I have probably done this several times before - but lets do it again Thinking about the Boston Marathon
1. we have to assume that the day to day comm systems are sufficient to handle the regular day to day comms 2. many extra people will be in the area to enjoy the race - public safety needs are greater than usual 3. it is much too late to do any major changes (or minor changes even) to the radio infrastructure 4. the only extra comm path that will be Marathon centric will be 1 talkgroup on the State TRs for town to town command post communications 5. each town or city will have 1 marathon command post - each marathon command post will have at least 1 portable radio on the Marathon centric talkgroup (actually - any hardened comms path is good - the bottom line is - this is the most critical link in the entire Marathon comms scheme) before this turns into a huge book - lets just say - there are no extra channels available to handle a large disaster - or - if the channels are installed in radios, no one ever uses them - so they wont get used if a disaster hits - just like the MEMA report said THEREFORE - all the communications expertise has to be aimed at keeping the one Marathon centric comm path in operation - so that all of the marathon command posts can stay in touch with each other Let me finish with questions. 1. What channels will the National Guard use? 2. What channels will the feds use? 3. What channels will SWAT and EOD use? 4. Can the FedComm channels be used? Are they of any value? 5. How can MEMA, MSP, State EPA, State DOT, Turnpike, media helos, SWAT helos, medevac helos, etc all talk to each other? THEY CANNOT - aint gonna happen - it never does - it never will - we are all doomed 6. How will a Natl Guard guy talk to an ambulance? FAWGETABOUTIT 7. How will a EOD guy talk to a Red Cross guy? FAWGETABOUTIT Maybe they think that they will give everyone portable radios on the State TRS. That oughta be fun. Bonk city baby. OK - I feel better now. ....... not really -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
