Emergency Information Management and Telecommunications - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 78 p.): PART 2: EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS (1 hour and 30 minutes): 43. Strategic (worldwide) telecommunications systems

Emergency Information Management and Telecommunications - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 78 p.)

PART 2: EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS (1 hour and 30 minutes)

		(introduction...)
		36. Part 2 Learning Objectives: Emergency telecommunications
		37. Emergency telecommunications
		38. Major emergency telecommunications management concerns
		39. Typical political/organizational concerns
		40. Possible solutions to political/organizational concerns
		41. Equipment/infrastructure concerns
		42. Emergency telecommunications technologies
		43. Strategic (worldwide) telecommunications systems
		44. Tactical (short-range or local) telecommunications systems
		45. UN/DHA On-Site Operations Co-ordination Center Network
		46. UN/DHA OSOCC Network: Capital - Site Links
		47. Summary

43. Strategic (worldwide) telecommunications systems

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Note briefly the various options in emergency strategic telecommunications systems. Ask the participants which factors influence a manager's choice of strategic emergency system and list these on a flip chart (cost, local availability of technical expertise, donor will, etc.) Ask them which systems they have found useful during emergencies and what the advantages and disadvantages were of those particular systems.

Satellite telecommunications systems

· Inmarsat standard A, B, C, or M
· Leo satellite with HF radio uplinks

HF (high frequency)
radio telecommunications systems

· HF radio - shortwave voice
· HF data
· Marine and aeronautical radio
· Amateur (ham) radio service
· Internet