search and rescue
Radio Interoperability
Multi-Agency Response
Public Safety Communications
Incident Command
NIMS
Communications Unit (COML)
ICRI
1/30/2026
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.
1/30/2025
It started with a phone call. A teenager was missing in the dense forests of a national park—a holiday weekend turned into a life-critical mission. As members of the regional search and rescue team, we knew every second counted. We moved fast, heading directly to the last known location.