Citizen band channel 9 still actively used for emergency's

[EMTIsee]

We all remember the "CB" days, lost but not forgotten. Something Interesting I found in my area, the channel 9 is still watched by response teams 24/7. This blew me away I thought "CB" radio was dead. As it turns out do to the interstate being so close they still have an active team listing to the channel. I know the FCC still has laws in place for channel 9, but I never thought they still apply. Being the laws are over 40 years old.

 

[Chimpie]

Sounds like a REACT team. With the current state of cell phones I thought Channel 9 would be long gone.

 

[johnrsemt]

Lots of area's that do not have cell coverage (no matter what the provider maps say) including interstates

 

[EMDispatch]

State Police and Highway patrol in in just about every state I'm aware of will monitor CB 9. I've never seen a local comm center or agency that does it though.

 

[TimRaven]

Don't long distance trucks still carry CB?
I also heard that some National Parks/Forest monitor Ham repeaters.