Emergency Communications-General Information

Disaster Communication For Preppers | Preparedness
https://survivallife.com/disaster-communication-for-preppers/?utm_source=sl&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=slnl20171109&utm_content=p2

Disaster communication is important for our survival. There is no way to know exactly when or where a disaster can strike. Advanced technologies can help predict these occurrences but try as we might, nature seems intent on finding ways to surprise the unsuspecting population. Having communication during disaster management can help minimize the extent of the destruction caused by these calamities. Here are some ways to stay connected with your family and the rest of your community or to get help when calamities and disasters strike back.   ---CONTINUED---

Radio Communication: Part 1 | Staying in Contact When SHTF
https://survivallife.com/staying-contact-when-shtf/

When SHTF, we may have to rely on radio communication to stay in contact. This is part 1 of our 2 part series on emergency communication with radios. ---CONTINUED---

4 Ways To Communicate During A Disaster
https://www.offthegridnews.com/extreme-survival/4-ways-to-communicate-during-a-disaster/

  The power has gone out. A state of emergency has been declared. Phone lines are down. Your teenage daughter is halfway across the city watching a movie with her friend. As you frantically dial her cell phone number, you start to panic as you hear a busy signal – a sound you haven’t heard since the late 1980s. What do you do? ---CONTINUED---

Emergency Communication: Are You Prepared to Make Contact During a Disaster?
https://offgridsurvival.com/emergencycommunication-makingcontactduringdisaster/

  (SNIP) ... Just like all areas of survival, the first step in emergency communication is preparedness. That means developing an Emergency Communications Plan, and then making sure everyone in your family knows what it is, and how to put it in place during a disaster. ---CONTINUED---

Social Media Should Be Used in Disaster Communication
https://research.msu.edu/social-media-should-play-greater-role-in-disaster-communication/

When Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines in 2013, thousands of people were killed, in part because they didn’t know it was coming or didn’t know how to protect themselves.

Could an increased use of social media, particularly on the part of the nation’s government, have made a difference?

While that question remains open, it is clear that social media should play a larger role in emergency preparedness, ... ---CONTINUED---

Would You Be Prepared for a Communications Blackout?
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/communications-plan/

  Recent events have made us aware that the potential for communications interruptions or blackouts is undoubtedly on the rise. What a lot of people are now realizing, unfortunately, is that access to certain communications platforms is not a right and is not guaranteed. Many people have recently become comfortable with using only a few platforms for the vast majority of their communications.

And in normal times, that’s okay. But we must have contingency and backup plans for alternative means of communication. ---CONTINUED---

Emergency Radio Communication for when the SHTF!
https://alphasurvivalist.net/emergency-radio-communication/

  (BIG Snip) ... If you’re looking for a way to stay in touch when the SHTF you have a number of options to choose from. All of them offering something different, but range and power are definitely two of the most noticeable differences.   ---CONTINUED---

Ways to Communicate After Disasters If Cellphones Don’t Work https://thesurvivalmom.com/communication-methods-after-disasters/?__s=d91rud55audce2c7mphr

ReadyMom wrote:Emergency Communication: Are You Prepared to Make Contact During a Disaster?
https://offgridsurvival.com/emergencycommunication-makingcontactduringdisaster/

 
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I had to stop and laugh at this picture.
(Also seen in one of the Vietnam era movies, as part of a repeater station for "Radio Hanoi")  

The radio is an AN/FRC-153 version of the (Collins) Ham Radio known as KWM-2.
It was one of the last radios in service to employ "Tubes," and it was my specialty, in the Air Force.
The radio was used from about 1965 to 1987.

11 Ways to Communicate After the Grid Goes Down
https://homesteadsurvivalsite.com/ways-to-communicate-after-grid-goes-down/

  (SNIP) ... If a sudden disaster like an EMP or cyberattack, parts of the power grid (or maybe even all of it) could go down. If that happened, one of the first things you'll want to do is get in touch with your loved ones. But without the power grid, how would you? Even if your phone still works, cell phone towers could be down or completely jammed.

(SNIP) ... Check out all of these ways to communicate after the grid goes down, and invest in these options to add to your emergency supplies this year.   ---CONTINUED---