National Interoperability Field Operations Guide, Version 1. 5

Homeland Security Dept (U S )

Aug 2014 · Government Printing Office

About this ebook

The National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) is published as a reference guide for public safety radio technicians and communications planners. The waterproof, pocket-sized guide (also available in PDF format) contains radio regulations, tables of radio channels, and technical reference information. This guide is ideal for those establishing or repairing emergency communications in a disaster area.

New content in this valuable resource includes the following:

IP Addresses - Private Networks

Non-routable IP address ranges



N11 Numbers

Telephone services from numbers 2-1-1 through 9-1-1



Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Filing Instructions



HF - (High Frequency)

Maritime HF and VHF Distress Frequencies

GMDSS International Distsress Channels - for ships and coast stations (Part 80 licensees), not for LMR, not nationwide interoperability channel

HF Disaster Communications

HF Long Distance Communications

Standard Time and Frequency Broadcasts

Standard Time by Telephone

Amateur Radio

Emergency Frequencies

Calling Frequencies

Repeater Coordinators

Frequency Bands

Power Limits

Revised Content

Added FCC rule 90.423 about airborne operation

New name and phone number for FCC STA requests

New phone numbers for ESFs and FEMA HQ

Reordered Interoperability Channels section by band

Color-coded channel charts by band

VHF-low Purple

VHF-high Blue

UHF Red

700/800 Yellow

Mixed bands and Search and Rescue (SAR) Orange

Annotated Mutual Aid channel charts to indicate that they are NOT nationwide interoperability channels and must be specifically licensed

Search And Rescue common channel 155.1600 MHz SAR NFM renamed VSAR16

700 MHz channels now follow ICS-205/217A format

Changed the arrangement of frequencies to match the format used for other bands - easier to determine frequencies for simplex or repeater use

Changed 700 MHz pages to landscape, so the entire Interoperability Channels section has the same orientation

Moved Texas VTAC17 Counties list to follow the VTAC17 map

Three additions to the 25 Cities listing

Nationwide, Newark NJ, and San Diego CA

P25 Digital codes now include decimal values in addition to hexadecimal

Telephone Block Wiring

and more.

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