[KYHAM] Re: KYHAM Digest, Vol 6, Issue 12 Interoperability Article

Ron Goodpaster RGoodpas at wausaumosinee.com
Mon Jul 12 06:05:09 EDT 2004


Many Counties in KY have applied for and received federal grants to upgrade
their radio systems to reduce this problem.  Our county, Lincoln, received
nearly $90,000 to buy radio equipment such as a new public service
repeater, linking radios to the EM repeater network, generators, and
believe it or not, ham radios, including a new repeater for us
(ARES/RACES).  Ham radio is still recognized on the federal level as the
"only fail-safe radio communications in America".

Thanks
Ron Goodpaster



                                                                                                                                       
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   1. Interesting article  (Gary Thomas)
   2. Re: Interesting article  (Bill L. Fuqua)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:43:54 -0400
From: "Gary Thomas" <k4gap at charter.net>
Subject: [KYHAM] Interesting article
To: "KyHam" <kyham at mailman.qth.net>
Message-ID: <000a01c46766$4261d750$6600a8c0 at K4Gap>
Content-Type: text/plain;            charset="iso-8859-1"

I thought I would share this with some of you who may not be aware of such
concerns.

I found the following article at the link below

http://www.emergency.com/ennday.htm

____________________________________________________________

Submitted by:

Gary Thomas

K4Gap at yahoo.com

_____________________________________________________________

The United States Conference of Mayors

(Emergency Services) INTEROPERABILITY SURVEY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

One month after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the nation, The United
States Conference of Mayors brought together more than 200 mayors, police
and fire chiefs, emergency managers and public health officials to
Washington to examine the new and challenging security issues confronting
the vast majority of Americans who live in cities. To examine the
extraordinary costs already incurred by the cities in the weeks following
the attacks, and to examine the even greater costs projected by the cities
as they prepare to take on their new homeland security responsibilities.

The summit meeting of mayors drafted a sweeping "National Action Plan for
Safety and Security in America's Cities" that addressed three primary areas
of concern:
1) transportation security;
2) emergency preparedness, including interoperable communications; and
3) federal/local law enforcement.

One of the foremost issues in the National Action Plan under
"Communications
and Technology" is the urgent need for interoperable communications across
public safety agencies at the local, state, and federal level.

The inability of public safety agencies to be able to talk to one another
via radio communication systems, and exchange voice and/or data with one
another on demand in real time on a day-to-day basis and during major
incidents has been raised by mayors and police chiefs as a continued threat
to achieving homeland security. This was especially evident during our Fall
Leadership Meeting in 2003.

To help us better understand the inability of police, fire, emergency
medical service personnel, and others public safety agencies to communicate
in real time and in turn advocate for the interoperable needs of cities,
The
United States Conference of Mayors decided to undertake this comprehensive
survey.

URL:
http://www.usmayors.org/72ndAnnualMeeting/interoperabilityreport_062804.pdf
Or it can be downloaded from the Emergency.com site at:
http://www.emergency.com/2004/interoperabilityreport_062804.pdf

The issue and need for interoperability was first pointed out by ERRI in:
"A
VISION OF TOMMOROW; PREDICTIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS 1992
& BEYOND," see #5. Can be found at:
http://www.emergency.com/emsvisio.htm

Additional commentary was offered on disaster management and the need for
communications and interoperability was released on 03/11/96 via the report
"ERRI Preliminary Report; Virtual Disaster Networks," which can be found
at:
http://www.emergency.com/vdstrnet.htm

July 1, 2004 - Press Release
Contact: Dean Boyd, ICE Public Affairs
202.616.6907



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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:41:04 -0400
From: "Bill L. Fuqua" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
Subject: Re: [KYHAM] Interesting article
To: k4gap at charter.net
Cc: kyham at mailman.qth.net
Message-ID: <1089567664.6add9240wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

The link provided below is better than FOX NEWS.
73
Bill wa4lav


-----Original Message-----
From: "Gary Thomas" <k4gap at charter.net>
To: "KyHam" <kyham at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:43:54 -0400
Subject: [KYHAM] Interesting article

I thought I would share this with some of you who may not be aware of such
concerns.

I found the following article at the link below

http://www.emergency.com/ennday.htm

____________________________________________________________

Submitted by:

Gary Thomas

K4Gap at yahoo.com

_____________________________________________________________

The United States Conference of Mayors

(Emergency Services) INTEROPERABILITY SURVEY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

One month after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the nation, The United
States Conference of Mayors brought together more than 200 mayors, police
and fire chiefs, emergency managers and public health officials to
Washington to examine the new and challenging security issues confronting
the vast majority of Americans who live in cities. To examine the
extraordinary costs already incurred by the cities in the weeks following
the attacks, and to examine the even greater costs projected by the cities
as they prepare to take on their new homeland security responsibilities.

The summit meeting of mayors drafted a sweeping "National Action Plan for
Safety and Security in America's Cities" that addressed three primary areas
of concern:
1) transportation security;
2) emergency preparedness, including interoperable communications; and
3) federal/local law enforcement.

One of the foremost issues in the National Action Plan under
"Communications
and Technology" is the urgent need for interoperable communications across
public safety agencies at the local, state, and federal level.

The inability of public safety agencies to be able to talk to one another
via radio communication systems, and exchange voice and/or data with one
another on demand in real time on a day-to-day basis and during major
incidents has been raised by mayors and police chiefs as a continued threat
to achieving homeland security. This was especially evident during our Fall
Leadership Meeting in 2003.

To help us better understand the inability of police, fire, emergency
medical service personnel, and others public safety agencies to communicate
in real time and in turn advocate for the interoperable needs of cities,
The
United States Conference of Mayors decided to undertake this comprehensive
survey.

URL:
http://www.usmayors.org/72ndAnnualMeeting/interoperabilityreport_062804.pdf
Or it can be downloaded from the Emergency.com site at:
http://www.emergency.com/2004/interoperabilityreport_062804.pdf

The issue and need for interoperability was first pointed out by ERRI in:
"A
VISION OF TOMMOROW; PREDICTIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS 1992
& BEYOND," see #5. Can be found at:
http://www.emergency.com/emsvisio.htm

Additional commentary was offered on disaster management and the need for
communications and interoperability was released on 03/11/96 via the report
"ERRI Preliminary Report; Virtual Disaster Networks," which can be found
at:
http://www.emergency.com/vdstrnet.htm

July 1, 2004 - Press Release
Contact: Dean Boyd, ICE Public Affairs
202.616.6907

_______________________________________________
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http://www.kyham.net/





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