EMC351 - EOC COMM Task Check List

A. Initial Priority:Provide EOC with reliable internal communications between the EOC and essential agencies and departments.

B. Secondary Priority:Provide EOC with links into disaster area for information and response.

Step 1: notify appropriate communications official(s)

Step 2: request appropriate Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) or Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) designated Officer to assist with communications inventory and other tasks; and to staff with reserve personnel as appropriate. If you can't reach that person notify __________________(insert).

Step 3: survey existing systems:

What systems work to serve EOC priority "A"?

phones	Yes / No
fax	Yes / No
cellphones	Yes / No
Satellite system
Base station	Yes / No
Portables	Yes / No
Agency LAN & appropriate software	Yes / No
Radio
Agency HF	Yes / No
Agency VHF/UHF	Yes / No
Agency telecomm. portables or handhelds	Yes / No
ACS/RACES portables and handhelds	Yes / No
Messengers and vehicles	Yes / No

What systems work for EOC priority "B"?

Telephones	Yes / No
Fax	Yes / No
Cellphones	Yes / No
Satellite system
Base station	Yes / No
Portables	Yes / No
Agency LAN & appropriate software	Yes / No
Radio - two-way
Agency and/ or Amateur HF	Yes / No
Agency other	Yes / No
Agency telecomm. portables or handhelds	Yes / No
ACS or RACES portables and handhelds	Yes / No
Emergency Alert System	Yes / No
(other)	Yes / No
Broadcast TV sets on site	Yes / No
Broadcast AM-FM radio	Yes / No
Deployable Units and Teams	Yes / No
Aircraft for radio repeater &/or TV platforms	Yes / No
Trained personnel to deploy to affected areas?	Yes / No
Mobile communications vans	Yes / No

What auxiliary systems can be called on line now?

to serve the EOC? List and include:
broadcast TV monitoring (ACS/RACES)	Yes / No
satellite uplink monitoring	Yes / No
Amateur Radio system monitors	Yes / No
to aid the disaster area if requested/needed:
List......
Mutual aid via ACS or RACES or?
Is Auxiliary Communications Service or RACES activated?
Who?
When?

What systems can be restored within what time?

1. to serve EOC Priority A?
2. to serve Priority B?

Are people available to staff each of the various systems?

1. If not, what reserves will you use?

Obviously this is incomplete, but perhaps it will serve to stimulate thinking for a viable Communications Task Checklist.