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Friday, August 31, 2001
C-SPAN tour of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho [Source: C-SPAN]  Monday, September 3rd Beginning at 9pm ET on C-SPAN On the evening of Labor Day, C-SPAN will provide viewers with an inside look at the nation’s logistical support center for wildland firefighting and how a wildfire is contained. We’ll tour the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho and take our camera along the fireline of the Green Knoll Fire near Jackson, Wyoming. The program includes tours of the firefighting equipment and technology employed by the seven Federal agencies that oversee wildland fire operations at NIFC. We’ll also talk with some of the firefighters at the Green Knoll Fire, see how they contained this 4,470 acre fire, and tour fire camp. Guests Include: Dennis Pendleton U.S. Forest Service Wildland Fire Operations - Assistant Director Larry Hamilton Bureau of Land Management Office of Fire and Aviation - Director Larry Hamilton Bureau of Land Management Office of Fire and Aviation - Director Programming Schedule: Beginning at 9pm ET on C-SPAN Monday, September 3, 2001 9pm
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TETRA and Project 25 standards [Source: Minnesota Department of Transportation] In recent months there has been a great deal of discussion about the standards that have been developed for two-way radio technology. This document is an attempt to answer many of the common questions asked about the two technical standards, TETRA and Project 25. The source of information used in answering these questions comes from the standards’ documents themselves as well as the Office of Electronics perspective using information gathered from trade articles and discussions with manufactures of TETRA and Project 25 compliant equipment. Click here to read the document |