The SCHEART System was established to support communications between South Carolina Healthcare facilities and County/State Emergency Management organizations. These organizations will always have priority for use of the System. Organizations which are supporting communications in the interest of public safety may be allowed to use individual repeaters to support a specific mission, like the Charleston or Aiken bike rides, if prior authorization is given. Communication for these events provide training opportunities and help assist public safety agencies in safe movement of participants. Requests for use of a repeater for nets not directly supporting emergency operations will not be approved.
Statewide nets other than the Thursday Healthcare and the Sunday ARES nets are not allowed. When the state ARES/RACES tactical guide was developed, counties were told not to select any of the SCHEART linking repeaters for their local nets. This was to ensure there would not be a conflict when the state needed link the repeater to the statewide system which would conflict with any local traffic.
If there are any questions about the Policy or for requests, use the Contact Form.