Specifications

Chapter 12
Vehicle tracking
Introduction
Vehicle tracking procedures are to be carried out with all UN vehicles traveling
outside cities, and/or towns, in any given country or region.
Vehicle tracking allows the whereabouts, safety and/or security of vehicles and their
passengers to be known at all times by responsible authorities via the radio rooms.
Equipment and staff requirements
• Each vehicle is to have an operational HF and VHF radio installed, which
forms part of the MOSS requirement and security phase for any particular
area.
• Both drivers and passengers are to have a good knowledge of radio
procedures, callsigns and selcall procedures, monitoring frequencies and
calling channels/frequencies for respective areas.
• Updated contact details, extracts from radio manuals and a tracking point map
(if applicable) should be made available in hardcopy in each vehicle.
• When driving the vehicles, it is not the drivers’ responsibility to operate the
radio. The convoy leader is to assume the responsibility of making contact
with the tracking radio room.
Tracking requirements
• All UN vehicles traveling outside the perimeters of the city/town/area are
tracked to the destination location (with approved security clearances).
• The radio room performing the tracking for a certain vehicle is called the
‘Tracking base’, which is usually the departure location.
• The tracking base is to inform the destination radio room of the vehicle
departure time.
• For long trips (with multiple departure points), if a departure point does not
have a radio room, the initial tracking base is to maintain the responsibility of
tracking the vehicle until responsibilities have been handed over to the
destination radio room.
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