Operability/Interoperability
  • Operability - The ability to establish and sustain communications in support of day-to-day mission operations.
  • Interoperability - The ability to communicate among jurisdictions, disciplines, and levels of government, using a variety of frequency bands, as needed and as authorized.
Interoperability is not the ability for everyone to talk to everyone else
There are two photographs on the screen. The photograph on the left shows a public safety responder standing next to an emergency vehicle talking on a portable radio. The photograph on the right is a close-up image which shows a fire fighter talking into a radio microphone.