radio systems in usa - general info

[Peteri Szerlagi]

police and fire have portable radios for nearly every onduty person

public works - just portable radios for some upper level staff

railroads - 1 mobile per locomotive and 1 portable radio per conductor

electric utilitys - maybe 1 mobile radio per repair truck - maybe 1
portable radio also

ambulances - private ambulances might not have portable radios -
especially if they do mostly non-emergency transfer calls

delivery trucks - maybe 1 tablet per truck

long haul truckers - maybe 1 sat phone or satellite data terminal per
truck nowadays

aviation - at least 1 low power AM aviation band radio per aircraft usually

boats - at least 1 marine band radio per boat that is larger than 20
feet in length ish sorta

cellphones - 1 for every person alive

military - 1 radio for every mobile piece of equipment except
transport trucks - maybe 1 small portable radio for every land soldier
- specialized sailors have portable radios onboard their ship

hospitals - just mtnce guys and security and some admins have 2 way
radios - many pagers in use maybe

business buildings - mtnce and security have 2 way radios

factorys - many workers have 2 way radios

universitys and local schools - many new systems added in recent years
due to active shooters - otherwise - just security and mtnce have
radios - sometimes