In March 2003, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) acquired a Mobile Command Center (MCC).  The MCC can be deployed to emergency incidents that involve many HFD apparatuses and personnel.  Such incidents may also require collaboration and careful planning between the HFD and other City, state, or federal agencies.  The MCC provides officials from these agencies a meeting area to plan strategies and coordinate resources that is sheltered from the elements, media, bystanders, and other distractions.  Once they enter the MCC, the Incident Command staff may conduct Command and Control functions that are critical to safe and efficient incident mitigation.  To facilitate this mission, the MCC is equipped with computers, a cache of 30 portable radios and spare batteries, a TRP-1000 Transportable Radio Interconnect System, and an external camera mounted on a telescoping boom.

MCC with extended telescoping camera  boom

TRP-1000

MCC deployment at a multiagency drill.            MCC deployment

MCC radio communications equipment