Federal/Non-Federal Interoperability

[edit] NTIA Federal/Non-Federal Law Enforcement Interoperability

[edit] NTIA Federal/Non-Federal Incident Response

[edit] DOJ High-Risk Metropolitan Areas Interoperability Assistance Project

Provides 25 cities with interoperable capabilities between local, state and federal agencies during emergency response.

The following cities are participating in this project. Atlanta Baltimore Boston Charlotte, N.C. Chicago Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Jacksonville, Fla. Los Angeles Miami New Orleans New York Norfolk, Va. Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, Ore. San Diego San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Tampa, Fla. Washington

Also see the U.S. Dept. of Justice: Integrated Wireless Network (IWN) article for additional DOJ information.

[edit] Chicago, IL Area

Frequency  Input    Type Tone    Description   Mode
171.4375            R    NAC 653               APCO-25
168.9125            R    NAC 653               APCO-25

[edit] Dallas/Fort Worth, TX Area

Frequency  Input    Type Tone    Description   Mode
170.7250  162.9000  R    167.9   DFW EAST      NFM/APCO-25
171.4375  162.9750  R    167.9   DFW WEST      NFM/APCO-25

[edit] Houston, TX Area

Frequency  Input    Type Tone    Description   Mode
171.4375  162.9750  R    167.9                 NFM/APCO-25

[edit] New York City

Frequency  Input    Type Tone    Description   Mode
167.7875              R  NAC 653               APCO-25

[edit] Philadelphia, PA Area

Frequency  Input    Type Tone    Description   Mode
171.4375  162.9750  R             FIO Channel  NFM/APCO-25

• Unknown if these same frequencies are used in all 25 locations

[edit] Non-Federal Public Safety Interoperability

Common Public Safety

[edit] National Incident Radio Support Cache

[edit] References

• NTIA Manual Chapter 4 4.3.16 (Page 4-204)
• USDHS National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) v1.3
• NPSTC Standard Channel Nomenclature