All Butler County agencies are encouraged to submit this form after any request for a medical […]
The BRICS office has received notification that Care Flight and Air Care have reprogrammed their radios to include rebanded national mutual aid channels.
Most users who function as an incident commander or landing zone coordinator do not always have opportunity to work with helicopters on a regular basis. This topic requires additional training to develop enough familiarity with the subject for things to work smoothly during an actual incident.
Typically, landing zone coordinators communicate from ground to helicopter using a simplex (direct) frequency. In the 800MHz band, the national mutual aid frequencies (also known as NPSPAC frequencies) are the standard for ground to helicopter coordination.