Emergency Find Me; Sending And Receiving Emergency Find Me Beacon; Fireground - Motorola APX 8000XE 1 User Manual

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Emergency Find Me

The Emergency Find Me (EFM) feature is an additional
emergency feature providing information to nearby radios,
utilizing the Bluetooth Low Energy (BT-LE) transmission
from a radio. In an emergency situation, when the user
presses the pre-programmed Emergency button, there will
be periodic EFM beacon transmitted from the radio along
with the other existing emergency activities. The radios
which are near to the transmitting radio and are capable of
receiving BT-LE signals would receive the beacon
transmission. The range of EFM beacon depends on the
environment in which the radios are located.
Check with your dealer or system administrator for more
information on the programming of this feature.
Sending and Receiving Emergency Find
Me Beacon
Press the pre-programmed Emergency button to
transmit the EFM beacon.
The receiving radio displays BEAC RX.
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Fireground

The portable Fireground Communications System is
designed for deployment at an incident scene. It consists of
central components:
• Your APX portable radios
• Incident Management Software
• Command Terminal
• Radio Frequency (RF) Modem (Conventional Only)
• Control Channel Radio (Trunking)
• Optional Data Radio (Trunking)
• Accountability Server (Trunking)
• DVRS (Optional)
These components provide on-scene and inbuilding radio
coverage, and enhanced personnel accountability and
monitoring.
The radio helps to indicate your presence on the scene if it
is in the range of the Incident Commander command
terminal, or trunking radio system.
Each Fireground Communication System radio
automatically reports your radio ID on the commander
mobile command terminal. Your name, riding position and