Current Status, Knowledge Gaps, and Research Needs Pertaining to Firefighter Radio Communication Systems : FINAL REPORT : CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

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• Alternative Title:
  NIOSH Firefighter Radio Communications: Chapter 1
• Corporate Authors:
  TriData Corporation. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
• Description:
  "This report was prepared by TriData Corporation under contract with NIOSH. It should not be considered a statement or NIOSH polity or of any agency or individual who was involved." - p. 1
  
  NIOSH Firefighter Radio Communications
  
  CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
  
  One of the most significant problems facing firefighters within a structure on the fireground is the ability to communicate reliably between the firefighters themselves and between the firefighters and the command post or communications center. In an ideal world, firefighters would be able to communicate with one another and the command post at all times, regardless of where they are or what they are doing. However, this is not the case.
  
  Over the past decade, incidents involving firefighter injuries and fatalities have demonstrated that, despite technological advances in two-way radio communications, important information is not always adequately communicated on the fireground or emergency incident scene. Also, the events of September 11, 2001, and other emergency situations in recent years have highlighted the need not only to improve firefighter radio communications, but also the communication systems available to law enforcement personnel, emergency management officials, and other public-safety responders. Equally important is the interoperability of all of these systems.
  
  The continued incidence of firefighter fatalities where communications are cited as a contributing factor as well as the industry-wide lack of consensus on the appropriate frequencies to use in fireground communications have prompted NIOSH to more thoroughly investigate fire department communications and its problems.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Communication Emergency Responders Firefighters Radio Telecommunications
• Source:
  Current Status, Knowledge Gaps, and Research Needs Pertaining to Firefighter Radio Communication Systems : FINAL REPORT September 2003
• Document Type:
  Book Chapter
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  NIOSH
• Division:
  NIOSH_DSR
• Pages in Document:
  p. 1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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