XTS 5000 emergency button

[speedway_navigator]

I was in a training class where the instructor said to turn the radio off and on to clear an emergency alert if the user hit the orange button.
This is on a conventional UHF federal radio.

I was always told to push and hold the button to clear an alert but I don't know if that's the radio or system programming and if that is trunked only which I'm assuming it is.

 

[MTS2000des]

The only proper way to clear an emergency on an Astro 25 trunked system is to long press the emergency button. Once the console knock down occurs, this actually clears the emergency from the zone controller. Merely power cycling the radio will NOT clear the emergency call/alarm.

 

[chrismol1]

What happens when they don't do it like that? The way fire is trained around here in the manuals, to turn it off cycle it, or hold it to clear it but if it isn't cleared dispatchers will instruct them to power cycle it and most often hands on training is to turn it off and back on.

 

[Asunakiyori]

My emergency buttons clear to other radios if i long press. Not sure how a dispatcher console sees it. harris and my XPR are the only ones i need to manually clear

 

[MTS2000des]

What happens when they don't do it like that? The way fire is trained around here in the manuals, to turn it off cycle it, or hold it to clear it but if it isn't cleared dispatchers will instruct them to power cycle it and most often hands on training is to turn it off and back on.

In Astro 25 core, the emergency call holds resources on the zone controller open until:
1- the emergency is properly cleared
2- the time out period comes

This could affect capacity as emergency calls are given top priority on the pecking order of resource assignment, which is why one should PROPERLY clear on when the emergency is over or accidental depress occurs.