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Emergency Communications in the Public Domain. By Dr. Eamon P. Doherty Fairleigh Dickinson University doherty@fdu.edu. Free Emergency Data and Voice Communications .
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Emergency Communications in the Public Domain By Dr. Eamon P. Doherty Fairleigh Dickinson University doherty@fdu.edu
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.
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?siteSection=3&id=32995
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
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/
Used at Katrina to provide emergency medical communication http://www.aeanet.org/aeacouncils/Unisys.asp