Public Safety Architecture Framework (PSAF) Volume III draws upon the experience of numerous subject matter experts in public safety radio systems, as well as the findings resulting from the PSAF trial and PSAF pilot. The PSAF trial and PSAF pilot were key precursors for the creation of PSAF Volume III. During the trial, the PSAF team identified the attributes necessary to characterize a single land mobile radio (LMR) system. During the pilot, the PSAF team identified the attributes necessary to characterize two potentially compatible LMR systems.
PSAF Volume III describes key data elements that can be used to characterize a public safety land mobile radio system, a dispatch system, and a public safety organization. This is the first step in the development of a comprehensive public safety communications data model that can be linked back into the three PSAF views and products described in detail in PSAF Volume II.