Emergency Communications in the Public Domain

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Emergency Communications in the Public Domain

• By
• Dr. Eamon P. Doherty
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• doherty_at_fdu.edu

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Free Emergency Data and Voice Communications

• There are a variety of organizations that
  provide limited service regarding emergency data
  and voice communications without cost to local
  and state governments in New Jersey.

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Emergency Service OrganizationsRACES Radio
Amateur Civil Emergency Service
http//www.races.net/

• Recently the State of New Jersey, Office of
  Emergency Management, in conjunction with the New
  Jersey State Police conducted a Simulated
  Emergency Test, SET.
• This exercise had amateur radio operators at
  their local Emergency Operation Centers (EOC),
  sending simulated emergency messages through the
  State of New Jersey.
• http//www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSec
  tion3id32995

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Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES

• ARES and RACES work together with FEMA. ARES is
  part of the SKYWARN system too
• http//www.qsl.net/n3xgr/

A Middletown NJ, RACES group
http//www.n2pvp.com/mtoem/mtraces.htm
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Military Amateur Radio Servicehttp//www.ares.org
/groups/mars/index.htm

• The Mission of the MARS system is to
• 1. Provide auxiliary communications for
  military, federal and local disaster management
  officials during periods of emergency or while
  conducting drills in emergency procedures.
• 2. Assist in effecting normal communications
  under emergency conditions.
• http//navymars.org/

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Used at Katrina to provide emergency medical
communication http//www.aeanet.org/aeacouncils/U
nisys.asp