Federal Resources
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Emergency Communications Governance Guide for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Officials
This guide provides public safety professionals, at all levels of government and disciplines, tools to establish and sustain effective emergency communications governance. It describes functional areas applicable to the state, local, tribal and territorial audience regarding interoperability coordination, and outlines governance challenges, best practices, and recommendations.
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National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) Version 2.01
The National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (N I F O G) is a technical reference for emergency communications planning and for radio technicians responsible for radios that will be used in disaster response. It includes rules and regulations for use of nationwide and other interoperability channels, tables of frequencies and standard channel names, and other […]
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SAFECOM – National Interoperability Baseline Survey
The goal of the National Interoperability Baseline Survey was to create a national and statistically valid snapshot of the capacity for and use of interoperability. This study was designed to assess the five critical elements — governance; policies, practices, and procedures; technology; training and exercises; and usage—that determine an organization’s capacity for interoperability.
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Establishing Governance to Achieve Statewide Communications Interoperability – A Guide for SCIP Implementation
This document presents information about the role, system, and operations of statewide governing bodies that are charged with improving communications interoperability across a state.
State and Regional Resources
A Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, or SIEC, is a statewide governing body committed to managing and implementing the overarching statewide communications interoperability strategy.
SIEC links may change without notice as they are for third-party websites and are provided for informational purposes only. If the link for your state is not working, please let us know at [email protected]. You might also try searching the internet using your state name and SIEC.
APCO Standard ANS 2.108.1-2026
Resources Supporting APCO Standard ANS 2.108.1-2026, 700MHz Deployable Public Safety Trunking Systems {DTS)
When major incidents or planned events occur, public safety agencies are often in need of additional communications capacity or coverage to meet their overall communications needs. Through the combined efforts of the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) and the National Regional Planning Council (NRPC), the FCC designated six (6) 700 MHz Public Safety channels that can be used on a nationwide basis for the deployment of transportable trunked radio systems to help fill this need.
NPSTC and the NRPC issued a Report on October 16, 2015 titled “700 MHz Nationwide Deployable Trunked Solutions”. This report was then revised and re-issued on October 6, 2020.
As a next logical step, APCO undertook the development of APCO Standard ANS 2.108.1-2026. During the Standard’s development, several information points were identified that are by their nature transitory and subject to revision. This section was developed to provide this information supporting the ANS Standard.
General Information – Core Functionality of Deployable Infrastructure
An agency purchasing Deployable Trunked System infrastructure should include the following fundamental trunking services to ensure compatibility with manufacturer subscriber units
- Registration / Deregistration
- Affiliation, location registration updates and intra system roaming
- Emergency and non-emergency Group Calls – clear and encrypted
- Individual Voice Call
- System Voice Call
- Transport of Talking Party Identification
- Emergency Alarm and Cancel
- Radio Unit Inhibit / Uninhibit
- TDMA and FDMA operation
Standard Section 2.4.1: System Key Management
- How to obtain DTS Infrastructure Keys from the manufacturers
Contact:
David Buchanan, NRPC Key Custodian
11009 Hawkridge Rd., Yucaipa, CA 92399
Phone: 909-633-9336
Email: [email protected] OR [email protected]
- How to obtain DTS Subscriber Unit Keys from the manufacturers
Contact:
David Buchanan, NRPC Key Custodian
11009 Hawkridge Rd., Yucaipa, CA 92399
Phone: 909-633-9336
Email: [email protected] OR [email protected]
Standard Section 2.4.2: Encryption and Encryption Key Management
- How to obtain the SLN 12 encryption key from the National Law Enforcement Coordination Center (NLECC):
The Standard specifies that Deployable Trunked Systems shall utilize National Interoperability SLN Twelve (12) as the common encryption key. This key is maintained and issued by the National Law Enforcement Communications Center (NLECC). To maintain interoperability, all agencies utilizing encryption must have subscriber radios programed and filled with the correct encryption key.Contact:
National Law Enforcement Communications Center
David J. Moore
Technical Support Manager, Radio Operations Division
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Voice: 407-975-1959
Email: [email protected]
Standard Section 2.4.3: Channel ID Plan
To ensure interoperability, all 700 MHz deployable trunked radio systems and subscriber radios need to utilize a common Channel ID Plan. The specific Channel ID Plan is:
Channel 1 774.86875 Control Channel Channel 2 774.51875 Control Channel Channel 3 769.88125 Channel 4 769.73125 Channel 5 769.38125 BSID (Base Station ID) Channel 6 769.23125 BSID All 6 frequencies are to be entered into the subscriber control channel list as some manufacturers can operate Control on any channel.
Band Plan
Position Channel Type Transmit Offset Sign
Transmit Offset
Channel Spacing
Base Frequency
Channel ID 1 FDMA – 45.00000 6.250 851.00625 Channel ID 2 FDMA + 30.00000 6.250 769.00625 Channel ID 10 TDMA + 30.00000 6.250 769.00625
For questions, or if additional information is needed, please email [email protected].
