Hawaii SSB Case Study

In Hawaii, the volcanic terrain and population disbursement throughout its islands were not the only challenges to reliable communication among public safety agencies. Over time, the state and each of its counties obtained radio systems that operated on disparate frequency bands and were from different vendors, making it difficult for the agencies to communicate with each other during a disaster.

In order to realize the state’s vision for its SSB, EFJohnson provided a solution from the company’s IP25 radio system product offering that combined native IP with a P25 standards-based radio communications network. The hybrid IP25 system consisted of trunked and conventional channels at 700 MHz and 800 MHz frequency bands.