MEMORANDUM TO: Florida Emergency Medical Communications Plan, Volume 1 Recipients FROM: Heath Beach, Director, Division of Telecommunications DATE: Aug. 31, 2018 SUBJECT: Florida Emergency Medical Services Communications Plan, Volume 1, Sixth Edition The Florida Emergency Medical Services Communications Plan, Volume 1, has been revised as the Sixth Edition and is now available online at the following link: http://www.dms.myflorida.com/business_operations/telecommunications/radio_comm unications_services/radio_communications_plans This edition includes revisions, updates, clarifications, and new text. Specifically, the changes include the following: • New section 2.11 – Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce; • Revised section 3.13 – Back-Up Communications; • New section 4.2.2 – Nuisance Interference; • Updated Table 4-2 – Channel Allotment Principles; • Revised section 4.2.3 to address free-standing emergency departments; • New section 5.4.2, 5.5.2, and 5.6.4 on hospital emergency departments; • Updated Table 5-1 on specific MED channel assignments; • New section 6.2 – Project 25 Radio ID Numbering; • Revised section 6.10.1.D – Project 25 Digital Operating Parameters; • Updated Appendix A – Functional Relationships with Plans and Committees; • New Appendix D – EMS Triangle of Communications; and • Revised Appendix G – Glossary of Communications Terms. This edition is being made available to all organizations and individuals identified per section 1.3 of the plan. To ensure that you receive future revisions for Volume I and Volume II, please verify that the name and email address on file with the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services is correct. Special thanks are extended to personnel in the DMS Division of Telecommunications, the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, the EMS Communications Committee, and the Agency Volume 1 Recipients Page 2 of 2 Aug. 31, 2018 For Health Care Administration (AHCA), as well as others that provided input toward this revision. This plan is intended to meet the expectations of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies on a statewide basis. If you have any comments or questions regarding these revisions, please contact Steve Welsh, Bureau of Public Safety Communications Manager, at 850-922-7505 or via email at [email protected]. Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Legislative Background.................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Plan Revision Procedure .................................................................................................. 9 2.0 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ............................................................................ 11 2.1 Division of Telecommunications (DMS DivTel Bureau of Public Safety) ................... 11 2.2 Federal Communications Commission .......................................................................... 12 2.3 Emergency Communications E911 State Plan ............................................................... 14 2.4 Florida – Region 9 Plan for 800 MHz Public Safety Radio Communications .............. 14 2.5 Florida – Region 9 Plan for 700 MHz Public Safety Radio Communications .............. 15 2.6 Florida 700 MHz Public Safety Interoperability Channel Plan ..................................... 15 2.7 Florida Ambulance Deployment Standard Operating Procedure ................................... 15 2.8 Florida Public Health and Medical Communications Plan ............................................ 16 2.9 Florida Mutual Aid Channel (MA-FLA) ....................................................................... 16 2.10 CASM, NIMS, SAFECOM Interoperability Continuum, SCIP, NIFOG, and FIFOG .. 16 2.11 Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) ....................................... 18 2.12 Communications Approvals ........................................................................................... 19 Figure 1 – DivTel Bureau of Public Safety Approval Process ............................................. 21 3.0 DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EMS COMMUNICATIONS ................................................. 22 3.1 General ........................................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Citizen Access ................................................................................................................ 22 3.3 Vehicle Dispatch and Response (VDR) ......................................................................... 22 3.4 Local Medical Coordination (LMC) .............................................................................. 23 3.5 Countywide Medical Coordination (CMC).................................................................... 23 3.6 Statewide Medical Coordination (SMC) ........................................................................ 24 3.7 Trunked Radio Systems ................................................................................................. 24 3.8 Local Scene Coordination (LSC) ................................................................................... 24 3.9 Statewide-Scene Coordination (SSC) ............................................................................ 25 3.10 Medical Resource Coordination (MRC) ........................................................................ 25 3.11 Biomedical Telemetry .................................................................................................... 25 3.12 Interagency/Mutual Aid Coordination ........................................................................... 25 3.13 Back-Up Communications ............................................................................................. 26 3.14 Telephone Interconnection ............................................................................................. 26 4.0 FREQUENCY PLAN ........................................................................................................ 27 4.1 Background .................................................................................................................... 27 4.2 Channel Allotment Principles ........................................................................................ 27 4.3 Vehicle Dispatch and Response Channels ..................................................................... 30 4.4 Local Medical Coordination (LMC) Channels .............................................................. 31 4.5 Countywide Medical Coordination (CMC) Channels .................................................... 31 4.6 Statewide Medical Coordination (SMC) Channel ......................................................... 32 EMS Communications Plan, Vol. 1 Sixth Edition - 2018 4 4.7 Medical Resource Coordination (MRC) Channels ........................................................ 36 Table 4-1 – Wide-Area and Statewide Interagency/Mutual aid Frequencies ........................ 38 Table 4-2 – Florida Countywide MED Channel & CTCSS Allotments for CMC and VDR 40 5.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................ 42 5.1 General ........................................................................................................................... 42 5.2 Communications Coverage Contour .............................................................................. 43 5.3 Vehicle Dispatch and Response (VDR) ......................................................................... 45 5.4 Local Medical Coordination (LMC) .............................................................................. 45 5.5 County Medical Coordination (CMC) ........................................................................... 46 5.6 Statewide Medical Coordination (SMC) ........................................................................ 47 5.7 Radios in Permitted Vehicles ......................................................................................... 50 5.8 Medical Resource Coordination (MRC) ........................................................................ 50 5.9 Crew Alert Paging .......................................................................................................... 50 5.10 Telephone Interconnection ............................................................................................. 51 5.11 Biomedical Telemetry .................................................................................................... 51 5.12 Radio Frequency Control Stations ................................................................................. 51 5.13 MED Channel Frequencies ............................................................................................ 51 5.14 Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System Frequencies ................................................. 52 Table 5-1 – Specific MED Channel Assignments for Florida Acute Care Facilities ............ 52 6.0 EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS..................................................................................... 59 6.1 Minimum Performance Standards .................................................................................. 59 6.2 Project 25 Radio ID Numbering....................................................................................