FCC Rules

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You will find the Rules and Regulations governing Public Safety assignments and operations in Part 90.

Index of all FCC Rules and Regulations

Part 90 Rules and Regulations

The eligibility requirements for Public Safety licensees is found under 90.15.

A listing of all Public Safety frequencies and their allowable use is found under 90.20.

Eligibility:

IMSA can provide frequency coordination for licensees or frequencies listed with the following suffixes:

• PF - Fire Departments and Fire Agencies including the 72 MHz Fire Call Box channels
• PM - Emergency Medical Service Providers
• PS - Non-emergency ambulance service providers, school buses, ski patrols, beach patrols, hospitals,          rescue organizations and disaster relief organizations
• PW - All government agencies
• PX - Local Government
• GF - (NPSPAC) 821-824/866-869 MHz
• YF - Trunked GF
• GP - (Non NPSPAC public safety) 806-821/851-866 MHz
• YP - Trunked GP

Low Power UHF Narrowband Channels

The FCC has approved fourteen (14) UHF Narrowband (12.5 kHz) channel pairs which will remain as low power (2 watts maximum) channels.  Licensees will have PRIMARY STATUS on these frequencies.