Emergency Communication Plan

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Emergency Communication Plan and Equipment
Requirements for Your Organization
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DRAFT 22 October 2007
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Objectives

• Communicate when local telephone service is
  destroyed via
• Radio Telephone Interface
• OASIS Satellite via California OES or Out of
  State Sister Organization
• Communicate with other Sister Organizations in
  Southern California
• HF / ALE radio (Voice, DATA)
• Communicate with evacuation centers / field sites
• HF / ALE radio

February 1971 Sylmar VA Hospital
Evacuation site Katrina 2005
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Local Area Radio Requirements

• Organizational Public Safety / Police
• Organizational Operations
• Organizational Administration
• Organizational Engineering / Maintenance

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What can happen to Commercial Telecommunications
during a Disaster

• Surviving Telephones and Automation circuits are
  overloaded (LA Riots and 9-11)
• Loss of commercial power places systems on
  emergency power life of 24 to 72 hours. Emergency
  power is depended on fuel and battery life. (LA
  Riots / San Diego Fires)
• Utility poles and equipment buildings damaged or
  destroyed. (LA Riots, Northridge earthquake,
  Hurricane Karina)
• FEMA has the right to seize communication assets.
  (Hurricane Karina)

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Commercial Telecommunication Emergency Priority
of Service

• Interstate circuits first
• Pay phone circuits (Inter-city trunk)
• Land Line circuits (Intra-city)
• Cell phone circuits

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Solution to the loss of regional
telecommunication support

• Back up Telecom systems
• Motorola Radio Telephone Interface (RWI) using
  repeaters
• MT63 via HF radio (VOIP and data)
• Satellite to another out of state Sister
  Organization

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Motorola RWI with Repeaters

• RWI allows for Motorola STX 3000 /5000 series III
  radios to access the commercial telephone system.
• RWI allows for incoming and outgoing calls to a
  specific radio.
• One RWI system is required per phone number.

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Motorola RWI with Repeaters
Radio Telephone Interface (RWI)
RJ-45 connector to phone system
Repeater
Motorola STX 3000 or 5000 Mod III
Distant end
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MT63 via HF radio (VOIP and data)

• MT63 allows computer systems to transmit data on
  multiple radio systems.
• MT63 can be used on HF, FM, Satellite
• Limited to one system per frequency.
• Additional computer terminals will require their
  own MT63 interface.

Note One MT63 system can be comprised of
multiple computers
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MT63 via HF radio (VOIP and data)
HF Radio
HF Radio
NOTE Micom / Mobat has a software product
similar to outlook that works very well with
HF/ALE radios. MT63 can be used with just about
any system
Field Site
Base Operations
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Why HF Radios

• HF Radios can communicate over mountains UHF and
  VHF cant (HF is point to point)
• New ALE technology
• Long range capability 2000 miles
• Access more Emergency support agencies
• More frequencies available in HF
• Greater power capability

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Mutual AidUsing HF radios with out repeaters
Main Facility
Out of State Sister Organization
Sister Organization
Sister Organization
When commercial phone lines are down HF Radio
will allow an organization to coordinate support
among the other distant sister organizations
without the use of repeaters
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Satellite to an out of state Sister organization

• Can link servers together to allow for data and
  VOIP communications
• Can access functioning communication systems
  1500 miles away
• Speed and number of users is depended on band
  width available
• Requires a like system at distant end

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Satellite to an out of stateSister Organization
Number of Subscribers dependent on band width
KU Band satellite transceiver and antenna
Matching KU Band Satellite transceiver and antenna
Main site at disaster location with No outside
communication access
Out of state Sister Organization with outside
communication access
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How do we turn on the distant end if our
communications are down.

• System always on
• Many systems can be left in the always on mode
• Remote radio switch
• Systems can be in the off position and turned on
  using a radio switch activated from the disaster
  site.

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Inter-Operability Solution
Raytheon ACU 2000 Provides interoperability
between RF systems and Automation
Raytheon ACU 1000 Provides interoperability for
different RF equipment
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Inter-Operability Solution
Raytheon ACU 2000
Raytheon ACU 1000
Different radios from local Law
Enforcement local Fire Other Government Agencies
KU Band satellite transceiver and antenna
Host organization Telecom / Automation Gateway
STX 5000 III
MICOM HF Radio
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P-25 Compliant

• Project 25 is a set of standards produced through
  the joint efforts of multiple government and
  private organizations
• Phase one requires radios to operate in 12.5 KHz
  analog, digital or mixed mode
• P25 radios must be capable of interlinking of
  different vendor systems.

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SuggestedNew Equipment Requirements
NOTE Motorola is a very difficult company to do
business with. There are many other very good
equipment manufactures. My organization has a
large amount of Motorola equipment on hand which
is why we elected to continue buying their
equipment.