[K3PZN-List] Virginia State Police are dropping 10 codes in day-to-day operations.

[James Nitzberg]

This is a positive step forward.

On an tangent, I understand that Taneytown, MD is
going to vote this week on adopting "English" as the
official lanaguage to to Taneytown Business in.

73,

Jim  WX3B

--- "Neeriemer, Bill (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C]"
<bneeriemer at mail.nih.gov> wrote:

> I saw an article in today's Washington Post.  This
> is the 'Official'
> press release.
> 
> GOVERNOR KAINE ANNOUNCES VIRGINIA'S FIRST RESPONDERS
> TO MOVE TO COMMON
> LANGUAGE
> 
> RICHMOND - Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced
> progress in an
> effort to get Virginia's first responders and public
> safety personnel to
> shift to common language instead of 10-codes in
> day-to-day operations
> and mutual aid events. The common language protocol
> will be formally
> announced at the 2006 Virginia Interoperable
> Communications Conference,
> to be held October 3-4 in Portsmouth.
> 
> The State Interoperability Executive Committee
> (SIEC) and Commonwealth
> Interoperability Coordinator's Office (CICO)
> determined a common
> language protocol that allows the use of plain
> English for most
> transmissions. The initiative has been endorsed by
> the Virginia
> Association of Chiefs of Police, Virginia Sheriffs
> Association, Virginia
> Fire Chiefs Association, Virginia Association and
> the Virginia State
> Police.
> 
> "The use of coded language often can result in
> confusion and
> miscommunication because local, regional and state
> public safety
> agencies use different codes. This is a problem
> especially during mutual
> aid incidents where multiple jurisdictions and
> disciplines must work
> together," Governor Kaine said. "Virginia is leading
> the way in reaching
> an understanding across our public safety community
> to take this
> significant step towards improved interoperability."
> 
> While the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
> requires common
> language for mutual aid situations, Virginia
> recognizes responders will
> default to their training in high-stress situations.
> Virginia took NIMS
> requirements one step further by encouraging common
> language usage on a
> day-to-day basis for all responders.
> 
> "If responders do not use common language on a daily
> basis they will
> revert back to the codes they have always used in a
> crisis situation,"
> said Charlottesville Fire Chief and SIEC Chairman
> Charles Werner.
> 
> "There will still be certain situations in which
> public safety
> professionals need coded language to do the job
> safely," said Colonel W.
> Steven Flaherty, Superintendent of the Virginia
> State Police. "But for
> the majority of incidents, the use of common
> language will be of great
> benefit for those responding to and managing a
> scene."
> 
> Following the Oct. 3-4 conference, the SIEC and the
> CICO will continue
> to obtain endorsements from Virginia's public safety
> community and work
> with training academies across the state to begin
> training on the
> protocol.
> 
> 73 Bill W3STG
>
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