Question: Two-way communications (radio to radio and cellular) are dependent on repeater towers to boost their signals in high-rise building settings. This allows for ground-level communications to be received at levels above twenty stories. In New York City (NYC) on September 11, 2001, the repeater towers failed during the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. As the two buildings were 110 stories high, communications between the command post at the ground level and firefighters in the upper 90 stories were nonexistent and thus the firefighters never received the evacuation warnings.
Submission Details:
By Saturday, June 24, 2017, in a minimum of 250 words, post to the Discussion Area your response to the following:
What communications contingency plans should incident commanders consider training in and implementing in the event of a two-way radio failure? Provide documented successes and failures to support your position.