Why has it taken to long to get this radio system operational?
When the Phoenix Fire Department began looking at how we would implement this radio system, we quickly became concerned about how it would operate in a hazard zone where good communication could be the difference between life and death. So, we decided to halt putting these radios in our firefighters hands until we could ensure that they were safe. After years of testing we are almost there for hazard zone incidents. In the mean time, this radio system will work very well for us for non-hazard zone incidents which are 80% of our call volume.