How To Communicate During A Disaster
Telecommunication is the transmission of messages, over significant distances, for the purpose of communication. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded drumbeats, lung-blown horns, or sent by loud whistles.
In the modern age of electricity and electronics, telecommunications also includes the use of electrical devices such as telegraphs, telephones, and teletypes, the use of radio and microwave communications, as well as fiber optics and their associated electronics, plus the use of the orbiting satellites and the Internet.
A.N.T.S
relay system is based on the courier system. We relay supplies in
five gallon buckets, called pods, from one person to the next all the way
to the member that needs them.
In the modern age of electricity and electronics, telecommunications also includes the use of electrical devices such as telegraphs, telephones, and teletypes, the use of radio and microwave communications, as well as fiber optics and their associated electronics, plus the use of the orbiting satellites and the Internet.
National Interoperability Field Operations Guide
A reference guide for public safety radio technicians and communications planners.
