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Emergency
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Emergency communications involves multiple phases, individuals, and purposes. They include emergency alerts, requests for assistance (911 & PSAPs), and coordination among responders. Emergency communications involves priority service, reliability, service restoration, and information collection, aggregation, and dissemination.

Examples of major emergency communications events have included Katrina and 9/11.

Related issues include network reliability and assessment of the network's status.

FCC 911 Image (Public Domain)

Preparation

Event Detection

  • Use of Internet for remote sensing / observation

Contingency Planning

  • Data backup

Notice of Emergency Event

During Event

Notice / First Hand Accounts

First Responder Communications

Recovery

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  • Telemedicine
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    • Fundraising
  • Missing Persons / Find Me / I am Alive Services
  • Emotional Recovery / Community

Communications Restoration

Interoperability

Legislation

Federal Activity

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Releases Report On Commission's Preparedness For A Major Public Emergency. News Release. News Media Contact: Jen Howard at (202) 418-0506, email: Jen.Howard@fcc.gov or Robert Kenny at (202) 418-2668, email: Robert.Kenny@fcc.gov PSHSB OCH TXT

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