User's Manual

P-801 User’s Manual Page 22
Using Your Radio in Emergency Situations
Background
Your radio is capable of sending an emergency alert and making emergency
calls on the network. OpenSky handles emergency calls with the highest
priority, allowing you or the people you serve to get needed help.
Procedure
The following table describes the procedure for using your P-801T radio in an
emergency.
Step Action
1 Press the orange emergency button on your radio to send the
emergency alert.
Other users hear a distinctive 3 tone burst of sound. At the same
time, an emergency talk group is enabled.
2 Press the push-to-talk button to send your voice out on the
emergency talk group.
All of the radios in the emergency talk group will hear your call
and see the emergency talk group displayed on their radio.
3 When the emergency ends, press and hold the orange emergency
button for 3 seconds to clear the emergency alert and call.
Note:
The user who made the initial emergency alert, must clear it
.