Types Of Potential Emergencies

Type of Incident	Situation	Communication Problem	CARES Communication Capability	Historical Example	SE NM Similarity
Wild fires/ petrochemical explosion-fire	Evacuation/ thousands displaced to hotels & shelters	Phone lines down/ power lines down/ cell phone system overloaded/ government communication circuits allocated to fighting the fires and to responding to public safety situations/ cell phones not suitable for net operation	Shelter logistics/ health & welfare comm./ transport dispatch/ relief agency support/ government communication backup/ HF communication to areas not reachable by VHF, UHF or cell phone	Los Alamos/ Mayhill/ Show Low/ Texas City	Ruidoso/ Cloudcroft/ Mayhill/ Artesia
Snow/ice	Aid required by elderly, ill, & disabled	Phone lines down/ power lines down/ transportation disrupted/ many of those isolated do not own cell phones/ cell phones not suitable for net operation	Provide “shadow” communications to volunteer relief agencies and provide backup comm. to government	Many examples	Most of SE NM
Tornado/ flash flood	Aid required by injured, elderly, ill, & disabled	Phone lines down/ cell phone system overloaded/ government communication circuits allocated to responding to public safety situations/ cell phones not suitable for net operation	Shelter logistics/ health & welfare comm./ transport dispatch/ relief agency support/ government communication backup/ Provide “shadow” communications to volunteer relief agencies	Many examples	Most of SE NM
Power failure or telephone system failure	Aid required by elderly, ill, & disabled	Many of those isolated do not own cell phones/cell phones not suitable for net operation	Provide “shadow” communications to volunteer relief agencies and provide backup comm. to government	Many examples -- usually of relatively short duration	All of SE NM
Lost/stranded person	Wide area search & rescue	Cell phones not suitable for net operation/searchers may not own or may not wish to pay the charges for cell phones/ VHF, UHF, & cell phones may not work in certain isolated areas	Provide “shadow” communications to searchers/ provide APRS base station with computer generated mapping data/ HF comm. in areas not reachable by VHF, UHF or cell phone	Sangre de Christo/ Sandia/ Gila/ Sacramento/ White Sands	Sacramento/ Guadalupe/ Mescalero Sands/ Pecos River
Missing child	Extensive search	Cell phones not suitable for net operation/ searchers may not own or may not wish to pay the charges for cell phones	Provide “shadow” communications to searchers/ provide APRS base station with computer generated mapping data	Many examples	Any part of SE NM
Terrorist attack	Various	Phone Co. central office damaged/ microwave towers destroyed/ power lines destroyed/ cell phone system overloaded/ government communication circuits allocated to responding to public safety situations/ cell phones not suitable for net operation/internet disrupted	Shelter logistics/ health & welfare comm/ transport dispatch/ relief agency support/ Provide “shadow” communications to volunteer relief agencies/ provide backup comm. to government	OK City/ NY City	Populated buildings and towns