Recent developments in emergency telecommunications

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2005 - 2nd International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 327-334

  Zimmermann, Hans ^a  

^a CEASA IARU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Early Warning; Emergency; Mitigation; Response; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION; EARLY WARNING; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE; MITIGATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; RESPONSE; TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84905562350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (25)

1. Webster's College Dictionary New York, 1995
2. Terrestrial Trunked Radio, http://www.tetramou.com/
3. TETRAPOL, http://www.tetrapol.com/www/general/index.php
4. Project MESA, for details http://www.projectmesa.org/refers
5. Recommendation 12 of the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-2002, Istanbul 2002), Consideration of disaster telecommunications needs in telecommunication development activities, available at http://www.itu.int/ ITU-D/isap/WTDC-02FinalReport/Section4/Recommendations/Rec012.pdf
6. For examples of this work http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/index. htmlrefers
7. For details, http://www.ceasa-int.orgrefers
8. For detailed coverage maps, http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/ index.shtmlrefers.
9. http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou-th.shtml
10. http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou-lk.shtml
11. Telecommunications sans frontiers, information available at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tsfi/html-e/e-en-savoir-plus-presentation.html
12. One example is the "Ericsson Response" and "First on the Ground" initiative of Ericsson, Sweden, details at http://www.ericsson.com/ about/ericssonresponse/description/volunteers.shtml
13. Text and Commentaries are available at http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms/ tampere/index.html
14. United Nations, Depositary Notification C.N.1253.2004 of 13 December 2004 available as http://untreaty.un.org/English/CNs/2004/1201-1300/1253e.doc
15. The Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications (WGET), an inter-agency mechanism of providers of humanitarian assistance, is presently trying to negotiate an acceptance of common standards by at least two major suppliers of short wave radio equipment Information on the work of the WGET is available at http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms/intro/wget.html
16. For details on VSAT technology, The Global VSAT Forum web page http://www.gvf.org/refers
17. For details on the role of the amateur radio service in emergency situations, www.iaru.org/emergencyrefers.
18. One example is the situation in the USA, where the national amateur radio association American Radio Relay League (ARRL) maintains close links with national authorities. The efforts of the ARRL emergency telecommunications program has just again been recognised by a government grant for its further development. For details, http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/09/08/100/?nc= 1refers
19. Radio Regulations, Article 25.9A
20. Radio Regulations, Article 25.3 2)
21. Recommendation ITU-D 13, Effective utilization of the amateur services in disaster mitigation and relief operations, revisions introduced in ITU-D Study Group 2, September 2004
22. For details http://www.iaru.orgrefers
23. for details see for example http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/01/07/ 7/?nc=1
24. Handbook on Disaster Communications, ITU, Geneva, first edition 2001, available through ITU Publications, http://www.itu.int/publications/index.html
25. The second edition will be made available at nominal cost to developing countries and humanitarian organizations, for details http://ecs.itu.ch/cgi-bin/ ebookshop/refers.