Callsign

The radio call is to identify a mobile or stationary radio station in the radio operation of the authorities and organizations with security tasks ( BOS). Station names in international radio communications, however, are called rings.

• 2.1 OPTA
• 2.2 nicknames

• 3.1 Rescue Service
• 3.2 Fire Department 3.2.1 radio call in Burgenland
• 3.2.2 radio call in Lower Austria
• 3.2.3 radio call in Styria
• 3.2.4 radio call in Tirol
• 3.2.5 radio call in Vorarlberg

Germany (analog BOS - Funk)

As a regulated designation is particularly in large wireless networks and inter-regional cooperation between mobile stations of importance, a uniform national system was developed to describe the radio stations and 1979 the countries recommended the introduction. The distribution of the radio call is indeed in the hands of countries, but it is addressed in the rule for a uniform federal scheme. For transnational radio callsign services are awarded by the national telecommunications authorities.

Non - police BOS

The term is normally started when the non-police authorities and organizations with security tasks ( BOS) with a tripartite scheme of the form:

• Password of the authority or organization
• Identification of the application area ( area code )
• Tactical code

An example would be the radio call Florian Stuttgart 1/33-2. This has the following meaning:

The point 3c is usually used only when duplicate vehicles and eliminates usual, the third digit can also be used (depending on the policy and state ) anyway. For small fire departments with only one location and the point 3a can be omitted.

Passwords of the authorities and organizations

The passwords of non-police units in BOS radio are:

Sometimes there is no separate passwords longer be used in the 2- meter band. It is then assumed that the 4-meter band.

Identification of the application area ( location identifiers )

With this identification of the radio traffic circle ( use control center or area) is marked. It is not uniformly regulated in the provinces, however, there is usually the name of the municipality, the city or the county, district or state government, which operates the site.

Tactical indicators

The key figure to BOS password and location identifier refers to the tactical unit that is to be addressed to radio communications. It usually consists of two or three sub- indices.

• The first part of code called the local group or guard ( at multiple locations within a community ) that is associated with the tactical unit. example:

• The second part of code is the device type (eg: vehicle type). example:

• The third part of code is only needed if several identical units of a type exist (eg: number of identical vehicles). For this purpose, the individual units are now numbered. example:

At the proposal of the Minister of the Interior Conference of 1994, a scheme is used in the countries. However, countries are free in the actual allocation, so there may well be considerable variations. In addition, there is a recommendation of the Working Group of the Director of Fire Services, which performs a similar grouping in detail but partly differs greatly.

The recommendations will be used in any state ( except in the area of the emergency service ) unmodified.

Tactical indicators of fire service

The part of the code for the device type ( ie, the second part of code) are listed in groups. The first group of numbers from 0 to 9 stands for personal or location-based radios, all other groups of numbers are available for certain vehicle types.

The number of groups and vehicle types are mutually nationwide ( almost) associated with defined, other than Hamburg and Lower Saxony, which differ completely from it.

Within a group of numbers, the number of assignments to the vehicle, however, are not federally.

As a city -state of Hamburg uses a different system of radio call. It starts with the word " Florian ", as well as the location identifier "Hamburg". It follows in the case of a vehicle of a professional fire station each station number (eg " 22 " for the fire and rescue station Berliner Tor ) in volunteer fire departments the complete name (eg " Berliner Tor " for the Volunteer Fire Department Hamburg Berlin gate). Following the guard still follows the labeling of the vehicle:

• For existing vessels, often following characters are used: 0: Little Fire Engine ( KLF )
• 1: first hamburger fire truck ( HLF) at this station
• 2: second HLF at this station
• 3: third HLF at this station
• 4: Rescue Vehicle (RW)
• 5: turntable ladder with basket ( DLK ) or vehicle telescopic mast ( TMF)

• When ambulances letters are used after the German Buchstabiertafel Anton: first ambulance (RTW ) at this rescue station
• Berta: second RTW at this rescue station (etc.)
• Friedrich, Gustav, Ida: RTW is associated with which of the fire and rescue station, but at a separate station (branch ) is deployed to guarantee the auxiliary limit
• Kaufmann and Ludwig: Reserve RTW, which is occupied by the crew of the delete course should be the other RTW already in use
• Paula and the following: RTW at a separate station that are not occupied by fire-fighters

• District Name and 1/2: First and second ausrückender RTW one involved in the emergency services emergency medical care of an aid organization, which by order of the fire department operations center ( FEZ) perceives its current use. This is a dynamic, non-vehicle -bound call name that is allocated for use in relation to RTW, while the RTW additionally has a fixed - HiOrg nickname, but this is not used during a mission on behalf of the FEZ. The identifier in the radio message system ( FMS ) is always equal to the fixed - HiOrg nickname.

• Of the special vehicles from the name of the vehicle

Also Niedersachsen has (had ) a different Funkrufnamensystem the fire brigades. Contrary to the normal practice in most states three-part series of digits, only two-piece digits are assigned in Lower Saxony. The first group of digits is either a regional ( 10 .89 ) or a functional labeling ( 90 .99 ). The second group of digits allowed to indicate the type of the radio station; the specified markings can be found in the table below:

Additional identifications of the second measure group can be assigned for local fixed radio stations in fire stations (eg 01 .09 ), as well as officials of municipal fire departments ( 90 .99 ). This is up to the district, the independent city or region.

Lower Saxony ( new system) Mengali fire brigade 1st digit area / town / city 2nd digit Vehicle / Type 3 digit station / station / fire department, for example, 10-11-1 is the ELW of the fire Aurich in the urban area 10 = 11 = urban area Einsatzleitwagen 1 = Fire Department Aurich

With the conversion to digital radio, the radio call to the now almost uniform federal scheme to be adapted in NDS.

Tactical indicators of the emergency service

In emergency services partly tactical indicators of the fire department (among 80-89 ) are used or special identifiers that are tailored to the needs of the emergency services (such as special vehicles for water or mountain rescue ). This depends on the state, if specified by this, or by the operating organization from. At least with identifiers that has determined the operating organization itself, the identifiers are nationally standardized:

• 82 → NEF
• 83 → RTW / MZF
• 84 → Emergency KTW
• 85 → KTW
• 86 → the RTW KatS units
• 87 → KTW the KatS units

Tactical indicators of German Life Saving Society

Nickname DLRG are similar composition to fire brigade nickname and not nationally standardized. The individual state associations may adopt special rules for their areas. Many national associations have adopted the scheme of fire departments, others use this scheme:

In use at the country level radio call be assigned individually when used. In general, these loud, for example, " Adler Rhine Palatinate 98 " ( head of operations Rhineland- Palatinate ), but they can also be assigned different.

Tactical ratios of fixed stations

Fixed radio stations, such as telecommunications centers or command and control centers are designated according to the following scheme:

• Identifier of the authority / area code - where appropriate, the serial number

Example: Florian Hanover Fire Operations Centre Hannover

Care for a command and control center, several organizations, it usually carries only the name " control center ".

Example: XY control center: Fire and Rescue Operations Centre XY

Some integrated control centers, like those of the Hamburg Fire Department and the Fire Department Cologne, have the call sign " Florian ".

Police BOS

State Police

The state police did not always have a classification according to tactical vehicle types. Often there are the vehicles by radio traffic circle and numbers, possibly in combination with sorted letters. The radio circuits are determined individually by the respective provinces, and named after different classifications. Radio call and order numbers are regulated by the federal states ( interior ministries ).

Thus, for example, the call name in Baden -Württemberg password for the regional council as the National Police Directorate (Freiburg: Friedrich, Karlsruhe: Berta, Stuttgart: Dora and Tübingen: Uhland ), distinguishing number for the police department or the police headquarters and a number for the radio station. The number for the police department will be awarded according to the alphabet. The Police Headquarters Heidelberg (Neckar 5), the police headquarters in Mannheim (Peter ) and Karlsruhe ( Günther ), the one Landespolizeidirektion equivalent police headquarters in Stuttgart ( uranium), the State Criminal Investigation Department ( Rubin), the Water Police ( Poseidon ), the Police Helicopter Squadron ( Buzzard ), and the riot police (Bruno ) use different passwords. The special task force used the nickname Granite although it is associated with the riot police headquarters.

In Hamburg, however, a distinction the police operations center with six radio circuits ( Michel 1 to 6), a Police station (Peter ) and the Helicopter Squadron (Dragonfly ), the Criminal Investigation Department ( Kastor ), state riot police ( Alster ), Water Police (Elbe ) and special task forces of the central directorates ( Zenit ).

Federal

• Federal police: The radio traffic circles are after federal police and inspections divided (eg Federal Police Directorate See: "Albatross " )
• Customs: Each customhouse is assigned a nickname. The customs commissioners receive in addition to a number that increases by increments ( Example: Main Customs Office Hamburg- Freeport: Hansa, Customs Commissioner Cuxhaven Lake: Hansa 10, branch Helgoland: Hansa 10/2). Zollkriminalamt and customs investigation offices all have the nickname "Pascha " with a lower divorce rate (eg CCC: 01, ZFA Freiburg 5)
• Foreign Office: Bamboo ( mobile radio station )
• Federal Ministry of the Interior: Dora ( fixed radio site), Ferdinand ( mobile radio station ), trout, Gondola ( Parliamentary Secretary ), Goshawk (Secretary of State ), Luke (inspector of the Federal Police ), radon (Secretary of State ), Randon ( mobile radio station ), Fir ( Secretary of State ), Zander ( Secretary of State )
• Federal President: Pine
• Military Police: Aurora
• SAR service of the Bundeswehr: SAR (letters spoken individually )
• Federal Office for Goods Transport: BAG (letters spoken individually ), to date only one department - road control and service department toll - 4

Germany ( BOS digital radio )

In digital BOS radio each terminal is assigned a unique operational- tactical address ( OPTA ), which is also transmitted to all receiving devices. Thus, the radio call are supplemented by a display on the radio unit.

OPTA

The OPTA is awarded after a nationwide uniform scheme for police and non- police BOS and consists of 24 digits, which can be occupied by numbers, letters or spaces. Differences are the Birth OPTA and the alias OPTA. Both are identical at the beginning and include:

• At points 1 and 2: Federal / State (eg "BU" for " covenant", "SH" for " Schleswig -Holstein" )
• At locations 3-5: authorities and organizational identification (eg " POL " for " police ", " FW" for " Fire Brigade " )
• At locations 6-8: Regional assignment ( city and county ) (using the vehicle registration number )

From point 9 the Birth OPTA contains a unique sequence of numbers and is fixed. The alias OPTA can be defined freely within the rules and differs depending on the type of organization. It contains:

• At points 9 to 13: local assignment
• At points 14 to 21: Function assignment ( such as vehicular type, function, task)
• At positions 22 and 23: Order ID (with the same local correlation and function)
• To point 24: Supplement

Nickname

Since in digital BOS radio, the radio call be partially formed in accordance with the OPTA arise over analog BOS radio usually changes the nickname ( an example of the non-police BOS in the "Guide to the implementation of OPTA's policy in North Rhine -Westphalia "). The organization of the Rufnamens passwords (eg for firefighters " Florian ", the German Red Cross " Red Cross " ) are not part of the OPTA and are taken from the analogue 4- m band Rufnamensystem.

Example of Funkrufnamenbildung based on the OPTA (same local allocation ): Radio call in the analog system: " Florian Erkrath 01/42/2 " ( " Florian Erkrath zero -one zwoundvierzig two " ) Radio call in the digital system: " Florian Erkrath 01 HLF20 ​​2" ( Florian Erkrath zero -one HLFzwanzig two " ) associated alias OPTA: NWFW ME ERK01LF20 02 Example of Funkrufnamenbildung based on the OPTA (modified spatial allocation ): Radio call in the analog system: " Florian Sauerland 9/41/1 " ( " Florian Sauerland nine forty- one") Radio call in the digital system: " Florian Bestwig 03 LF 1" ( Florian Bestwig zero - three LF one ") associated alias OPTA: NWFW HSKBSW03LF 01 Austria

Since a single radio network for BOS is currently in Austria still under construction, individual organizations need each other at present to take relatively little consideration.

Common Names in the organizations are:

• Aesculapius at the Red Cross
• Florian at the Fire Department

Ambulance service

The rescue service every vehicle has a radio phone number. The first digit represents the state (1 = Burgenland, 2 = Vienna, 3 = NE, 4 = Upper Austria, 5 = Styria, 6 = Tyrol, 7 = Carinthia, 8 = Salzburg, 9 = Vorarlberg) and is from a point or. followed a hyphen. Then comes depending on the state of a 3 to 5 points long vehicle number, which can also indicate to the vehicle's assigned district office. The individual departments are called by the name of town and control centers with either " control center ", " control center " place name or with " National control center " (Styria ). ( In Lower Austria 144 emergency northeast is called with the code name " Leo". Derived from LEO is patron Leopold. ) In Burgenland, the control center LSZ Burgenland is called. LSZ is derived from land security headquarters. Similar to the NR 144 The LSZ but handles all rescue and fire-fighting operations. Such a vehicle is launched with 208, for example, in Salzburg. The car number is indeed 8208, the first digit is but neglected within the federal state. In Styria, it is customary to call vehicles with the names of their local, or district office and the vehicle number (eg " Leoben 12").

Example of identification number in Upper Austria: 4.1551 ( 4 = State, 15 = District ( in the case Steyr city), 5 = Ortsstelle, 1 = vehicle)

Fire department

While in the fire services of the local name is an integral part of Funkrufnamens, disaster Forum the number of the respective KHD unit is used.

The place or the number is preceded by a short form of the name of the vehicle. There are, for example:

• Tank or TLF for Tanklöschfahrzeug
• Setup for Rescue Vehicle
• Rüstlösch or RLF for Rüstlöschfahrzeug
• Pump or LF for small fire engine or fire truck
• Leader or "hub" for ladder or cherry-picker
• Crane for crane
• Command for command vehicle
• MTF for crew transport vehicle

• Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. for the first, second, third, handheld radio

Radio call in Burgenland

In Burgenland, Styria are similar vehicles always addressed with the " tactical designation " and the " place name" in the fire radio. e.g. "Tank Podersdorf " for the fire truck or " setup Podersdorf " for the rescue vehicle. The permanently staffed radio station is the LSZ (State Security headquarters) in Eisenstadt, which executes all rescue operations. Fixed stations in the fire stations are called with " Florian " and the place name. These are only open in the application.

Radio call in Lower Austria

Continuously staffed radio stations, which are usually county alarm and warning centers ( BAWZ ) are denoted by Florian and the place names, such as " Florian Baden " for the BAWZ the district of Baden. Do not continuously staffed stations, such as the individual fire departments are called with firefighters local name, such as " fire brigade Hainburg ". Portable radio control centers are also designated with Florian and the number of the respective district where the control center is stationed. So Florian 14 is the mobile radio control center of the district Mödling. Likewise, the Regional Early Warning Centre ( LWZ ) is addressed with Florian Lower Austria.

The radio call of the individual vehicles and hand-held radios are made up of the radio call sign and the place name. Another category of a vehicle is also indicated by 2, 3, ...,. For example, " pump shock ", " Anton Shepherd Mountain" or " Tank2 Zwettl ".

Radio call in Styria

In Styria, the type of vehicle and the fire department name be in the fire radio for vehicles always used, such as " RLF Stainz " or "LF -B Wetzel village". Continuously manned radio stations hot Florian local name. An occasionally occupied fixed station ( in a fire department ) is called the fire brigade local name.

Radio call in Tirol

A new Tyrolean Rescue Service Act, all emergency service operators have to be scheduled and alarmed by the control center Tyrol. Therefore, new, cross-organizational radio call were required, which build up as follows: RD/14/115 where RD is for the emergency services is gGmbH, 14 describes the type of vehicle ( 11: NEF, 13: RTW, 14: MZF, 15: KTW, ... ) and 115 a consecutive number. In the radio the whole number must be used ( "rescue fourteen -one - fifteen ").

Radio call in Vorarlberg

The entire deployment of rescue and fire services are handled in Vorarlberg by the fire and rescue control center (RFL ). Both organizations are alerted via digital pagers. Why are the fire stations, the " Florian and place names " are not permanently established, but occupied only after the alarm. The vehicles are then called by the respective place names and tactical designation. (eg Rank Because Tank1, or Altach LF)