Hurricane Katrina

1
Hurricane Katrina

• Tony Keithley
• Operations Chief
• Kentucky Division of Emergency Management

2
What telecommunications services were disrupted?
(Wire line/Wireless)

• Mississippi
• Louisiana
• Alabama

3
What was the cause of the disruption?

• Mississippi
• Louisiana
• Alabama

4
Who was effected?

• Mississippi
• Louisiana
• Alabama

5
Adopted measures to enable emergency responders
to communicate

• Cell phone, Nextel, Text Messaging, Wireless Hand
  Held Devices
• Intra-state Mutual Aid
• Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
  Interstate Mutual Aid Resources
• Vendor loaned or donated equipment
• Internet Incident Management and Information
  Sharing Systems
• Satellite Communication Telephone, Two Way
  Radio and Internet/Intranet Reach Back Capability

6
Timeframes in which adopted measures were in
place

• Cell phone, Nextel, Text Messaging, Wireless Hand
  Held Devices
• Intra-state Mutual Aid
• Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
  Interstate Mutual Aid Resources
• Vendor loaned or donated equipment
• Internet Incident Management and Information
  Sharing Systems
• Satellite Communication Telephone, Two Way
  Radio and Internet/Intranet Reach Back Capability

7
Effectiveness of adopted measures

• Cell phone, Nextel, Text Messaging, Wireless Hand
  Held Devices
• Intra-state Mutual Aid
• Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
  Interstate Mutual Aid Resources
• Vendor loaned or donated equipment
• Internet Incident Management and Information
  Sharing Systems
• Satellite Communication Telephone, Two Way
  Radio and Internet/Intranet Reach Back Capability

8
Personnel Logistics

• Shift Rotations
• Accommodations
• Accountability of Personnel

9
Lessons Learned

• Challenges of implementing an effective Emergency
  Preparedness Plan
• Political
• Financial

10
Lessons Learned

• What were determined to be the requirements from
  the following categories
• Operational Requirements
• Specific user needs to perform mission critical
  functions - Equipment
• - Logistical
• Functional Requirements
• Specific communications capabilities necessary to
  fulfill unique operational requirements
• - Radio coverage
• - Data Applications
• - Audio Visual Links, etc.

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Lessons Learned

• What were determined to be the requirements from
  the following categories
• Technical Requirements
• Specific Technical Capabilities necessary to
  fulfill unique operational and functional
  requirements
• - Coordinating Talk Groups
• - Broadcast Alert Notification

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• Tony Keithley
• Operations Chief
• Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
• (O)502-607-1661
• (F)502-607-1614
• E-mail tony.keithley_at_ky.ngb.army.mil