Emergency Communications
Curated resources and links
| Resource Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ALERTWildfire | ALERTWildfire is a consortium of The University of Nevada, Reno, University of California San Diego, and the University of Oregon providing fire cameras and tools to help firefighters and first responders: Discover, locate, and confirm fire ignition. Quickly scale fire resources up or down. Monitor fire behavior during containment. Help evacuations through enhanced situational awareness. Observe contained fires for flare-ups. |
| NVIS - The Ultimate Fallback Emcomm Resource | Near-Vertical Incidence Skywave A method of regional communication that does not rely on infrastructure, is immune to terrain and other obstructions and supports multiple simultaneous, independent users |
| Radio communication via Near Vertical Incidence Skywave propagation: an overview | Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) propagation can be used for radio communication in a large area (200 km radius) without any intermediate man-made infrastructure. It is therefore especially suited for disaster relief communication, communication in developing regions and applications where independence of local infrastructure is desired, such as military applications. NVIS communication uses frequencies between approximately 3 and 10 MHz. A comprehensive overview of NVIS research is given, covering propagation, antennas, diversity, modulation and coding. Both the bigger picture and the important details are given, as well as the relation between them. |
| SFFD Neighborhood Emergency Response Team | The Emergency Response Plan (ERP) for San Francisco defines three levels of emergency activation for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) that correspond with the event’s need for field response. Activation levels and procedures are scalable based on the changing needs of an event. |