This is the Butler County EMA Communicaitons Room. To the far right is a UHF radio for contact with the county engineers, Fire, Police and othe agencies in the county on UHF. The center radio is the Ohio Multi Agency Radio Communications System radio a.k.a. MARCS 800 MHz statewide trunking system. The radio on the left is a Kenwood TMD-700A which is the Amateur Radio Emergency Services / RACES radio network. The Computer is used to access the internet and interfaces to the Kenwood TMD-700 to support programming of the radio and digital modes like APRS, PACKET and Slow Scan TV.

The top left item is the CPU for our radio system. The unit to the far right is the device that puts out Emergency Alerts to all the TV and radio stations that serve the county. Pre-written emergency messages can be keyed into the system that fit a given situation and then by hitting the "SEND" button, simultaneously sends that information to all of the pre-programmed locations. There are also means of updating the written message for special alerts and even a microphone for doing voice announcements.

The work station and the radio remote control for the EMA 155.805 system.

A Kenwood TMD-700 is installed at the Butler County Sheriff's Office 911 center at one of the dispatching consoles for easy relay of vital information from one system to the other. A Kenwood TMD-700 is installed in the Butler County EMA Emergency Response trailer that also has communications for the county fire, police and EMA on both VHF and 800 trunking. Another Kenwood TMD-700 is installed in the Fairfield Fire Department Mobile Communicaitons and Command Post.