facturersnumberthe

USweather

channelsintheordertheycameintouse,othersnumbertheminfreque

ncyorder.For

programminginland-mobileradios,frequencyorderisrecommended.

WeatherRadioBroadcastsReceiveOnly

(WX1-WX7US&

Canada;WX8-WX9

CanadaMarineWea

ther)

WX1

WX2

WX3

WX4

WX5

WX6

WX7

162.4

00

162.425

1

62.450

162.475

162.500

162.525

162.550

Marine21B

Marine83B

WX8

WX9

161.650

161.775


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50

COMMONCOMMUNICATIONSREFERENCES

O

perationsCenterTelephoneNumbers

DHS

MainNumber..................................................................202-282-8000

NOCSeniorWatchOfficer.............................................202-282-8101

FCC

FederalCommunica

tionsCommission

CommunicationsandCrisisManagementCenter

(CCMC)e-mailcom

[email protected],-2813FAX

FEMA

FederalEmergency

ManagementAgency,

NationalResponseCoordinationCenter(NRCC).........202-646-2828

(generalnumberfor

allESFsseenextpage)..............FEMA

[email protected]

NCS

NationalCommunicationsSystem

NCCRadioRoom/S

HARESHFRadio...........................703-235-5080

OperationsCenter/

NCCWatch....................................703-235-5080

ARC

AmericanNationalR

edCross

24-hrDisasterOperationsCenter..................................800-526-3571,202-303-5555

ARRL

AmericanRadioRelayLeague.......................................emerg

[email protected]

MainNumber..................................................................860-594-0200-0259fax


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EmergencySupportFunctions(ESF)

ESF#1

:Transportation

ESF#9:UrbanSearch&

Rescue

ESF#2

:Communications

ESF#10:Oil&Hazardous

MaterialsResponse

ESF#3

:PublicWorksand

Engineering

ESF#11:Agricultureand

NaturalResources

ESF#4

:Firefighting

ESF#12:Energy

ESF#5

:Emergency

Management

ESF#13:PublicSafetyand

Security

ESF#6:MassCare,Housing,

andHumanService

s

ESF#14:Lo

ng-Term

CommunityRecovery

ESF#7

:ResourceSupport

ESF#15:ExternalAffairs

ESF#8:PublicHealthand

MedicalServices


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FEMA Regions - States and Territories

Region I: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT - 1-617-956-7506 or 1-877-336-2734

Region II: NJ, NY, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin IslandsNJ and NY: 1-212-680-3600

PR and USVI: 1-787-296-3500

Region III: DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV - 1-215-931-5500

Region IV: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC,TN - 1-770-220-5200

Region V: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI - 1-312-408-5500

Region VI: AR, LA, NM, OK, TX - 1-940-898-5399

Region VII: IA, KS, MO, NE - 1-816-283-7061

Region VIII: CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY - 1-303-235-4800

Region IX: AZ, CA, Guam (GU), HI, NV, CNMI, RMI, FSM, American Samoa (AS)1-510-627-7100

Region X: AK, ID, OR, WA - 1-425-487-4600

FEMA Headquarters, Washington DC: 1-202-646-2500

FEMA Disaster Assistance: 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)


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U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Centers

24 hour Regional Contacts for Emergencies

Last Modied 4/29/2009

RCC Location Phone Number

Atlantic Area SAR

CoordinatorPortsmouth, VA (757)398-6700

RCC Boston Boston, MA (617)223-8555

RCC Norfolk Portsmouth, VA (757)398-6231RCC Miami Miami, FL (305)415-6800

RSC San Juan San Juan, PR (787)289-2042

RCC New Orleans New Orleans, LA (504)589-6225

RCC Cleveland Cleveland, OH (216)902-6117

Pacifc SAR

CoordinatorAlameda, CA (510)437-3700

RCC Alameda Alameda, CA (510)437-3700

RCC Seattle Seattle, WA (206)220-7001

RCC Honolulu Honolulu, HI (808) 535-3333

Sector Guam Apra Harbor, GU (671)355-4824RCC Juneau Juneau, Alaska (907)463-2000


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CTCSS Tones and Codes

Freq.

(Hz)

Motorola

Code

NIFC &

CA Fire *

Freq.

(Hz)

Motorola

Code

NIFC &

CA Fire *67.0 XZ 136.5 4Z 4

69.3** WZ 141.3 4A 13

71.9 XA 146.2 4B 5

74.4 WA 151.4 5Z 14

77.0 XB 156.7 5A 6

79.7 WB 162.2 5B 15

82.5 YZ 167.9 6Z 7

85.4 YA 173.8 6A

88.5 YB 179.9 6B

91.5 ZZ 186.2 7Z

94.8 ZA 192.8 7A 16

97.4 ZB 203.5 M1

100.0 1Z 9 206.5 8Z103.5 1A 8 210.7 M2

107.2 1B 10 218.1 M3

110.9 2Z 1 225.7 M4

114.8 2A 11 229.1 9Z

118.8 2B 233.6 M5

123.0 3Z 2 241.8 M6127.3 3A 12 250.3 M7

131.8 3B 3 254.1 0Z

* California FIRESCOPE tone list, used by NIFC and CAfire agencies

Ref. http://www.firescope.org/macs-docs/MACS-441-1.pdf

** 69.4 in some radios


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DCS CodesNormal Inverted Nor. Inv. Nor. Inv. Nor. Inv.

023 047 155 731 325 526 516 432025 244 156 265 331 465 523 246

026 464 162 503 332 455 526 325

031 627 165 251 343 532 532 343

036 172 172 036 346 612 546 132

043 445 174 074 351 243 565 703

047 023 205 263 364 131 606 631

051 032 212 356 365 125 612 346053 452 223 134 371 734 624 632

054 413 225 122 411 226 627 031

065 271 226 411 412 143 631 606

071 306 243 351 413 054 632 624

072 245 244 025 423 315 654 743

073 506 245 072 431 723 662 466

074 174 246 523 432 516 664 311

114 712 251 165 445 043 703 565

115 152 252 462 446 255 712 114

116 754 255 446 452 053 723 431

122 225 261 732 454 266 731 155

125 365 263 205 455 332 732 261

131 364 265 156 462 252 734 371

132 546 266 454 464 026 743 654

134 223 271 065 465 331 754 116

143 412 274 145 466 662

145 274 306 071 503 162

152 115 311 664 506 073

032 051 315 423


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P25 Digital Codes

NAC Network Access Codes

$293 default NAC$F7E receiver will unsquelch with any incoming NAC

$F7F a repeater with this NAC will allow incoming signalsto be repeated with the NAC intact

TGID Talkgroup ID

$0001 default

$0000 no-one, talkgroup with no users used forindividual call

$FFFF talkgroup which includes everyone

Unit ID

$000000 no-one never associated with a radio unit

$000001-$98767F for general use

$989680-$FFFFFE for talkgroup use or other specialpurposes

$FFFFFF designates everyone used when implementing agroup call with a TGID3


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12345

6789

RS-232 Connectors (DB25 and DB9)

Front refers to the ends with the pins; rear refers to the end with

the cable. The following is a view of the pins, looking at the front of

the female connector (rear of male):

same for DB25, except top pins 13 - 1, bottom 25 - 14 (left to right)

DB9 DB25 Signal1 8 Carrier Detect

2 3 Receive Data3 2 Transmit Data*4 20 Data Terminal Ready*5 1,7 Ground **6 6 Data Set Ready7 4 Request to Send*8 5 Clear to Send

9 22 Ring Indicator * An output from the computer to the outside world.

** On the DB25, 1 is the protective ground, 7 is the signal ground.


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RJ-45 Wiring

T568A (less common) T568B (more common)

Pin Pair Color Name Color Name1 2 white/ green RecvData+ white/orange TxData +

2 2 green RecvData- orange TxData -

3 3 white/orange TxData + white/green RecvData+

4 1 blue blue

5 1 white/blue white/blue6 3 orange TxData - green RecvData-

7 4 white/brown white/brown

8 4 brown brown

Note that the odd pin numbers are always the white-with-stripe color.


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Telephone Connectors

Pin numbers are from left to right, holding the plug with the contacts

up and looking at the side that does not have the spring clip. T and

R indicate Tip and Ring. Pin RJ25 RJ14 RJ11

1 T3

2 T2 T2

3 R1 R1 R1

4 T1 T1 T15 R2 R2

6 R3

Circuit Twisted-Pair Colors 25-Pair Colors Solid Colors

T1 White/Blue White/Blue Green

R1 Blue Blue/White Red

T2 White/Orange White/Orange Black

R2 Orange Orange/White Yellow

T3 White/Green White/Green White

R3 Green Green/White Blue

T4 White/Brown White/Brown Orange

R4 Brown Brown/White Brown


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Telephone Block WiringTip,

Ring

Tip Color

(reverse for Ring)

50 Pin

Position

66 or 110

Block Position1 White/Blue 26,1 1,22 White/Orange 27,2 3,43 White/Green 28,3 5,64 White/Brown 29,4 7,85 White/Slate 30,5 9,106 Red/Blue 31,6 11,12

7 Red/Orange 32,7 13,148 Red/Green 33,8 15,169 Red/Brown 34,9 17,1810 Red/Slate 35,10 19,2011 Black/Blue 36,11 21,2212 Black/Orange 37,12 23,2413 Black/Green 38,13 25,26

14 Black/Brown 39,14 27,2815 Black/Slate 40,15 29,3016 Yellow/Blue 41,16 31,3217 Yellow/Orange 42,17 33,3418 Yellow/Green 43,18 35,3619 Yellow/Brown 44,19 37,3820 Yellow/Slate 45,20 39,40

21 Violet/Blue 46,21 41,4222 Violet/Orange 47,22 43,4423 Violet/Green 48,23 45,4624 Violet/Brown 49,24 47,4825 Violet/Slate 50,25 49,50


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Telephone Keypad Letters

1:(QZ) 2:ABC 3:DEF

4:GHI 5:JKL 6:MNO7:P(Q)RS 8:TUV 9:WXY(Z)

* 0 #

DSN Area Codes

(Deense Switched Network)

312 - CONUS 313 Caribbean

314 - Europe 315 - Pacific317 - Alaska 318 - Southwest Asia

319 - Canada

Cellular Telephone Emergency Response

Some cellular telephone companies have transportable cellsites (Cellular On Wheels COWs, Cellular on Light Trucks COLTs, etc.) that can be deployed during disasters, emergencies,and special events. Local jurisdictions are encouragedto coordinate with their established service providerrepresentatives for local events; however, the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security National Communications SystemNational Coordinating Center will assist jurisdictions with

referrals to corporate level contacts for wireless/wireline serviceprovider representatives if needed.

The NCS-NCC 24x7 Watch can be reached at 1-703-235-5080

or e-mail [email protected]


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Satellite Phone Dialing Instructions

From a US Landline(helpful directions for someone to call you back)

To an Iridium phone directly as an International Call011 + 8816xxxxxxx (Iridium Phone Number)

To an M4 phone directly as an International Call

011 + 870 + 76xxxxxxx (Mobile Number)

Iridium PIN (default) is 1111

(enter when powering-on the Iridium Subscriber Unit)

From an M4: [Note - Cannot call Toll-Free numbers]

To a US Phone number:

00 + 1 + (10-digit US phone number)

To an Iridium phone directly

00 + 8816xxxxxxx (Iridium Phone Number)

To an M4 phone directly

00 + 870 + 76xxxxxxx (Mobile Number)

From an Iridium provisioned commerciallyTo a US Phone number

00 + 1 + xxx.xxx.xxxx (US phone number)

To an Iridium phone directly

00 + 8816xxxxxxx (Iridium Phone Number)

To an M4 phone directly00 + 870 + 76xxxxxxx (Mobile Number)

Test call - no airtime charge: 00 + 1 + 480.752.5105


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From an Iridium provisioned by DOD

ISU (Iridium Subscriber Unit) to DSN

00 + 696 + (DSN Area Code) + (DSN 7-digit number)

ISU to U.S. Domestic00 + 697 + (U.S. Area Code) + (7-digit US number)

ISU to International Long Distance (ILD)

00 + 698 + (Country Code) + (National Destination Code or

City Code) + (Subscriber Number)

ISU to INMARSAT

00 + 698 + 870 + (INMARSAT subscriber number)ISU to Local Hawaii

00 + 699 + (7-digit local commercial number)

1-800 toll-free 00 + 699 + 1+ 800 + (7-digits)

ISU to ISU, handset-to-handset

00 + (12-digit ISU subscriber number, e.g., 8816 763-xxxxx)

INMARSAT Country Code

All INMARSAT satellite telephones now use country code 870.

The Ocean Region Codes were discontinued January 1, 2009:

871 Atlantic Ocean Region East [AOR-East]

872 Pacific Ocean Region [POR]

873 Indian Ocean Region [IOR]

874 Atlantic Ocean Region West [AOR-West]

Inmarsat Customer Care Helpline - international direct dialing from USA

to London, United Kingdom: 011 44 20 7728 1030


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INMARSAT-M Service Codes

00 Automatic Calls11 International Operator12 International Information13 National Operator14 National Information17 Telephone Call Booking20 Access to a Maritime PAD23 Abbreviated Dialing

24 Post FAX31 Maritime Enquiries32 Medical Advice33 Technical Assistance34 Person-to-Person Call35 Collect Call36 Credit Card Call37 Time and Duration38 Medical Assistance39 Maritime Assistance41 Meteorological Reports42 Navigational Hazards and Warnings43 Ship Position Reports

57 Retrieval of Mailbox Messages6x Administration, Specialized Use70 Databases91 Automatic Line Test92 Commissioning Tests


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Wireless Priority Service (WPS)

Authorized phones only; monthly and usage charges apply. http://wps.ncs.gov/

Dial *272 + destination number [send]

GETS - Govt. Emergency Telecomm. Service

User Assistance: 1-800-818-GETS, 1-703-818-GETS

http://www.ncs.gov GETS test #: 1-703-818-3924

GETS call rom a commercial phone:

1-710-NCS-GETS (1-710-627-4387) 1-888-288-GETS (ATT)

1-800-900-GETS (MCI/Verizon) 1-800-257-8373 (Sprint)Optional: specify long-distance carrier

1010+288 (ATT) 1-710-NCS-GETS

1010+222 (Verizon) 1-710-NCS-GETS

1010+333 (Sprint) 1-710-NCS-GETS

Listen for tone; enter PIN

At prompt, enter 10-digit destination number

GETS call rom a rotary or pay phone:

Get outside line, listen for dial tone

Optional: specify long-distance carrier

ATT: 1010+288 Verizon: 1010+222 Sprint: 1010+333

Dial 1-710-NCS-GETS (627-4387)Wait for GETS operator

Give your PIN and 10-digit destination number


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Text Messaging

Selected US & Canadian Cellular Text Messaging Carriers

Alltel [email protected] message.alltel.com

AT&T [email protected]

Bell Canada [email protected]

Centennial Wireless [email protected]

Cellular South [email protected]

Cincinnati Bell [email protected]

Metro PCS [email protected]

or [email protected]

Nextel [email protected]

Omnipoint [email protected]

Qwest [email protected]

Sprint [email protected]

Suncom [email protected]

T-Mobile [email protected]

TracFone [email protected]

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Telus [email protected]

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