COS CTLR CONCERNED WITH INTERFAC ARPT EMER COORD CAPABILITIES.

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SHORTLY AFTER DEP; THE F18 DECLARED AN EMER HAVING LOST ALL PRIMARY FLT INSTS. THE ARPT EMER PHONE SYS WAS ACTIVATED TO ADVISE ARFF PERSONNEL. THE EMER PHONE SYS RINGS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS; ONE OR MORE OF WHICH WENT UNANSWERED FOR THE DURATION OF THE CALL; MAKING COM OF THE EMER SIT VERY DIFFICULT AND TIME CONSUMING. THIS PROB HAS BEEN ONGOING AND HAS BEEN RPTED TO THE FAA AND PETERSON AFB PERSONNEL NUMEROUS TIMES. TO DATE; THE PROB REMAINS UNRESOLVED IN SPITE OF THE ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED 2 UCR'S HAVE BEEN FILED IN 2 YRS; IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE EXISTING COM EQUIP PROB. THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING PETERSON AFB TO CITY CTL. THE PRINCIPAL EQUIP PROB WAS AN OVERRIDING; AUDIBLE INTERFERENCE RINGS AS COORD WAS BEING CONDUCTED WITH OTHER EMER CREWS WHO ANSWERED THEIR CALL RINGS. THE RPTR ADVISED THAT THIS OLD SYS WAS TAKEN OTS RECENTLY AND THE TWR WAS PROVIDED A SPD DIAL TELCO DROP TO CFR AND AN FM TRANSCEIVER WAS PROVIDED TO FURTHER COORD WITH OTHER MILFAC'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CFR. ALL CFR RESPONSE IS CURRENTLY ASSUMED BY THE MIL.