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Communications

Create a family communication plan so you can get in touch with family members after a disaster. Give copies of contact information and meeting locations to everyone in your family. Update emergency contact information at work, day care facilities, and schools.

• Out-of-state contact
• Pay phones
• Cell phones
• Ham radios

Have an out-of-state contact for your family members. Long distance lines do not go down from excess calls or phones falling off the hook. These lines will be the first lines returned to service after a disaster.

Pay phones will be in service before residential lines.

Cell phones must use a cell site to connect calls. These cell sites may not be operational after a disaster.

HAM radio is essential during disaster communications. The FCC has lowered the requirements to become a licensed operator. Contact local radio clubs listed in the yellow pages to become a HAM operator.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Amateur Radio Operators
National Association of Amateur Radio Operators
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/emergeency/

American Red Cross
Emergency Contact Cards
http://www.redcross.org/prepare/ECCard.pdf

Centers for Disease Control
Emergency and Risk Communication Training
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/erc/training.asp

Los Angeles Count Office of Emergency Management
Communicate and Recover!
http://lacoa.org/PDF/ESP%2006/Aug%2006.pdf