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Re: Hurricane season starts June 1: Carriers harden networks

  • From: Jared Mauch
  • Date: Tue May 27 18:58:57 2008

On May 27, 2008, at 6:47 PM, Jerry Dixon wrote:

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.


I think there's something else to make note of.

NCS wants to make sure that a number of the ISPs and critical infrastructure operators have WPS/GETS available to the people who rightly need them. If you're not sure, give them a ring and chat with them about what resources you should have at your disposal. If there is a major communication disruption, this may help your operations team communicate.

You can fill out the forms online at gets.ncs.gov

- Jared