Type of Incident |
Situation |
Communication Problem |
CARES Communication |
Historical |
SE NM Similarity |
Wild fires/ petrochemical explosion-fire |
Evacuation/ thousands displaced to hotels & shelters |
Phone lines down/ |
Shelter logistics/ |
Los Alamos/ Mayhill/ |
Ruidoso/ Mayhill/ |
Snow/ice |
Aid required by elderly, ill, & disabled |
Phone lines down/ |
Provide “shadow” communications to volunteer relief agencies and provide backup comm. to government |
Many examples |
Most of |
Tornado/ |
Aid required by injured, elderly, ill, & disabled |
Phone lines down/ |
Shelter logistics/ |
Many examples |
Most of |
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 |
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/ |
Provide “shadow”
communications to searchers/ |
Sangre de Christo/ |
Sacramento/ |
Missing child |
Extensive search |
Cell phones not suitable
for net operation/ |
Provide “shadow”
communications to searchers/ |
Many examples |
Any part of |
Terrorist attack |
Various |
Phone Co. central
office damaged/ |
Shelter logistics/ |
OK City/ |
Populated buildings and towns |