| Sec. 11. Radio frequency coordination for emergency planning. The Statewide |
Radio Network Board, referenced in the Maine Revised Statutes, |
Title 5, section 1520, subsection 1, paragraph B, shall develop |
protocols and procedures for radio frequency coordination |
throughout the State during major emergencies and shall include |
participation by and obtain memoranda of understanding from |
various stakeholders, including: the Maine Emergency Management |
Agency; the Maine Fire Chiefs Association; the Maine Chiefs of |
Police Association; the Maine Fire Protection Services |
Commission; the Maine Sheriffs' Association; the Maine State |
Police; the Department of Public Safety; federal first |
responders; Maine Emergency Medical Services; the Maine Hospital |
Association; and local public works and utilities. The Statewide |
Radio Network Board shall allocate no fewer than 6 public safety |
band radio frequencies to be used as multijurisdictional, county |
and state disaster channels. The Director of the Maine Emergency |
Management Agency shall develop a communications plan for |
multijurisdictional, regional and statewide disasters to ensure |
interoperability that includes participation with both public and |
private expected response partners and local, county, state and |
federal stakeholders. The Statewide Radio Network Board and the |
Maine Emergency Management Agency shall report by September 18, |
2006 to the Task Force to Study Maine's Homeland Security Needs |
on their progress in obtaining memoranda of understanding from |