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Jared nailed it on the head. It is absolutely critical to get to know who your State JFO POC is, State EOC POC, and have the National Communication Systems Hotline on speed dial or at least in your cell. They can help facilitate needs such as getting human resources from your company or mutual aide in to help with a crisis (credentialing issues), fuel trucks, and other supplies as needed. Also you might want to check to see if your company has a govt. affairs person within your organization who might all ready have a lot of this info and the contacts to assist. Based on experience, they've also been extremely helpful to have those POC's on speed dial in case your company needs to get flight clearance to survey damage if you have an extensive amount of lines in an affected area. If you have the opportunity to participate in preparedness exercise with DHS I'd highly recommend it as you'll develop some of those essential relationships plus get plugged into your local Infragard folks too. You can never have enough paths for getting assistance when you needed it. Jerry [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Jared Mauch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:35 PM To: Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hurricane season starts June 1: Carriers harden networks On May 27, 2008, at 6:09 PM, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: >> >> >>> >>> The official spokespeople don't mention it, but there is also a >>> tendency >>> for local officials to divert fuel delivery trucks for their use >>> instead >>> of maintaining communication facilities. >>> >> >> Perhaps a company will get in the business of labeling trucks that >> normally say fuel to something like "spoiled milk" during such events >> and specialize in refueling certain customers. ;) >> >> I *think* I'm kidding. >> > After we went down at Telehouse 25 Broadway during 9/11 because the > National Guard halted one of the deliveries... I'm open to just > about any > suggestions incase of another incident. Maybe "Firefighting Foam > Refill > Truck" would be better. Or just "HAZMAT CLEANUP". You need to make sure you know how to get the DOT waivers (in advance) for fuel deliveries and other deliveries. Knowing which FEMA region you are in and where the JFO and how to properly coordinate with them may help avoid these types of problems. It may take some time to sort through the issues, but it may help to review the NRF, and know what the government means when they say NOC or NICC. http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nims/jfo_sop.pdf May be a good place to read up on things, as well as what your role may be under ESF #2 or other NS/EP roles. It's not exactly the most enjoyable reading in the world, but it may provide some insight into what is going on.
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