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1/30/2026

Multiband Radios vs ICRI: Why One Tool Isn’t Enough for Multi-Agency Incidents

Why Incident-Wide Interoperability Requires More Than Multi-Band Access Multi-agency incidents rarely begin with aligned radio communications, especially during complex public safety radio interoperability challenges. Fire, law enforcement, EMS, federal partners, and mutual aid units arrive using different radios, frequency bands, vendors, and protocols. P25, VHF, UHF, 700/800 MHz, LTE, satellite. All active. None aligned.

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