Emergency Comm Planning

" Likewise, volunteer organizations such as auxiliary communications volunteers play key roles in

emergency communications and preparedness. Volunteer emergency communications operators and

groups using amateur radio have been providing backup communications to event planners, public

safety officials, and emergency managers at all levels of government for nearly 100 years. Often,

amateur radio services have been used when other forms of communications have failed or have been

disrupted. Today, nearly all the states and territories have incorporated some level of participation by

amateur radio auxiliary communication operators into their Tactical Interoperable Communications

Plans and Statewide Communication Interoperability Plans, allowing them to quickly integrate the

operators into response efforts, which can strengthen communications and operations during incidents

and planned events of any scale. "