FCC OKs Use of 2 Channels for Public Safety in Quincy, Mass.
The FCC Public Safety Bureau approved a waiver allowing Quincy, Massachusetts, to use nonpublic safety frequencies 470.3 and 473.3 MHz in its public safety radio system. “The requested frequencies are considered interleaved because they are situated in between part 22…
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and part 90-designated spectrum bands, but they are not assignable to users under either part,” the bureau said. Quincy says there has been a significant increase in new buildings in the city and the additional channels will give it “added channel capacity for use as a fireground channel to address emergencies in the new buildings, or for use as an operations channel to coordinate evacuation of residents, or as a rapid intervention team channel to deal with a firefighter ‘MAYDAY,’” said the Wednesday order.