On 10/23/2014 10:09 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
Activation of EmComm, whether it's called ARES/RACES, ACS,
or otherwise, is at the discretion of the local government's
Emergency Manager - we do not self-activate. If the EM does
not feel that s/he needs our assistance, it's their decision.

And

The usual activation is to serve as a "bridge" between the
PSAP and the responding agencies and/or the Wire Centers (new
name for Central Offices) per pre-prepared arrangements.
Message traffic can be tactical voice or data.

So from just a logistic standpoint, how many amateurs would
have been required to bridge 11 million customers? And where
would they be deployed? The article mentioned this affecting
81 call centers. And how many responding agencies/wire centers
are served by each PSAP? Wouldn't that require at least one
amateur at the PSAP and one more at each served end point?

How rapidly could they be deployed?
Based on the article, I doubt the problem persisted for more
than eight hours. Certainly less than one whole day.

And course, there's the liability issue. Hypothetically, how
many lawyers would be involved if just one amateur dropped the
ball? Or even if they did everything right, and something bad
happened anyway.



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