Emergency Scenario Timeline

| I. Assumptions | II. Small Equipment Support Suite Makeup | III. Timeline | IV. Notes |


Below is an outline of the assumptions we have made in planning for disaster relief needs as well as projected equipment needs. We then outline an action plan, starting 12 months before disaster hits.

I. Assumptions:

  1. CONUS disaster of Katrina or 7.0 or higher earthquake or 9/11 terrorist magnitude catastrophic event.
  2. Active duty team deployment with Title 10 considerations addressed to point of proper authorization for active duty personnel deployment
  3. Disaster zone has no power, no comms of any kind within 100 miles, no surviving roads into area, and no nearby large airfield lift capability (helo airlift assumed).
  4. Disaster zone has no fossil fuel access.
  5. Disaster zone has no water, personnel shelter, or sanitary equipment (showers, heads, etc).
  6. All necessary equipment is on hand staged for 4 hour deployment by qualified personnel.
  7. Force protection of deployed personnel will be provided by either NGB or authorized Title 10 uniformed personnel.
  8. Timeline below assumes that a rapid response 3-5 person "flyaway" team deploys in first 4-36 hours to establish immediate SATCOM, WiFi and push-to-talk radio communications capability with global reach.
  9. Flyaway team to be augmented by 3-5 additional personnel after 36 hour point with add‘l comms equipment, fuel, shelter, water, food, sanitary health/comfort capability, etc.
  10. Deployable personnel are all uniformed or a team of uniformed personnel and/or civilian contractor personnel with proper access credentials and clearances.
  11. Comms required at unclassified, NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and JWCS levels - voice and data.
  12. Equipment suites include a "small", a "medium" and a "large" wireless cloud capability.

II. Small Equipment Support Suite Makeup:

The following support equipment is required for Advance Team (ADVON) and for initial deployable team.

A command vehicle or equivalent transit case suite is required for overall program management and task coordination with the following list of ideal components/capabilities:

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III. Timeline: ("T" represents the time of catastrophic event):

| T - 12 months | T - 6 months | T - 96 hours | T - 24 hours | T + 4 hours | T + 48 hours | T + 72 hours | T + 7 days | T + 14 days |

T - 12 months:

  1. All necessary equipment acquired for 2-4 week deployment that can create a fully self-contained Internet connected wireless cloud for a 20 by 20 mile area.
  2. All necessary support contracts are in place for satellite Internet service (VSAT and satphone), remote trouble desk support, ground transport or heavy airlift capacity (helo/fixed wing), fuel, water, shelter, food, etc.
    1. NORTHCOM should place IDIQ contracts that National Guards, state/local folks can buy off on to verify that they will have assurance of interoperability. Contracts should have aggressive tech refresh capabilities.
  3. Preparations, testing, training, and similar deployment arrangements should be made for at least two deployable Network Operations Centers such as the Deployable Joint Command & Control Center (DJC2) or equivalent and these NOCs should be remote disaster zone management capable (aka SNMP capable), should be set up near to but outside the disaster zone, should have call-center capability, should be optested and integrated into the training, and part of the equipment refresh schedule of the deployable disaster zone equipment suites.

T - 6 months:

  1. All deployable personnel are fully trained to deploy and operate all equipment.
  2. All equipment and personnel are co-staged in key locations around the country (east coast, west coast north and south, gulf states east and west).
  3. Pre-catastrophic event CONOPS fully developed and used as basis for regular training of deployable personnel.
  4. Training exercises (equipment and personnel) with frequency as appropriate

T - 96 hours (assuming hurricane-type event with pre-event warning):

  1. Deployable team mobilized for hot standby for 4 hour deployment notice.
  2. All equipment optested and loaded on airlift platform (helo, vehicle, fixed wing) and ready to launch.

T - 24 hours:

  1. Teams and equipment launch, travel, and stage near expected disaster zone.
  2. All equipment re-optested after transport and prepared for field deployment.
  3. Deploy Advanced Team (ADVON) to site survey area (if applicable) for suitable location to set up infrastructure and to coordinate with local emergency responders

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T + 4 hours:

  1. Small 3-5 Person Local WiFi/SATCOM Comms Equipment Suite (all cases <50 pounds and airline luggage checkable)
  2. Basic VSAT terminal with at least 2 mbps/2mbps Internet access capability
  3. Ten client, 100 meter, non-meshed WiFi cloud capable equipment (such as Hughes 9201 BGAN unit)
  4. Portable fossil fuel or solar generator capability (1-3 KW)
  5. LMRoIP and VoIP capable equipment
  6. Basic IP router with Cisco Call Manager or equivalent VoIP software
  7. NIPRNET, SIPRNET, JWCS capable voice and data equipment with proper keymat and cleared personnel
  8. Quantity 5 each, UHF, VHF, FRS, 800 Mhz radio handsets
  9. Integrated push-to-talk radio transceiver suite
  10. Eight laptops
  11. Tents, food, water for 72-96 hours
  12. Set up all gear, shelter, power
  13. Establish initial voice and data comms and Internet reachback through TCP/IP to remote coordinating facility
  14. Establish communications and coordinate all activities with nearest military and government Emergency Operation Facility personnel

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T + 48 hours:

Deploy and set up medium 8-10 Person Local WiFi/WiMAX/SATCOM Comms Equipment Suite (airlift capable packaging):

  1. Helo lift or drivable fully self-contained command vehicle (SUV or equivalent)
  2. Quantity 3-6 VSAT satellite communications terminals with at least 2X2 mbps service
  3. LMRoIP and VoIP capable equipment
  4. WiMAX equipment suite capable of five 3-hop, 150 mile broadband terrestrial reach links - capable of reachback to nearest surviving copper/fiber telecom infrastructure and/or to hub-spoke expansion via WiMAX of the WiFi clouds
  5. Coordinate with NORTHCOM Spectrum Management Office for cellular, push-to-talk radio, WiFi and WiMAX deployment to ensure compliance and matching to spectrum availability - whether military, government, or unlicensed spectrum.
  6. Quantity 10 meshed WiFi Access Points to create a 1-2 mile meshed WiFi cloud
  7. NIPRNET, SIPRNET, JWCS capable voice and data equipment with proper keymat and cleared personnel
  8. Fully functional transit case based Cellular On Wheels (COW) system and required antennas
  9. Assortment of 15-20 COW compatible cellular handsets
  10. 15-20 laptops
  11. 150 KW fossil-fuel power generation capability - three 50-watt generators (assumes fuel available)
  12. Secure fax/voice telephony equipment suite
  13. Tents, food, water for 7-14 days

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T + 72 hours:

Deploy large 20-25 person regional WiFi/WiMAX/SATCOM Comms Equipment Suite (airlift capable packaging) to expand wireless capabilities for city-wide deployment:

  1. Helo lift or drivable fully self-contained large command vehicle (Tractor Trailer or equivalent)
  2. LMRoIP and VoIP capable equipment
  3. WiMAX equipment suite capable of five 3-hop, 150 mile broadband terrestrial reach links - capable of reachback to nearest surviving copper/fiber telecom infrastructure and/or to hub-spoke expansion via WiMAX of the WiFi clouds
  4. Quantity 300 meshed WiFi Access Points to create a 10-20 mile meshed WiFi cloud
  5. Quantity 6-10 VSAT satellite communications terminals with at least 2X2 mbps service
  6. Quantity 3-6 VSAT satellite communications terminals with at least 10-10 mbps service
  7. NIPRNET, SIPRNET, JWCS capable voice and data equipment with proper keymat and cleared personnel
  8. Multiple instances of a fully functional truck based Cellular On Wheels (COW) or equivalent system and required antennas
  9. Assortment of 30-40 COW compatible cellular handsets
  10. 30-40 laptops
  11. 150 KW fossil-fuel power generation capability - three 50-watt generators (assumes fuel available)
  12. Secure fax/voice telephony equipment suite
  13. Tents, food, water for 3-4 weeks

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T + 7 days:

  1. Deploy additional personnel and equipment as disaster scale and on the ground requirements dictate.
  2. Execute IDIQ contracts for food, water, fuel, shelter as necessary for expansion.

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T + 14 days:

  1. Rotate fresh personnel and/or deploy additional personnel and equipment as disaster scale and on the ground requirements dictate.
  2. Execute IDIQ contracts for food, water, fuel, shelter as necessary for expansion.

IV. Notes:

  1. Equipment suites, personnel counts, expansion area recommendations, etc, are based on Study Team experiences in recent major CONUS and international large scale catastrophic disaster events.
  2. Consideration should be made for relocating staged equipment, NOCs, etc, in the case of a catastrophe near initial staging area, to allow for surging equipment back into disaster area from a safe location.
  3. Recommend combination of military and commercial satellite services (all types) as overload on both sources is likely in a major catastrophic event.
  4. It is our opinion that a combination of military/guard personnel and industry partners (partners who’s equipment is in the field) be considered for all deployments, as industry support in the field can be critical for overall deployment success.

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