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entities may qualify as "small governmental jurisdictions."'" These entities are included here because
many of these small government jurisdictions are also licensees.
7. Public Safety Radio Licensees. As a general matter, Public Safety Radio Pool licensees
include police, fire, local government, forestry conservation, highway maintenance, and emergency
medical services.'6 Because of the vast array of public safety licensees, the Commission has not
developed a small business size standard specifically applicable to public safety licensees. The SBA rules
contain a definition for Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) which encompasses
business entities engaged in radiotelephone communications employing no more that 1,500 persons.'7
With respect to local governments, in particular, since many governmental entities comprise the licensees
for these services, we include under public safety services the number of government entities affected.
According to Commission records, a total of approximately 133,870 licenses operate within these
services.'(
8. Private Land Mobile Radio Licensees. Private land mobile radio (PLMR) systems serve
an essential role in a vast range of industrial, business, land transportation, and public safety activities.
Companies of all sizes operating in all U.S. business categories use these radios. Because of the vast
array of PLMR users, the Commission has not developed a small business size standard specifically
applicable to PLMR users. The SBA rules, however, contain a definition for Wireless
Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) which encompasses business entities engaged in
radiotelephone communications employing no more that 1,500 persons.19 According to the
5s The 2007 U.S Census data for small governmental organizations indicate that there were 89,476 "Local
Governments" in 2007. (U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES 2012,
Table 428.) The criterion by which the size of such local governments is determined to be small is a population of
50,000. However, since the Census Bureau does not specifically apply that criterion, it cannot be determined with
precision how many of such local governmental organizations is small. Measured by a criterion of a population of
50,000, many specific sub-entities in this category seem more likely than larger county-level governmental
organizations to have small populations. Accordingly, of the 89,746 small governmental organizations identified in
the 2007 Census, the Commission estimates that a substantial majority is small.
16 See subparts A and B of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 90.1-90.22. Police licensees serve
state, county, and municipal enforcement through telephony (voice), telegraphy (code), and teletype and facsimile
(printed material). Fire licensees are comprised of private volunteer or professional fire companies, as well as units
under governmental control. Public Safety Radio Pool licensees also include state, county, or municipal entities that
use radio for official purposes. State departments of conservation and private forest organizations comprise forestry
service licensees that set up communications networks among fire lookout towers and ground crews. State and local
governments are highway maintenance licensees that provide emergency and routine communications to aid other
public safety services to keep main roads safe for vehicular traffic. Emergency medical licensees use these channels
for emergency medical service communications related to the delivery of emergency medical treatment. Additional
licensees include medical services, rescue organizations, veterinarians, persons with disabilities, disaster relief
organizations, school buses, beach patrols, establishments in isolated areas, communications standby facilities, and
emergency repair of public communications facilities.
'7 See 13 C.F.R. 121.201, NAICS code 517210.
Is This figure was derived from Commission licensing records as of June 27, 2008. Licensing numbers change on a
daily basis. We do not expect this number to be significantly smaller today. This does not indicate the number of
licensees, as licensees may hold multiple licenses. There is no information currently available about the number of
public safety licensees that have less than 1,500 employees.
'9 See 13 C.F.R. 121.201,NAICS code 517210.6615
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