First Responders and Emergency Communications
James WadsworthFairfax County Virginia
Radio Services Center Manager
Definition of Interoperability
bull The definition developed by the National Task Force on Interoperability and refined by Project SAFECOM describes interoperability as The ability of public-safety agencies to communicate with one another via radio communications systems - to exchange voice andor data with one another on demand in real time when needed and when authorized
Definition of Interoperability
The ability to communicate with one another
To exchange voice andor data with one another on demand in real time when needed and when authorized
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul RevereOn the eighteenth of April in Seventy-fiveHardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and yearHe said to his friend If the British marchBy land or sea from the town to-nightHang a lantern aloft in the belfry archOf the North Church tower as a signal light--One if by land and two if by seaAnd I on the opposite shore will beReady to ride and spread the alarmThrough every Middlesex village and farmFor the country folk to be up and to arm
The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
bull Level-1 Swap Radios
bull The simplest and most basic level of interoperability is the physical exchange of radios with other agencies involved in an event
Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
bull Talkaround provides interoperability where multiple radio users talk radio-to-radio on the same transmit and receive frequency in the conventional mode In this situation communications are tightly bound by the air interface the same frequency is required and transmissions are digital-to-digital or analog-to-analog not analog-to-digital
Level-3 Mutual Aid
bull Mutual aid channels provide operability for first responder radios and interoperability between radios within the same frequency bandhellipie VHF users can only talk to (or on) other VHF systems The effectiveness of Mutual Aid Level-3 can only be achieved through adherence to predetermined protocols and procedures as part of the National Incident Command System (NIMS) which is used in the event of an emergency
Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
bull A gateway is a generic term for devices that connect multiple frequency bands andor coverage areas and thereby provide interoperability between them Overlapping coverage areas may use wired or wireless gateway devices For overlapping coverage areas operating in different frequency bands wireless gateway devices provide cross-band interoperability for the radios (require separate Transmit Receivers (TR) frequencies) For overlapping or non overlapping coverage areas wireline interconnectivity also can be used to provide cross-band operation for the radio users while also providing connectivity to andor between dispatchers and systems Gateway devices may be used to provide wireline or wireless interoperability between the coverage areas of Mutual Aid channels or existing systems or a combination of both These systems and coverage areas may be single-site or multi-site analog or digital conventional or trunked proprietary or standards based Interoperability will be limited to the lowest common capability that these systems provide
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Definition of Interoperability
bull The definition developed by the National Task Force on Interoperability and refined by Project SAFECOM describes interoperability as The ability of public-safety agencies to communicate with one another via radio communications systems - to exchange voice andor data with one another on demand in real time when needed and when authorized
Definition of Interoperability
The ability to communicate with one another
To exchange voice andor data with one another on demand in real time when needed and when authorized
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul RevereOn the eighteenth of April in Seventy-fiveHardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and yearHe said to his friend If the British marchBy land or sea from the town to-nightHang a lantern aloft in the belfry archOf the North Church tower as a signal light--One if by land and two if by seaAnd I on the opposite shore will beReady to ride and spread the alarmThrough every Middlesex village and farmFor the country folk to be up and to arm
The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
bull Level-1 Swap Radios
bull The simplest and most basic level of interoperability is the physical exchange of radios with other agencies involved in an event
Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
bull Talkaround provides interoperability where multiple radio users talk radio-to-radio on the same transmit and receive frequency in the conventional mode In this situation communications are tightly bound by the air interface the same frequency is required and transmissions are digital-to-digital or analog-to-analog not analog-to-digital
Level-3 Mutual Aid
bull Mutual aid channels provide operability for first responder radios and interoperability between radios within the same frequency bandhellipie VHF users can only talk to (or on) other VHF systems The effectiveness of Mutual Aid Level-3 can only be achieved through adherence to predetermined protocols and procedures as part of the National Incident Command System (NIMS) which is used in the event of an emergency
Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
bull A gateway is a generic term for devices that connect multiple frequency bands andor coverage areas and thereby provide interoperability between them Overlapping coverage areas may use wired or wireless gateway devices For overlapping coverage areas operating in different frequency bands wireless gateway devices provide cross-band interoperability for the radios (require separate Transmit Receivers (TR) frequencies) For overlapping or non overlapping coverage areas wireline interconnectivity also can be used to provide cross-band operation for the radio users while also providing connectivity to andor between dispatchers and systems Gateway devices may be used to provide wireline or wireless interoperability between the coverage areas of Mutual Aid channels or existing systems or a combination of both These systems and coverage areas may be single-site or multi-site analog or digital conventional or trunked proprietary or standards based Interoperability will be limited to the lowest common capability that these systems provide
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Definition of Interoperability
The ability to communicate with one another
To exchange voice andor data with one another on demand in real time when needed and when authorized
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul RevereOn the eighteenth of April in Seventy-fiveHardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and yearHe said to his friend If the British marchBy land or sea from the town to-nightHang a lantern aloft in the belfry archOf the North Church tower as a signal light--One if by land and two if by seaAnd I on the opposite shore will beReady to ride and spread the alarmThrough every Middlesex village and farmFor the country folk to be up and to arm
The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
bull Level-1 Swap Radios
bull The simplest and most basic level of interoperability is the physical exchange of radios with other agencies involved in an event
Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
bull Talkaround provides interoperability where multiple radio users talk radio-to-radio on the same transmit and receive frequency in the conventional mode In this situation communications are tightly bound by the air interface the same frequency is required and transmissions are digital-to-digital or analog-to-analog not analog-to-digital
Level-3 Mutual Aid
bull Mutual aid channels provide operability for first responder radios and interoperability between radios within the same frequency bandhellipie VHF users can only talk to (or on) other VHF systems The effectiveness of Mutual Aid Level-3 can only be achieved through adherence to predetermined protocols and procedures as part of the National Incident Command System (NIMS) which is used in the event of an emergency
Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
bull A gateway is a generic term for devices that connect multiple frequency bands andor coverage areas and thereby provide interoperability between them Overlapping coverage areas may use wired or wireless gateway devices For overlapping coverage areas operating in different frequency bands wireless gateway devices provide cross-band interoperability for the radios (require separate Transmit Receivers (TR) frequencies) For overlapping or non overlapping coverage areas wireline interconnectivity also can be used to provide cross-band operation for the radio users while also providing connectivity to andor between dispatchers and systems Gateway devices may be used to provide wireline or wireless interoperability between the coverage areas of Mutual Aid channels or existing systems or a combination of both These systems and coverage areas may be single-site or multi-site analog or digital conventional or trunked proprietary or standards based Interoperability will be limited to the lowest common capability that these systems provide
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul RevereOn the eighteenth of April in Seventy-fiveHardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and yearHe said to his friend If the British marchBy land or sea from the town to-nightHang a lantern aloft in the belfry archOf the North Church tower as a signal light--One if by land and two if by seaAnd I on the opposite shore will beReady to ride and spread the alarmThrough every Middlesex village and farmFor the country folk to be up and to arm
The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
bull Level-1 Swap Radios
bull The simplest and most basic level of interoperability is the physical exchange of radios with other agencies involved in an event
Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
bull Talkaround provides interoperability where multiple radio users talk radio-to-radio on the same transmit and receive frequency in the conventional mode In this situation communications are tightly bound by the air interface the same frequency is required and transmissions are digital-to-digital or analog-to-analog not analog-to-digital
Level-3 Mutual Aid
bull Mutual aid channels provide operability for first responder radios and interoperability between radios within the same frequency bandhellipie VHF users can only talk to (or on) other VHF systems The effectiveness of Mutual Aid Level-3 can only be achieved through adherence to predetermined protocols and procedures as part of the National Incident Command System (NIMS) which is used in the event of an emergency
Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
bull A gateway is a generic term for devices that connect multiple frequency bands andor coverage areas and thereby provide interoperability between them Overlapping coverage areas may use wired or wireless gateway devices For overlapping coverage areas operating in different frequency bands wireless gateway devices provide cross-band interoperability for the radios (require separate Transmit Receivers (TR) frequencies) For overlapping or non overlapping coverage areas wireline interconnectivity also can be used to provide cross-band operation for the radio users while also providing connectivity to andor between dispatchers and systems Gateway devices may be used to provide wireline or wireless interoperability between the coverage areas of Mutual Aid channels or existing systems or a combination of both These systems and coverage areas may be single-site or multi-site analog or digital conventional or trunked proprietary or standards based Interoperability will be limited to the lowest common capability that these systems provide
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
bull Level-1 Swap Radios
bull The simplest and most basic level of interoperability is the physical exchange of radios with other agencies involved in an event
Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
bull Talkaround provides interoperability where multiple radio users talk radio-to-radio on the same transmit and receive frequency in the conventional mode In this situation communications are tightly bound by the air interface the same frequency is required and transmissions are digital-to-digital or analog-to-analog not analog-to-digital
Level-3 Mutual Aid
bull Mutual aid channels provide operability for first responder radios and interoperability between radios within the same frequency bandhellipie VHF users can only talk to (or on) other VHF systems The effectiveness of Mutual Aid Level-3 can only be achieved through adherence to predetermined protocols and procedures as part of the National Incident Command System (NIMS) which is used in the event of an emergency
Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
bull A gateway is a generic term for devices that connect multiple frequency bands andor coverage areas and thereby provide interoperability between them Overlapping coverage areas may use wired or wireless gateway devices For overlapping coverage areas operating in different frequency bands wireless gateway devices provide cross-band interoperability for the radios (require separate Transmit Receivers (TR) frequencies) For overlapping or non overlapping coverage areas wireline interconnectivity also can be used to provide cross-band operation for the radio users while also providing connectivity to andor between dispatchers and systems Gateway devices may be used to provide wireline or wireless interoperability between the coverage areas of Mutual Aid channels or existing systems or a combination of both These systems and coverage areas may be single-site or multi-site analog or digital conventional or trunked proprietary or standards based Interoperability will be limited to the lowest common capability that these systems provide
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
bull Talkaround provides interoperability where multiple radio users talk radio-to-radio on the same transmit and receive frequency in the conventional mode In this situation communications are tightly bound by the air interface the same frequency is required and transmissions are digital-to-digital or analog-to-analog not analog-to-digital
Level-3 Mutual Aid
bull Mutual aid channels provide operability for first responder radios and interoperability between radios within the same frequency bandhellipie VHF users can only talk to (or on) other VHF systems The effectiveness of Mutual Aid Level-3 can only be achieved through adherence to predetermined protocols and procedures as part of the National Incident Command System (NIMS) which is used in the event of an emergency
Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
bull A gateway is a generic term for devices that connect multiple frequency bands andor coverage areas and thereby provide interoperability between them Overlapping coverage areas may use wired or wireless gateway devices For overlapping coverage areas operating in different frequency bands wireless gateway devices provide cross-band interoperability for the radios (require separate Transmit Receivers (TR) frequencies) For overlapping or non overlapping coverage areas wireline interconnectivity also can be used to provide cross-band operation for the radio users while also providing connectivity to andor between dispatchers and systems Gateway devices may be used to provide wireline or wireless interoperability between the coverage areas of Mutual Aid channels or existing systems or a combination of both These systems and coverage areas may be single-site or multi-site analog or digital conventional or trunked proprietary or standards based Interoperability will be limited to the lowest common capability that these systems provide
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Level-3 Mutual Aid
bull Mutual aid channels provide operability for first responder radios and interoperability between radios within the same frequency bandhellipie VHF users can only talk to (or on) other VHF systems The effectiveness of Mutual Aid Level-3 can only be achieved through adherence to predetermined protocols and procedures as part of the National Incident Command System (NIMS) which is used in the event of an emergency
Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
bull A gateway is a generic term for devices that connect multiple frequency bands andor coverage areas and thereby provide interoperability between them Overlapping coverage areas may use wired or wireless gateway devices For overlapping coverage areas operating in different frequency bands wireless gateway devices provide cross-band interoperability for the radios (require separate Transmit Receivers (TR) frequencies) For overlapping or non overlapping coverage areas wireline interconnectivity also can be used to provide cross-band operation for the radio users while also providing connectivity to andor between dispatchers and systems Gateway devices may be used to provide wireline or wireless interoperability between the coverage areas of Mutual Aid channels or existing systems or a combination of both These systems and coverage areas may be single-site or multi-site analog or digital conventional or trunked proprietary or standards based Interoperability will be limited to the lowest common capability that these systems provide
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
bull A gateway is a generic term for devices that connect multiple frequency bands andor coverage areas and thereby provide interoperability between them Overlapping coverage areas may use wired or wireless gateway devices For overlapping coverage areas operating in different frequency bands wireless gateway devices provide cross-band interoperability for the radios (require separate Transmit Receivers (TR) frequencies) For overlapping or non overlapping coverage areas wireline interconnectivity also can be used to provide cross-band operation for the radio users while also providing connectivity to andor between dispatchers and systems Gateway devices may be used to provide wireline or wireless interoperability between the coverage areas of Mutual Aid channels or existing systems or a combination of both These systems and coverage areas may be single-site or multi-site analog or digital conventional or trunked proprietary or standards based Interoperability will be limited to the lowest common capability that these systems provide
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
bull Additional interoperable capabilities for first responder incident management can be provided by leveraging existing systems using mutual aid talk groups These systems typically have more capabilities and greater capacity than Mutual Aid channels A greater level of interoperability for first responders can be achieved by leveraging the existing systems These systems may be in a variety of frequency bands may be analog or digital and conventional or trunked Existing systems are owned by specific agencies and may come from a variety of vendors
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
bull Standard based systems ensure that the radios
andor the infrastructures use technology and messages that are interoperable regardless of the equipment vendor By sharing standards based systems with first responders a greater level of interoperable features with greater capacity can be achieved Level-6 systems may be conventional or trunked single or multi-site They must be based on the P25 CAI standards (ANSITIAEIA-102) and conform to SAFECOM interoperability standards
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
bull Examples Of Past Events And How Interoperable Communications Played A Part
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
January 13th 1982
bull There was a major snowstorm that was covering the Washington DC area with considerable accumulation and there was an early release of federal employees and heavy strain on the regions transportation system
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Air Florida Flight 90bull Air Florida flight 90 had taken off from Washington DC Airport and
due to wing icing and pilot error the aircraft lost altitude and crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and the Potomac River less than a mile from the airport There were only 5 survivors out of 79 people on board The aircraft descended nose-high and tail-low and at 401 PM the tail struck the deck and parapet of the Rochambeau Bridge (the northbound span) struck seven vehicles killed 4 motorists and injured 4 motorists and went into the frozen river between the Rochambeau Bridge and the express span (they are a couple hundred yards apart) The aircraft shattered the surface ice and broke into multiple large pieces which quickly sank into the river Traffic was already stopped in a traffic jam due to the storm Between the effects of the storm and the rescue efforts around the 14th Street (I-395US-1) bridges the 12-lane complex ceased to function and closed to traffic The George Washington Parkway which parallels the Potomac River in Virginia also closed near the crash site
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Metrorail Firebull A rapid rail transit accident occurred about one half hour
after the air crash At 430 PM one car of a WMATA Metrorail train derailed while the train was being backed up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station in DC and the car was pulled sideways and it crashed into the concrete pillar separating the inbound and outbound subway tunnels A misaligned switch at Smithsonian Interlocking caused the rear wheel truck to derail and the wheels tracked alongside of the rails for 171 feet following the opposite track until the car impacted the concrete pillar There were 3 fatalities and 25 injuries
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Metrorail Firebull The crash occurred on the BlueOrange Line and
resulted in the both lines being shut down At that time the Blue Line ran from National Airport Station in Arlington to Addison Road Station in Maryland and the Orange Line ran from Ballston Station in Arlington to New Carrolton Station in Maryland The derailment occurred on the section where the two lines share the same cross-town subway route and the wrecked subway car blocked both tracks The other (then) open line the Red Line was not affected
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Summary
bull So in a one hour period the DC area lost the use of its (at that time) busiest airport busiest expressway and busiest subway line The (by far) widestbusiest bridge from DC to Virginia closed and the one rapid rail transit line from DC to Virginia closed This was a true area-wide transportation disaster a major chunk of the air highway and rail system closed
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSIONPUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE
November 16 2001comments by Mr Steve Souder
The crash of Air Florida flight 90 created a tremendous outpouring of public safety response to that horrific event And unfortunately it didnt go well It was communications gridlock to the nth degree Everybody that was there had good intentions everybody that was there wanted to do good But everybody that was there couldnt talk to each other
You had every imaginable frequency and every imaginable brand and type of radio and every imaginable kind of agency converging on that snowy riverbank on that January afternoon at 430 It was a mess But what it did was to reinforce what public safety had been saying both to Congress and to the Commission for at least the previous four years That then as now public safety needs more spectrum on which to operate and more common spectrum on which to operate
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Interoperability A Local PerspectiveTestimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmentbefore the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology
Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the CensusWednesday September 8 2004
bull Interoperability is a critical issue for the emergency services ndash police fire and emergency management It must be remembered that interoperability is not just about technology In fact it has been said that interoperability is really 80 percent communication and coordination in various forms and only 20 percent technical
bull Critical components of emergency response systems which are interoperable but not technical include
1048706 common incident management techniques1048706common terminology1048706common policy and procedures1048706standardized training1048706compatible equipment such as protective clothing metering devices
selfcontained breathing apparatus1048706 common hose threads for firefighting and redundant methods of communications
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-
Conclusion
bull Know what tools are in your toolboxbull Practice with your toolsbull Practice with your neighbors using your
toolsbull Practice again
- First Responders and Emergency Communications
- Definition of Interoperability
- Slide 3
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Department of Homeland Security Described 6 levels of Interoperability
- Level-2 Talkaround or Directed Net
- Level-3 Mutual Aid
- Level-4 Gateway (Console Patch)
- Level-5 System-Specific-Roaming
- Level-6 Standards Based Shared Systems
- Those who can not remember the past are doomed to repeat it George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- January 13th 1982
- Air Florida Flight 90
- Metrorail Fire
- Slide 15
- Summary
- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PUBLIC SAFETY NATIONAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE November 16 2001 comments by Mr Steve Souder
- Slide 18
- Slide 19
- Interoperability A Local Perspective Testimony by Chief Michael P Neuhard Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology Information Policy Intergovernmental Relations and the Census Wednesday September 8 2004
- Conclusion
-