The organizational impact of docket 19880

The field of emergency medical services (EMS)provides an organizational and operational environment which lacks the geopolitical structure and discipline of other public safety services. The opportunity to rearrange the various service provider elements of EMS into a unified regional agency is not likely in current political and economic circumstances. The new EMS radio communications structure which has evolved from Federal Communications Commission Docket 19880 provides the opportunity for operational order and discipline within the various provider elements of EMS. Despite the opportunity for creating the common system approach to EMS communications, many human elements must be dealt with in breaking down traditional barriers to change.