| Sec. 14. Radio frequency coordination for emergency planning. The Statewide |
| Radio Network Board, referenced in the Maine Revised Statutes, |
| Title 5, section 1520, subsection 1, paragraph B, shall develop |
| protocols and procedures for radio frequency coordination |
| throughout the State during major emergencies and shall include |
| participation by and obtain memoranda of understanding from |
| various stakeholders, including: the Maine Emergency Management |
| Agency; the Maine Fire Chiefs Association; the Maine Chiefs of |
| Police Association; the Maine Fire Protection Services |
| Commission; the Maine Sheriffs' Association; the Maine State |
| Police; the Department of Public Safety; federal first |
| responders; Maine Emergency Medical Services; the Maine Hospital |
| Association; and local public works and utilities. The Statewide |
| Radio Network Board shall allocate no fewer than 6 public safety |
| band radio frequencies to be used as multijurisdictional, county |
| and state disaster channels. The Director of the Maine Emergency |
| Management Agency shall develop a communications plan for |
| multijurisdictional, regional and statewide disasters to ensure |
| interoperability that includes participation with both public and |
| private expected response partners and local, county, state and |
| federal stakeholders. The Statewide Radio Network Board and the |
| Maine Emergency Management Agency shall report by September 18, |
| 2006 to the Task Force to Study Maine's Homeland Security Needs |
| on their progress in obtaining memoranda of understanding from |
| the various stakeholders and the need for training first |
| responders in the area of radio frequency use and operation. |
