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1 West County EMS and Fire Protection District P R E F E R R E D T A C T I C A L M E T H O D S May 2013 Motorola Given Equipment Review, the Firefighter will be able to: Identify specific components of the Radio Identify and Understand Operational Features of the Radio Identify Battery charging methodologies. Identify operational requirements for 800 Mhz. St. Louis City Frequencies. APX7000XE Model 1.5 VHF/800Mhz Portable Radio Tactical Overview Radio Component Overview 2 Identifying Status Indicators Ipress Battery 13 6 Radio Operations 18 Fleet Map 22 St. Louis City Zone 29

2 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Page 2 Radio Overview FRONT Bluetooth Pairing Indicator Scan On/Off Front Microphone Main Speaker Push To Talk (PTT) Zone Up Zone Down Battery Battery Latch Release

3 West County EMS and Fire Protection District Page 3 Radio Overview REAR Lapel Microphone/ Accessory Connector Rear Microphone Belt Clip Slot Ruggedized Case Battery

4 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 TOP 16 Position Channel Select Top Emergency Button 3 Position ABC ZONE Switch Antenna Off/On Volume Keypad Lock Top Display Switch

5 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Emergency Strobe XE RSM Lapel Microphone Emergency Button Volume Up/ Down Microphones Push to Talk (PTT) Button Speaker Scan Off/On Strobe Off D Ring/Lapel Clip Emergency Button

6 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Identifying Status Indicators/Icons Battery The Number of Bars (0-4) Shown indicates the charge remaining in the battery. Blinks when the battery is low.

7 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Identifying Status Indicators/Icons Monitor Carrier Squelch Selected channel is being monitored (Only On During conventional VHF Operations).

8 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Identifying Status Indicators/Icons Direct ON Radio is Currently configured for Direct Radio-to-Radio Communications (VHF ONLY)

9 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Identifying Status Indicators Scan Radio is Scanning a Scan List.

10 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Identifying Status Indicators/Icons Zone and Channel Alternate in Display.

11 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Identifying Status Indicators EMERGENCY ALERTS Screen is Backlit ORANGE. The Radio Initiates an Emergency Alarm OR the Radio Receives an Emergency Alarm. Lapel Microphone also Strobes White.

12 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Identifying Status Indicators CRITICAL ALERTS Screen is Backlit RED. The Radio is Out of Range, The Radio is Unable to Establish a Full Connection with the System, or The Radio Enters Failsoft Mode.

13 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 IMPRESS Battery

14 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Operational Cautions for the Intrinsically Safe Battery 1. Do Not operate an FM Approved product in a Hazardous Atmosphere if it has been Physically Damaged (I.e. Cracked Housing) 2.Do not replace or change batteries or charge batteries in a Hazardous Atmosphere. 3. Failure to use the radio with the specific approved battery or accessories may result in a dangerous condition. 4. Do not disassemble the product in any way that would expose internal electrical circuits or wiring. 5.Repairs should only be completed by an approved service center

15 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 IMPRES Battery The IMPRES Battery and the radio have computer chips that monitor the radio utilization and charging operations. Insert the battery or remove it by squeezing the battery latches and pushing to lock or pulling to remove

16 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 IMPRES Battery Charging The IMPRES Bank Charger and Adaptive Charger will : 1. Monitor the usage pattern of the Battery 2.Store that information inside the Battery 3.Perform a Recondition Cycle Only when needed. 4. Will not overheat the battery regardless of how long it is left in the charger. 5. Charger monitors the battery and automatically Tops Off the battery as required.

17 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 IMPRES Battery Charger Indicators Single Flash GREEN Charger Has Powered Up Steady RED Battery is in Rapid Charge Mode Flashing GREEN Battery has completed rapid Charge (>90% available capacity) OR Battery is in Trickle Charge and Requires 1 Hour. Steady GREEN Battery if FULLY Charged. Flashing YELLOW Battery is Waiting to Charge. Flashing RED Battery is Not Chargeable or not making Contact properly. Steady YELLOW Battery is in Recondition Mode and Requires up to 8 Hours to Complete. Flashing RED and GREEN Battery is Approaching its end of rated service life.

18 Motorola APX7000XE Model 1.5 Radio Operations

19 Motorola APX7000XE Model Turn on the Radio. Adjust the volume with the On/Off Knob or the switch on the Lapel Microphone.

20 Motorola APX7000XE Model Select the Proper ZONE. Top ABC Switch for the First 3 Zones, then Side Bottom Buttons For Remaining Zones. ZONE A is Primary West County EMS and FIRE ZONE. 3. To return to Primary Zone A, either use Zone up or Down buttons or Just Toggle ABC Switch back to A.

21 Motorola APX7000XE Model Select the Proper TALKGROUP. Top Middle Knob TALKGROUP 1 is CCE911. TALKGROUP 16 is V COMMAND A, which is Fire Ground A.

22 Motorola APX7000XE Model Fleet Map of Zones and Talk Groups

23 ZONE A ZONE B 14 CH. Zone Name>>> ZONE A ZONE B 8 CH. Zone C1 C2 CENTRAL CENTRAL DISP C3 VFIRE 21 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 NORTH SOUTH EAST CENT STCHARLE S OPS2 P25 Trunking STL CITY FIRE 800 ZONE NORTH DISP DISPATCH 8CALL 90 CENTRAL COUNTY CENTRAL SOUTH DISP DISTRICT 1 8CALL90D EAST CENT DISP DISTRICT 2 8TAC 91 VFIRE 21 CENTRAL DISP MERAMEC EMS STCHARLE S DISP DISTRICT 3 8TAC 91D NORTH SOUTH CASTLE- WOOD RPT DISTRICT 4 8TAC 92D SOUTH SOUTH DISP FRANKLIN EMS DISTRICT 5 8TAC 93D WASHING- TONFIRE DISTRICT 6 8TAC 94D STCHARLE S OPS4 RIOT D CMD A 7CALL50D FRANKLIN PACIFIC CMD B 7MED 65D FRANKLIN OPS 1 WEATHER CMD C 7FIRE63D FRANKLIN OPS 2 C12 MUNI C13 C14 C15 C16 PACIFIC MAND C MAND E CMD D 7FIRE64D MAND D CMD E 7TAC 51D EMS DIS- MAND C PATCH 7TAC 52D MAND B MCI CHAN 7TAC 53D EAST CENT STCHARLES OPS2 STCHARLES OPS4 NORTH CEN- TRAL PACIFIC NORTH FRANKLIN DISP NORTH DISP EAST CEN- TRAL EAST CENT SOUTH COUNTY SOUTH EAST CENT DISP SOUTH DISP FRANKLIN VFIRE 21 VFIRE 21 VFIRE 21 V COMMAND A MUNI JEFFCO 1 V COMMAND B FRANKLIN V COMMAND EMS C WASHING- V COMMAND TONFIRE D ECPD NORTH JEFFCO 2 ECPD SOUTH EAST- CENTINTROP CENTRAL EAST CENT FRANKLIN SHRF RIOT D SOUTH MUNI FRANKLIN PACIFIC PD MUNI FRANKLIN OPS 1 FRANKLIN OPS 2 FRANKLIN OPS 3 PACIFIC CENTRAL FRANKLIN OPS 1 FRANKLIN OPS 2 V COMMAND C CENTRAL FRANKLIN CENTRAL NORTH RIOT D EAST CENT RIOT D STCHARLES DISP V MED 28 STCHARLES OPS2 V COMMAND D V COMMAND V COMMAND STCHARLES V COMMAND C B OPS4 C V COMMAND V COMMAND V COMMAND MAND B 7TAC55D FMO OPS 7TAC 55D B VFIRE 21 B B V COMMAND V COMMAND V COMMAND V COMMAND MAND A MAND A RIC 7TAC 56D A A A A MAND F MAND E MAND D MAND C MAND B MAND A Name>>> ZONE A ZONE B STLFD 800 ZONE CCE911 MERAMEC NORTH EASTCENT SOUTH

24 UNIVERSITY- CITY BRENT/ ROCKHILL LADUE GLENDALE KIRKWOOD COM- MANDS FRANKLIN CO ST CHARLES CO JEFFER- SON CO RIOT/ MARINE COM- U CITY B/RH LADUE GLENDALE KIRKWOOD MANDS FRANKLIN ST CHAR JEFFCO RIOT/MAR BWD FIRE KIRK FIRE FRANKLIN STCHARLES UCITY MUNI MUNI VFIRE 21 OPS2 JEFFCO 1 RIOT A BRENT/RH LADUE GLENDALE KIRK FIRE FRANKLIN STCHARLES JEFFCO VFIRE 21 DISP DISP DISP DISP MAND A DISP DISP DISP RIOT B FRANKLIN STCHARLES NORTH VFIRE 21 VFIRE 21 VFIRE 21 MAND A MAND B OPS 1 OPS3 JEFFCO 2 RIOT C NORTH DISP EAST CENT EAST CENT DISP DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3 EAST CENT CENTRAL NORTH SOUTH STCHARLE S OPS2 FRANKLIN UCITY PD 1 JEFFCO 1 BRENT- UCITY PD 2 WOOD PD UCITY PW MAND E V COMMAND D MAND D V COMMAND C MAND C V COMMAND B MAND B V COMMAND A MAND A EAST CENT EAST CENT VFIRE 21 EAST CENT SOUTH SOUTH DISP DISP CENTRAL CENTRAL SOUTH CENTRAL KIRK FIRE CENTRAL DISP DISP DISP NORTH BRENT/RH CENTRAL DISP NORTH DISP LADUE DISP EAST CENT DISP MAND C MAND D MAND E MAND F MAND G MAND H EAST CENT EAST CENT MAND G DISP MAND I SOUTH NORTH MAND F DISP DISP MAND J CENTRAL NORTH MAND E DISP V MED 28 KIRKWOOD MAND D WEATHER PD RIOT A MAND C MAND C MAND C RIOT B MAND B MAND B MAND B RIOT C MAND A MAND A MAND A RIOT D FRANKLIN STCHARLES OPS 2 OPS4 JEFFCO 3 RIOT D FRANKLIN STCHARLES JEFFCO OPS 3 OPS5 SHERIFF RIOT E FRANKLIN STCHARLES EMS OPS6 VFIRE 21 RIOT F WASHING- STCHARLE- TONFIRE SADMIN MAND A MAND G PACIFIC VFIRE 21 MAND B MAND H MAND A MAND B MAND C MAND D MAND E MAND F MAND G MAND H ST CHARLES EMA MAND C MAND I V COMMAND A MAND D V COMMAND B MAND E MARINE 16 V COMMAND MARINE C MAND F 17A V COMMAND MARINE D MAND G 21A V COMMAND MARINE E MAND H 23A V COMMAND MARINE F MAND I 81A V COMMAND MARINE G MAND J 83A WATER PA- TROL

25 NATIONAL MO STATE POLICE IL STATE WEATHER NATIONAL MO STATE POLICE IL STATE WEATHER VFIRE 21 V CALL 10 CO PD 1 PCT IFERN WEATHER 1 VFIRE 22 V TAC 11 CO PD 2 PCT IFERN 2 WEATHER 2 VFIRE 23 V TAC 12 CO PD 357 PCT MADCO FIRE NET WEATHER 3 VFIRE 24 V TAC 13 CO PD 4 PCT COLUMBIA WEATHER 4 VFIRE 25 V TAC 14 MUNI PD WEST FG GRAY WEATHER 5 VFIRE 26 VLAW 31 TOWNCOUNTRY PD FG BLACK WEATHER 6 V MED 28 VLAW 32 CREVE COEUR PD FG GOLD WEATHER 7 V MED 29 VFIRE 21 FRONTENAC PD FG RED WEATHER 8 V CALL 10 VFIRE 22 MHPD FG WHITE WEATHER 9 V TAC 11 VFIRE 23 BALLWIN MAN PD FG BLUE UNUSED1 V TAC 12 VFIRE 24 DES PERES PD VFIRE 21 UNUSED2 V TAC 13 VFIRE 25 ECPD NORTH VFIRE 21 UNUSED3 V TAC 14 VFIRE 26 ECPD SOUTH VFIRE 21 UNUSED4 VLAW 31 V MED 28 VLAW 31 VFIRE 21 UNUSED5 VLAW 32 V MED 29 VLAW 32 VFIRE 21 UNUSED6 VFIRE 21 MTAC WATER PATROL VFIRE 21 UNUSED7

26 Motorola APX7000XE Model Audible Voice Prompts from Radio A. MALE VOICE SPECIFIC ZONES and RADIO FUNCTIONS (SCAN, LOCK, EMERGENCY) B.FEMALE VOICE SPECIFIC TALK GROUPS (North Main, Central Main, etc.)

27 Motorola APX7000XE Model Turn SCAN ON or OFF. 3 Second Button Hold

28 Motorola APX7000XE Model Now, LOCK the KEYPAD and BUTTONS.

29 Motorola APX7000XE Model With the LOCK ON Functional Non Functional

30 Motorola APX7000XE Model To Transmit, Depress and Hold the Button. When the Beep or Busy/Tone Stops, Begin Talking.

31 Motorola APX7000XE Model LED Indicator Solid Red Radio is Transmitting Blinking Red Radio is Transmitting with Low Battery Double Blinking Red Radio is in EMERGENCY Mode Rapid Blinking Red Radio Failed Self Test, Turn Off and On. Solid Yellow Channel is Busy Solid Green Radio is Powering Up Blinking Green Radio is on Priority Two Channel While in Scan List Program Rapid Blinking Green Radio is on Priority One Channel While in Scan List Program

32 Motorola APX7000XE Model St.Louis City ZONE/TALKGROUP St.Louis City ZONE and Talkgroups are on 800Mhz. When You switch to this ZONE, You will be on the St. Louis City System. You have to be in the range of a City Tower to Transmit. If in West County, It will turn red and be out of Range. A.Use the Radio as normal. When you depress the PTT Button, You will hear 3 small beeps, Then proceed Talking. B.If you hear a long BONK and see a Yellow Light, Release the PTT button and wait a second as the Talkgroup is BUSY. C.If you hear a busy tone, wait for three tones, then release and push the PTT Button and Transmit.

33 Motorola APX7000XE Model St.Louis City ZONE/TALKGROUP(Cont.) D.There is a call timer that only allows you to speak for 60 seconds. At 56 seconds you will hear a low pitched warning tone followed by disconnection from the Talkgroup. Just release the PTT and Push again to reset and continue talking. E. If you select a DIRECT Talkgroup, you will be communicating from Radio to Radio and not through a Tower. The Direct Icon will appear in 800 Mhz. Operations.

34 Motorola APX7000XE Model Turn Radio OFF and put back in the charger ready for next use.