消防收音机：保持平衡

经过Billy Goldfeder, EFO

Here are two items worth looking into. Both apply to fire communications–especially 800 MHz radios and related systems.

首先是关于FCC在职责以及我们的消防无线电通信需求时如何平衡公共安全和私营部门需求的方式……但没有。请参阅下面的链接。

第二个适用于800 MHz收音机的使用在火场上- 和a安全警告from the Orange County (CA) Fire Department.

Without going into too much of a tirade, that “balance” usually applies to areas, systems, or people who are kind of equal. For example, at the fire department, we often will be slow for a few hours and then suddenly get multiple runs of different kinds, all at the same time. We have a system in place that allows our shift commander to balance what we need to send to what–based on our ability to have the most effect on those who are in the worst trouble. If we get a heart attack and a broken finger run at the same time, we will balance it heavily on the side of the heart attack run. Sure, we will help the “broken finger,” but it is not as high a priority as the heart attack. A dumpster fire without exposures vs. an occupied structure fire? Get off the road. A person with a headache vs. an accident with entrapment? Warm up the spreader. All “needs” will get our attention, but we immediately weigh where we do the most good and apply the needed resources in a system of balancing and prioritizing. Why? It’s what fire departments are expected to do, and it makes sense!

So now we read where the FCC has to “balance” between a “heart attack” (read: the FIRE SERVICE’s NEEDS FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE FIRE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS) vs. the “broken finger” (the private sector needs to provide cell phone service–at high levels of profit).

Yes, I really like my cell phone. But we really love it when Tower Ladder 61’s crew radios us from inside the fire building and advises us that they are ok … after we thought they had a problem … and we hear them loud and clear without interference. And they only had to say it once.

Our public servants at the FCC can fix the fire communications integrity issues, but they have towant to do it. And while good cell phone service and the profits of those companies involved may be important, good fire service to citizens and–dare we say it– “Homeland Security” and related “ability to talk and hear on the radio” are the only priorities. No balance issues here.

The FCC really needs to get a handle on this entire fire communications issue as private sector needs vs. fire communication needs are NOT equal in the “balance” scale. Every week we all read more articles on these related problems. It’s not getting any better.

FCC为什么要修复它？像消防部门一样，这是FCC的期望，这是有道理的。“但这并不是那么简单，”有人可能会说。为什么不？这只是适当的优先级和平衡问题。

Background Information

读FCC抢占当地公共安全通信条例，由NLC的Juan Otero访问http://www.nlc.org/nlc_org/site/newsroom/nations_cities_weekly/display.cfm?id=adb34907-4194-4194-414-4a14-bb34a7b53cf936b4。

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奥兰治县（加利福尼亚）消防局 - 安全公告

**Safety Advisory**

800MHz无线电和消防避难所使用

下面是一个重要的变化过程when deploying your fire shelter and using the 800 MHz Radio. This concern only addresses the “800 MHz Radio” and is not applicable to the Bendix King pack set or the NIFC cache radios.

引起我们的注意， 800 MHz无线电信号不会穿透防火避难所的材料。The material of the shelter won’t let you transmit to the outside of the shelter or receive massages while inside the shelter. In effect, the material of the shelter blocks all 800 MHz radio waves. The radio waves will “bounce around” inside the shelter. All tactical frequencies are subject to this problem. When you enter the shelter your 800 MHz will give you a “Out of Range” messages. The Talk-a-Round channels do work but for an extremely limited distance and line of sight only which will be of little or no assistance. Further more, this “bouncing waves” can cause harm (burn) to the retina of your eyes by keeping the signal inside the shelter. Additionally, this “bounce effect” can damage the transmitter function of the radio rendering it inoperable. You are directed to take the following actions when fire shelter deployment is imminent!

• 通知您的直接主管情况以及您的立场和计划。
• 到达安全区时，通知您的主管。
• 将您的部署职位报告给您的直接主管，部署人员数量，准备地面和命令部署。
• Ensure all personnel are sheltered and make a final check of the area for employees in distress or in need of assistance.
• 向您的直接主管宣布您要庇护，这将是您的最后传输，直到危险过去。在消防庇护所内，不要尝试使用800 MHz收音机。

EFO Billy Goldfeder是Loveland-Symmes（OH）消防局的营负责人。以前，他曾在俄亥俄州，弗吉尼亚州和佛罗里达州担任酋长。工程/公共保护代表，涵盖ISO南部的纽约南部；以及Manhasset-Lakeville（纽约）消防局的中尉。他是国家消防学院执行消防官计划的1993年毕业生，是国际消防局长188博金宝体育1协会志愿者部门的前主席，在过去的22年中一直是FDIC教练。他最近被任命为纽约消防局的名誉营负责人，是FDIC和消防工程咨询委员会的成员。188金宝搏是正规吗