ASTM F1220-95(2022)

Standard Guide for Emergency Medical Services System (EMSS) Telecommunications

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 In situations in which the coordination of EMSS communications among political subdivisions affects the health and safety of the state’s population, it is appropriate for state government to take a coordinating role. Statewide planning for coordinated use of radio frequencies for EMSS communications is specifically needed.  
5.2 The state is the logical unit to formulate the statutory and regulatory framework for EMSS planning. State planning for area-wide EMSS communications provides authority to accomplish coordination in the use of available radio frequencies, thus promoting multiagency cooperation to best serve the public needs.  
5.3 With statewide planning, communities, counties, and multicounty EMSS regions are provided with guidance to achieve the performance goals and objectives of their EMSS communications systems.  
5.4 The statewide EMSS communications performance goals and objectives in Sections 10 – 15 address specific roles of state governments in EMSS communications systems planning. These performance goals and objectives should be considered by states for evaluating, planning, and implementing of acceptable EMSS communications statewide.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers telecommunications practices and performance standards required to support all of the functions of community EMSS on a statewide basis. It defines state planning goals and objectives for EMSS communications.  
1.2 This guide is for planning, coordinating, integrating, and evaluating telecommunications resources statewide to satisfy the functional needs of comprehensive community EMSS systems.  
1.3 To facilitate a two-tiered planning approach recommended for EMSS communications, this guide identifies those communications system features that should be coordinated on a statewide basis and defined in statewide (first tier) EMSS communications planning guidelines. Local (second tier) EMSS communications plans prepared in accordance with the statewide guidelines should then be tailored to satisfy local EMSS needs while providing compatibility and interoperability of communications with other EMSS.  
1.4 The sections in this guide appear in the following sequence:    
Section  
Scope  
1  
Referenced Documents  
2  
Terminology  
3  
Summary of Guide  
4  
Significance and Use  
5  
Functions and Categories of EMSS Communications  
6  
Telecommunications Functions  
6.1  
Telecommunications Categories  
6.2  
EMSS Functional Communications Requirements  
7  
General Information  
7.1  
Citizen Access  
7.2  
EMSS Vehicle Dispatch and Coordination  
7.3  
Medical Coordination/Direction  
7.4  
Interservice Communications  
7.5  
Radio Frequency Spectrum and Service Requirements  
8  
Radio Frequencies  
8.1  
EMSS Radio Service Coverage  
8.2  
Operational Considerations  
8.3  
Goals and Objectives for EMSS Communications  
9  
Goal 1—State EMSS Communication Should Meet Recognized Standards for Functional Performance  
10  
Goal 2—Local EMSS Communications Should Be Compatible with, and Should Not Interfere with, EMSS Communications in Neighboring Area  
11  
Goal 3—Local EMSS Communications Systems Should Be Compatible with, and Should Not Interfere with, Other Types of Communications Systems  
12  
Goal 4—EMSS Communications Systems Should Make Maximum Use of State and Common Resources Where Appropriate, Cost Effective, and Authorized  
13  
Goal 5—The State Should Act as the Representative of Local EMSS in Dealing with Federal Agencies and National Organizations  
14  
Goal 6—The State Should Have a Program for Positive Management of Its EMSS Communications Activities  
15  
Emergency Medical Radio Services (EMRS) Radio Frequencies (MHz)  
Appendix X1  
Acronyms and Glossary for EMSS Communications  
Appendix X2  
References  
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety co...

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Aug-2022
• ICS: 33.040.35 - Telephone networks
• Technical Committee: F30 - Emergency Medical Services
• Drafting Committee: F30.04 - Communications

Standards Content (Sample)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: F1220 − 95 (Reapproved 2022)
Standard Guide for
Emergency Medical Services System (EMSS)
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Telecommunications
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1220; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
Operational Considerations 8.3
Goals and Objectives for EMSS Communications 9
1.1 This guide covers telecommunications practices and
Goal 1—State EMSS Communication Should Meet 10
performance standards required to support all of the functions Recognized Standards for Functional Performance
Goal 2—Local EMSS Communications Should Be 11
of community EMSS on a statewide basis. It defines state
Compatible with, and Should Not Interfere with, EMSS
planning goals and objectives for EMSS communications.
Communications in Neighboring Area
Goal 3—Local EMSS Communications Systems 12
1.2 Thisguideisforplanning,coordinating,integrating,and
Should Be Compatible with, and Should Not Interfere
evaluating telecommunications resources statewide to satisfy
with, Other Types of Communications Systems
Goal 4—EMSS Communications Systems Should 13
the functional needs of comprehensive community EMSS
Make Maximum Use of State and Common Resources
systems.
Where Appropriate, Cost Effective, and Authorized
Goal 5—The State Should Act as the Representative 14
1.3 To facilitate a two-tiered planning approach recom-
of Local EMSS in Dealing with Federal Agencies and
mended for EMSS communications, this guide identifies those
National Organizations
Goal 6—The State Should Have a Program for 15
communications system features that should be coordinated on
Positive Management of Its EMSS Communications
a statewide basis and defined in statewide (first tier) EMSS
Activities
communications planning guidelines. Local (second tier)
Emergency Medical Radio Services (EMRS) Radio Appendix X1
Frequencies (MHz)
EMSS communications plans prepared in accordance with the
Acronyms and Glossary for EMSS Communications Appendix X2
statewide guidelines should then be tailored to satisfy local
References
EMSS needs while providing compatibility and interoperabil-
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
ity of communications with other EMSS.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.4 The sections in this guide appear in the following
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
sequence:
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
Section mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
Scope 1
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
Referenced Documents 2
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Terminology 3
Summary of Guide 4
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
Significance and Use 5
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Functions and Categories of EMSS Communications 6
Telecommunications Functions 6.1 Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Telecommunications Categories 6.2
EMSS Functional Communications Requirements 7
2. Referenced Documents
General Information 7.1
2
Citizen Access 7.2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
EMSS Vehicle Dispatch and Coordination 7.3
F1031 Practice for Training the Emergency Medical Tech-
Medical Coordination/Direction 7.4
Interservice Communications 7.5 nician (Basic)
Radio Frequency Spectrum and Service Requirements 8
F1149 Practice for Qualifications, Responsibilities, and Au-
Radio Frequencies 8.1
thority of Individuals and Institutions Providing Medical
EMSS Radio Service Coverage 8.2
Direction of Emergency Medical Services
F1221 Guide for Interagency Information Exchange
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F30 on Emergency
Medical Services and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F30.04 on
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Communications. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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approved in 1989. Last previous edition approved in 2014 as F1220 – 95 (2014). Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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