They are dispatched via cell and sat phones. They were suppose to be issued a talk group on OKWIN last year but I don't know if that happened or if it was analog or digital.
They are dispatched via cell and sat phones. They were suppose to be issued a talk group on OKWIN last year but I don't know if that happened or if it was analog or digital.
Ok I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction. I have always been told and it's in the database about sat and cell at least for the Stillwater helicopter.
Ok I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction. I have always been told and it's in the database about sat and cell at least for the Stillwater helicopter.
I don't know since we've only had EagleMed based in McAlester for a couple of months now. Before that we had AirEvac. EagleMed is using the same exact frequency and when I was home over break I heard them getting toned out several times.
I recently read where they had sent an application into the OKWIN and that they were declined due to lack of radio infrastructure. More or less they did not have adequate radios for all units and the radios did not meet the OKWIN's specifications.
Brett Conner
COMT
Director of communications
Multi-County Fire Corps www.okfirecorps.com