First Responder has chosen to represent these brands for good reasons…
Consistently great quality and performance every time you need it.
BK TECHNOLOGIES
PUBLIC SAFETY TWO-WAY RADIOS – Renowned for its dominance in wildland fire and large-scale all-hazards communications, BK Technologies® has grown its product line to include full-featured, APCO Project 25 radios that continue to offer its signature incident support feature of conventional radio-to-radio cloning. BK is deeply rooted in the public safety radio and communications industry and manufactures high specification communications equipment of unsurpassed reliability and value for use by public safety professionals and government agencies, as well as radios for use in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications. The new VHF BKR5000 and soon-to-be released BKR9000 multi-band offering set the standard for both reliable day-to-day agency needs in trunking or conventional modes and unsurpassed large incident response support. The BKR9000 offers a very unique feature that no other manufacturer can: You can take your 700/800 trunking radio onto a wildland fire and get it cloned by everything down to a DPH.
POWER PRODUCTS
Batteries, Chargers and Accessories – Power Products consistently rates among the top of after-market suppliers for batteries, chargers and now accessories. Using only Japanese battery cells, they may be more expensive than some other after-market suppliers, but you gain in both product quality and reliability. Rated #2 in competitive testing by Motorola (they of course rate themselves #1, which you certainly pay for), Power Products has proven it delivers better overall value than any other manufacturer. Check out their new series of smart Lithium-Polymer batteries, Endura desktop, gang, and in-vehicle single and dual bay chargers and their new speaker mic and tactical headset offering.
OTTO ENGINEERING
Top Supplier of Headsets, Speaker Mics and Tactical Equipment - OTTO is of the highest quality manufacturers of two-way radio audio accessories you can buy, including two- and three-wire surveillance kits, speaker microphones, heavy equipment operator headsets and law enforcement and military tactical headsets. Extraordinary quality and durability make OTTO one of the top choices for public safety and military customers worldwide.
TACTICAL GATEWAYS AND REPEATERS THAT ARE STILL THE STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY – First introduced to the market 20 years ago, the Incident Commanders Radio Interface (ICRI) continues to be the standard for both tactical repeaters/range extenders and the simplest and best way to bridge radios in the field. Their two-, five, and ten radio form factors in both case- and rack-mount versions offer public safety and emergency management agencies the perfect tool to both extend radio system coverage into tough areas (like basements, caves, mines, transit tunnels, etc.) and provide a simple way to bridge two different radios (like a VHF conventional and a 700/800 digital trunking radio) to support mission-critical communications needs in a fast, reliable manner. Because interoperability should never be “plug-and-pray”.