Regional Interoperability Strategies

EOC's, PSAPs, Schools and large businesses should consider ways to utilize the multi-state communications backbone that provides wide-area redundant communications among regional and state resources.

Traditional phone, cellular and internet services are rendered useless in many disaster situations.  Organizations need a way to communicate with their peers, first responders and support agencies.

Critical facilities in your region can join a network of these resources by simply installing a compatible radio at each facility.

The radio network backbone spans and provides coverage across Iowa, eastern Nebraska and South Dakota, southern Minnesota, western Illinois and southwest Wisconsin.  Who’s on this network and already available for interoperable communications?

·         120 Hospitals -  all hospitals in Iowa

·         99 Local Public Health agencies – all LPH’s in Iowa

·         Poison Control

·         University Hygienic Labs

·         State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC)

·         Iowa HLSEM

·         Iowa State Patrol Communication Centers

·         Iowa Dept. of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS)

·         Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

·         Sheriff’s Departments in Polk, Black Hawk, Dubuque, Marshall, Grundy, Woodbury and Scott counties

·         All Police Departments throughout Polk, Black Hawk, Dubuque, Marshall, Grundy and Scott counties

·         Intelligence officers from law enforcement in Anamosa, Asbury, Benton County, Buchanan County, Cascade, Cedar Rapids, Clayton County, Coralville, Decorah, Deleware County, Dyersville, Fayette County, FBI in Cedar Rapids, Independence, Grinnell, Hardin County, Iowa City, Iowa State Patrol, Jackson County, Johnson County, Jones County, Linn County, Manchester, Maquoketa, Marion, Monticello, Muscatine, Oelwein, Poweshiek County, Tama County, Tama, Toledo, Winneshiek County 

·         Fire Departments

·         Cedar Rapids USAR

·         Mid-American Energy

·         Aquila

What equipment will you need?

A radio, or group of radios.  You can use these radios for all your day-to-day communication, or simply as a means of interoperable communications with other agencies.

What’s next?

Simply call RACOM @ (888) 752-1015 for more information.