EMC351 EOC COMM Task Check List
To:   Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
To:   Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio
By:   Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the
      California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

EMC351 EOC COMM Task Check List      Release 7/22/02

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"?
   a. phones                                         Yes No
   b. fax                                            Yes No
   c. cellphones                                     Yes No
   d. Satellite system
     1. Base station                                 Yes No
     2. Portables                                    Yes No
   e. Agency LAN & appropriate software              Yes No
   f. Radio
     1. Agency HF                                    Yes No
     2. Agency VHF/UHF                               Yes No
     3. Agency telecomm. portables or handhelds      Yes No
     4. ACS/RACES portables and handhelds            Yes No
   g. Messengers and vehicles                        Yes No

What systems work for EOC priority "B"?
   a. Telephones                                     Yes No
   b. Fax                                            Yes No
   c. Cellphones                                     Yes No
   d. Satellite system
     1. Base station                                 Yes No
     2. Portables                                    Yes No
   e. Agency LAN & appropriate software              Yes No
   f. Radio - two-way
     I. Agency and/ or Amateur HF                    Yes No
     2. Agency other                                 Yes No
     3. Agency telecomm. portables or handhelds      Yes No
     4. ACS or RACES portables and handhelds         Yes No
     5. Emergency Alert System                       Yes No
     6. (other)                                      Yes No
   g. Broadcast TV sets on site                      Yes No
   h. Broadcast AM-FM radio                          Yes No
   I. Deployable Units and Teams                     Yes No
   j. Aircraft for radio repeater &/or TV platforms  Yes No
   k. Trained personnel to deploy to affected areas? Yes No
   1. Mobile communications vans                     Yes No

What auxiliary systems can be called on line now?
   a. to serve the EOC? List and include:
      1. broadcast TV monitoring (ACS/RACES)         Yes No
      2. satellite uplink monitoring                 Yes No
      3. Amateur Radio system monitors               Yes No

   b. to aid the disaster area _if requested/needed_:
      List......
      Mutual aid via ACS or RACES or?

   c. Is Auxiliary Communications Service or RACES activated?
      Who? 
      When?

What systems can be restored within what time?
   a. to serve EOC Priority A?
   b. to serve Priority B?

Are people available to staff each of the various systems?

   a. 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.
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