MetroFire Boston needs alot more radio channels

imagine a big subway crash with 100 critical victims

imagine a major explosion that levels a whole neighborhood

imagine a gas overpressure situation ... again

imagine 1.000 burning homes .... hi Boulder!

at this time ... MetroFire Boston has 1 dispatcher channel 483.2875R +
1 areawide FG channel 483.3125R + 3 regional channels (N + C + S] + 3
simplex short range channels + 2 mobile repeater channels

the down side ... only 483.3125R works in Boston subways .... the 3
regional channels probably work very poorly inside blds .... the 2
mobile repeater channels might just have 1 MO3 or FB2T each .... the
short range channels only have 1 tone each

therefore ... if 1,000 homes were on fire ... MetroFire could at best
offer 483.3125R + 1 regional channel + 3 short range channels + 2 MO3
channels ... so that is a maximum of 7 channels ... and that would
take maybe 1 hour to implement (getting the MO3 in operation]

maybe some of the UTAC channels could also be used ... but any
government agency could start talking on these channels ... and there
is just 4 or 5 of them channels

best possible rapid solutions ..... make sure that Boston has at least
ten temporary repeaters in downtown Boston 24/7 available for
immediate deployment .... and they must be useable in tunnels and
subways .... equip every command vehicle in Greater Boston with a MO3
or FB2T .... that would include police sergeants and fire deputy
chiefs ..... channels could be at 463.000 to 463.175 if the medics can
be moved to cellphones ... which is probably 90% true now

There are many radio channels that could be repurposed .... Chelsea
(2] + Everett (1] + Revere (1] + Cambridge (4] + Boston (5] + Newton
(1] fire departments all have 2ndary channels that are used very
inefficiently at this time ... there are also MEMA and EMS 2ndary
channels that are rarely used ... plus several Boston police channels
... plus some unused channels in the boston area

bottom line ... there are multiple UHF channels that are available ..
they are just poorly utilized at this time