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Category Archives: ICS
What’s In A Phrase? or When Is A Strike Team Not A Strike Team?
Standards, Compliance, and Professionalism. The Incident Command System (ICS), which was unveiled on the Southern California fire service community at large in about 1980, was and continues to be a framework for the management organization for dealing with an emergency. … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, ICS, Interoperability, NIMS, Public Safety, Radio
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P25′s Promise: How We Can Reach It
P25 has been espoused as the be-all, end-all to interoperability. I’m still not sure about that. First, we need to address the human factors involved, like “plain English” or “clear text.” You can read my other posts about that issue. … Continue reading
Posted in ICS, Interoperability, P25, Project 25, Public Safety, Radio, Wingineering
Tagged competition, competitive, infrastructure, interoperability, mobile, open, P25, portable, procurement, Project 25, promise, radio, standard, subscriber
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ICS, NIMS, and Clear Text
I’ve been around for a while. Sometimes in my head the words “Fire Boss” still appear instead of “Incident Commander.” I still remember when “Operations” was “Suppression and Rescue,” before the true all-hazards viability of the Incident Command System was … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, ICS, NIMS, Public Safety, Radio, Wingineering
Tagged clear text, ics, interoperability, nims, plain language, radio
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Fireground Communications and Life Safety Considerations
I highly recommend the article “Reliable Communications and the Hazard Zone” written by Leif Anderson and Doug Mummert of the Phoenix Fire Department. It should be a “must read” for all fire service professionals today. This is a well-researched and … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, ICS, Interoperability, NIMS, P25, Project 25, Public Safety, Radio, Wingineering
Tagged communications, fireground, life safety, radio
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Interoperability’s Challenges Still the Same, Only Worse
There has been a lot of complaining recently that 20+ years after work began on the P25 standard, we still don’t have interoperability. Well, that’s true to some degree. Public safety networks still CAN’T talk to each other, but it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, ICS, Interoperability, NIMS, P25, Project 25, Radio, Wingineering
Tagged clear text, FIRESCOPE, interoperability, laguna, plain language
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