What is Public Safety Communications doing to help improve interoperability?
Public Safety Communications, working with the US Department of Homeland Security, NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, New Jersey State Police all 21 New Jersey Counties and various other federal, state and local partners in all disciplines, has taken steps on a variety of fronts to improve interoperability. It is important to understand that the process of achieving statewide interoperability may take up to two decades, but important interim measures which move locales, counties, and the state toward that goal are already in place. They include: NJICS UASI Initiative NJICS in the other counties Participation in the development of a SAFECOM Statement of Requirements (SoR) which, for the first time, defines what it will take to achieve full interoperability and provides industry requirements against which to map their product capabilities; Conducting a Statewide Interoperability Baseline Survey; Initiating an effort to accelerate the development of critical standards for in
