A Short Note On Response Network ( Warn ) Act

Regardless of the fact that the Deaf and Hard of Hearing are at a disadvantage when it coms to receiving weather warning notices, things in their own home can be done to prevent any accidents from happening. There are two options for a Deaf or Hard of Hearing person when it comes to smoke alarms and

In February 2016, a public safety repeater was introduced to support a common nation wide public safety broadband network (Good, 2017). This public safety broadband network will be installed in buildings to improve communication between first responders and must remain separate from any commercial networks in the building (Good, 2017). This is extremely important step to ensure first responder communications are not competing for bandwidth with commercial users, thus increasing the likelihood of communications working during a

Net’s Solution – A provider may find communicating with someone who is hearing impaired very difficult to deal with at times. Although,

In an attempt to acquaint readers with the Indiana Amber Alert System’s technology, this report will review its source, users, funding and relationship with the Emergency Alert System, sometimes called the Emergency Broadcast System. History and criteria of the system will be examined, as well as collaboration, sharing and program funding. Local information will be discussed from the perspective of an area law enforcement officer. Statewide information will be touched upon from the perspective of the director of the Indiana Amber Alert Clearinghouse in Indianapolis.

Technological advances during the last fifty years of human history have given billions of people instant access to unprecedented communication methods. Individuals are no longer limited to letter writing and sending telegrams to convey a verbal message. E-mails, text messaging, video chat, instant messenger, and various social media outlets are all platforms for human communication in the modern world. One of the most significant communication devices to surface from the technological serge is the cellular telephone. Every individual with a cell phone has the ability to call any person, place, or agency at anytime as long as the individual is within the service provider's coverage area. The prevalence of cell phone owners has increased the use of cell phones in public places, such as schools, restaurants, and theaters, and their use in public is associated with both positive and negative implications. Some argue cell phones should be banned from public places because they are a social distraction, inhibit the user from being able to focus properly, and can cause safety concerns by interfering with airplanes and hospital equipment. Despite the negative impacts associated with cell phone use in public places, cell phones must be allowed in public for safety reasons, emergency scenarios, and to support the individual's right to personal freedom.

For protection of USAA’s assets, property and member information, “If USAA were to be attacked the Unified Command Center would activate the incident management team and focus the entire enterprise to rapidly provide a fully integrated response.” (USAA Handbook, 2015)

In Smith County, an E-4 tornado touched down in Stadtown leveling many of the homes and the shopping mall (Walsh, D.W., et al, 2012). Command was established by the local on the scene within minutes of touchdown. Given the impact of a potential of 900 residents in the area, there could be multiple levels of response needed to respond to and recover from this incident. Given that the response could include many agencies from many levels of government and specialties, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) would be instituted. The NIMS allows local, state, and

Electronically communicating has helped by having a common platform to talk on whether you are old, young, deaf or completely healthy. It also has helped within the health and social care environment by giving another option if talking is impaired and if the service user cannot write steadily. They can now either type or use eye contact with a specialised computer to help them get across the message they are trying to send. This makes the carers’ job easier as they now do not have to struggle, they always have modern technology to fall back on. The advance of communication has overcome so many barriers that may apply. It is important that communication does change to adapt new forms of disabilities and also it helps achieve better care for service users that may have these barriers.

Handheld radios will be used as the primary communication device. Each radio will be fully charged prior to the event, and set to channel 1.

     There are many everyday devises that we hearing people take for granted, among these are telephones, smoke alarms, doorbells, and alarm clocks. When we look at how members of the deaf community use these everyday items we must consider that members within the community have very different communication needs, abilities, and preferences. Hard-of-hearing people for example can use a standard telephone with the addition of a headset or amplifier, while some hard-of-hearing people may prefer a TTY deaf persons rely on it, or a relay service to communicate as we (hearing people) would on a telephone.

The columbine high school shooting which occurred in April 20, 1999 was a tragedy that left 15 people killed and 20 seriously injured. The main communication problems in this shooting were brought about by the many agencies that were involved as well as the different sources that were used. The communication problem was said to relate to a technical limitation that saw the separate agencies experience direct communication problems with each other. This supported by the fact that with over the 40 agencies involved in the incident, it would be inevitable for them to be operating on the different channels of emergency radio there are in addition to on the different radio bandwidth and spectrum parts (Stillman, 2012). For instance, the Sherriff’s office operated on the VHF frequencies, the Denver police department operated on Ericsson 800MHzwhile others like the Douglas County Sherriff operated on a trucked format of the 800MHz. the varying systems prevented the

In America, there are more than 28 million deaf people but there are many different services available to meet their needs. A hearing person can have a casual conversation without even realizing the difficulties that 202,613 (5.58%) hard of hearing people might face in the world (Stat. on Deafness). It doesn’t have to be so difficult for a deaf/hard of hearing person to have a conversation even if the person they are talking to is in another state. With popular services such as Maryland Relay, the TTY and various telecommunications relay services- it is now possible for deaf people to have a phone conversation.

Today’s technology has enabled communication to various parts of the world a 24-hour service, which means that, in any emergency response circumstance, there will always be a continuous claim for information (Haddow & Haddow, 2013).

During emergencies, the importance of our country’s communications systems becomes clear. These communications systems include the wire line and wireless telephone networks, broadcast and cable television, radio, Public Safety Land Mobile Radio, satellite systems and increasingly the Internet. For example, in an emergency, we may dial 911, call our family members to make sure they are safe, and turn on our televisions and radios to get breaking news and important updates (FCC, 2012).

* Rank order (in order of priority) the 14 core capabilities of the NRF. Explain why you rank ordered 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Be specific.