Such a system must be built from the building blocks of adequate resources and of standardized tools and procedures. Of course, no single radio can operate across all of these bands. Yet we also know that minutes mean lives. Four minutes after cardiac arrest, the brain begins to die. And a fire doubles in scope every fifteen seconds.
Minutes do mean lives.
APCO is certainly taking the lead in these things, and you have much to be proud of. Let me thank you, and your families, for the sacrifices that you make. But there are also things that the FCC has done, can do, and will do, to support you in all that you seek to accomplish. To make sure that you have the right tools. What I'd like to talk with you about today is a ground-breaking action that the FCC took just last Thursday.