E E MERGENCY MERGENCY W W IRELESS IRELESS C C OMMUNICATIONS OMMUNICATIONS Bernard Malone III 501-821-7650 [email protected]Representative - Wireless Emergency Response Team (WERT) Technical Manager - Lucent Technologies Mobility Team Member – American Radio Relay League ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel (HSSP) Workshops on Standardization for Emergency Communications and for Citizen Readiness Schaumburg, IL USA December 1, 2004
E MERGENCY W IRELESS C OMMUNICATIONS. ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel (HSSP) Workshops on Standardization for Emergency Communications and for Citizen Readiness Schaumburg, IL USA December 1, 2004. Bernard Malone III - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• No survivors were found • 33 organizations participated • 250+ industry subject matter experts participated• An additional ~500 volunteers staffed the Public Call Center• 5,039 calls received in the WERT Public Call Center• 120 reports of a missing person’s use of a cell phone or pager
from the rubble• 134 Key Learnings• 23 Recommendations
• Mission of the Service Provider Intelligence Sub Team
– provide rapid response database lookup information: associating service provider names, switch addresses, and tandem homing arrangement information with cellular phone numbers
Distribution of Service Provider Percentage of WERT Cases (~4,000)
• The Mission of the Ground Zero Locating Sub Team is to . . .
aid and assist in the location of and communication with trapped survivors who possess a variety of wireless personal equipment. There is a high probability that victims will have access to some sort of wireless device (e.g. phone, pager, FOB, etc.). This provides a unique opportunity for passive remote location and establishing a wireless link for remote communication
• Keep rescue teams from danger by quickly discrediting false reports
• Assuring the public - both here and abroad - that all known technological approaches are being used to listen for any cellular or pager communication being sent
• Documented Key Learnings and Recommendations in the WERT Final Report being studied so that this capability can be enhanced and optimized
• WERT is established as an ongoing capability – can be called on by the NCS or FEMA 7 days/week, 24 hours/day
• Preferred access to public networks by officials• Dedicated emergency networks for First Responders• Inter-working with public networks• Interoperability among agencies’ networks• Amateur Radio support of communications• E911 emergency communications – for victims
Concept: The Rescue NetworkConcept: The Rescue Network
• Some ability to communicate with disaster victims anywhere• GOAL: To communicate with and locate victims• Critical when out of coverage area or surrounding network damage• Effectively ‘Extend’ the reach of wireless network communications• Capabilities may be permanent or temporary• Highly portable, quickly deployable, quickly provision-able• Combination of hardware, software, operating techniques• Network and mobile device
. . . . A voluntary noncommercial communication service, used by qualified persons of any age who are interested in radio technique with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest.
– Regulated by FCC under Communications Act of 1934– License structure – Beginner to Expert
Among it’s Purposes:– Recognition of value in providing emergency communications support– Advancement of the radio art– Expansion of pool of trained operators, technicians, electronics experts– Promotion of International Goodwill
• Over 680,000 Licensed Amateurs in U.S.• Operating privileges from 1.8 Mhz - 24 Ghz• Operate communications networks for fun and community service• Communications volunteers with local Public Safety Organizations• Active:
– When regular communications infrastructure damaged or overloaded– To provide interoperability among agencies– Through coordinated organizations & affiliations
Amateur Radio AffiliationsAmateur Radio Affiliations• National level participation
– Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) FEMA– Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) ARRL
• ARES affiliations– Department of Homeland Security – Citizen Corps– Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)– National Communications System (NCS)– American Red Cross– Salvation Army– National Weather Service– Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
• ARRL SOA with Department of Homeland Security – Citizen Corps
– Raise public awareness as safety resource– Training & accreditation for Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
• Hurricane Isabel -- September 2003• Northeast blackout -- August 2003• Midwest tornadoes -- May 2003• Shuttle Columbia recovery effort -- Feb 2003• Wildfires in Colorado -- June 2002• Tornado in Maryland -- April 2002• Flooding in Kentucky -- March 2002• WTC & Pentagon terrorist attacks - Sep 2001• Storm Allison Flooding in TX & LA - Jun 2001• Earthquake in India -- January 2001• Earthquake in El Salvador -- January 2001• Ice storms in Southwest -- December 2000• Tornado in Alabama -- December 2000• Avalanche in Alaska -- March 2000
• Fires in Los Alamos, New Mexico -- May 2000• Hurricane Floyd -- September 1999• Tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas -- May 1999• Colombian Earthquake -- January 1999• Tornadoes in Arkansas and Tennessee -- Jan 1999• Hurricane Mitch in Central America -- Nov 1998• Flooding in Texas -- October 1998• Hurricane Georges -- September 1998• Tornadoes in Florida -- February 1998• "500-Year Flood," N.D. & Minn. - April 1997• Western U.S. floods - January 1997• Hurricane Fran - September 1996• TWA plane crash - July 1996• Oklahoma City Bombing - April 1995