Emergency Communication Plan and Equipment Requirements for Your Organization DRAFT 22 October 2007 Clip art images are a place holder for a photo of your organization

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

Local Area Radio Requirements Organizational Public Safety / Police Organizational Operations Organizational Administration Organizational Engineering / Maintenance

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)

Commercial Telecommunication Emergency Priority of Service Interstate circuits first Pay phone circuits (Inter-city trunk) Land Line circuits (Intra-city) Cell phone circuits

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

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.

Motorola RWI with Repeaters Motorola STX 3000 or 5000 Mod III Repeater Radio Telephone Interface (RWI) RJ-45 connector to phone system Distant end

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

MT63 via HF radio (VOIP and data) Field Site Base Operations 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

Why HF Radios HF Radios can communicate over mountains UHF and VHF can’t (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

Mutual Aid Using HF radios with out repeaters Main Facility Out of State 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 Sister Organization

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

Satellite to an out of state Sister Organization Main site at disaster location with No outside communication access Out of state Sister Organization with outside communication access Number of Subscribers dependent on band width KU Band satellite transceiver and antenna Matching KU Band Satellite transceiver and antenna

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.

Inter-Operability Solution Raytheon ACU 1000 Provides interoperability for different RF equipment Raytheon ACU 2000 Provides interoperability between RF systems and Automation

Inter-Operability Solution Raytheon ACU 1000 Raytheon ACU 2000 KU Band satellite transceiver and antenna MICOM HF Radio STX 5000 III Host organization Telecom / Automation Gateway Different radios from local Law Enforcement local Fire Other Government Agencies

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.

Suggested New Equipment Requirements Equipment typeManufacturerModelProjected QTY HF base station w/ALE and USB portMICOMRM5004 HF Mobile w/ALE and USB portMICOMRM5005 Another high quality HF / ALE system is HarrisHarrisonly military models available? RepeaterMotorola or TaitQuantar or TB Radio Telephone Interface PatchZetronModel 30 Worldpatch10 Radio Telephone InterfaceMotorola or JPSAstro DIU 3000 / RTU Hand held with key pad Up-gradeMotorolaSTX 5000 mod I up-grade to mod III30 Hand held with key padMotorolaSTX 3000 / 5000 mod III30 Programming unit for handheld radios Equipment dependant 1 Satellite TransceiverComtechKST Satellite Telecom network interfaceTaitTN21002 MT-63NMARS 10 InteroperabilityJPSACU InteroperabilityJPSACU InteroperabilityJPSACU-T (for special security Ops)1 Antennas Various TBA 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.