Some places have a structure in place to manage keys and issue stuff out.
Now others have also gone to the use your dispatch or only fire officers or head paramedic have access to law or encrypted unless the entire show is strapped.
Most the time fire and ems cant enter anyway until it's given clear and even then policies of your dispatcher must give the clear regardless if you scan and hear a LE say clear send them in.
So those ones typically in volunteer entities have the chief officers with keyed equipment such as 1 portable and may have the keyed radio mobiles in trucks as needed but take home in most vollie places is chief officers only on portables keyed.
Its ymmv on where you are and mou in place between psaps and agencies.
Of course designated radio techs will have access but you're vetted and vouched with the background stuff. Some may be denied with background from long ago in radio maintenance for public safety. After all what good is a key if the guy keying is a known felon and has questionable crowds on weekend over.
I should add I seen where a analog only county went p25 and p25 aes for law enforcement. In end a deputy fire chief was denied access due to his background given a red flag. The police chiefs board said no and that's all she wrote. When fire went. encrypted he was pretty much booted from the dept as he didn't pass the new background requirements as some others. So one must keep that in mind when planning to ever join a public safety volunteer or not. Your actions today may hit you tomorrow or 20 years down road.
Now others have also gone to the use your dispatch or only fire officers or head paramedic have access to law or encrypted unless the entire show is strapped.
Most the time fire and ems cant enter anyway until it's given clear and even then policies of your dispatcher must give the clear regardless if you scan and hear a LE say clear send them in.
So those ones typically in volunteer entities have the chief officers with keyed equipment such as 1 portable and may have the keyed radio mobiles in trucks as needed but take home in most vollie places is chief officers only on portables keyed.
Its ymmv on where you are and mou in place between psaps and agencies.
Of course designated radio techs will have access but you're vetted and vouched with the background stuff. Some may be denied with background from long ago in radio maintenance for public safety. After all what good is a key if the guy keying is a known felon and has questionable crowds on weekend over.
I should add I seen where a analog only county went p25 and p25 aes for law enforcement. In end a deputy fire chief was denied access due to his background given a red flag. The police chiefs board said no and that's all she wrote. When fire went. encrypted he was pretty much booted from the dept as he didn't pass the new background requirements as some others. So one must keep that in mind when planning to ever join a public safety volunteer or not. Your actions today may hit you tomorrow or 20 years down road.
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