Handbooks
Handbooks are centralized, published collections of information on one or more related subjects, arranged for quick access to facts or information.
- 4/3/2008
- Communications Interoperability: Basics for Practitioners
- National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice, March 2006. This brief presents a brief snapshot of challenges facing
the development of communications interoperability within public safety agencies and possible solutions in overcoming these
identified challenges.
- 4/3/2008
- DIRS User Manual
- 10/30/2008
- Disabled People and Disaster Planning (DP2): Communications After a Disaster
- DP2 is a non-profit group of disabled and non-disabled Los Angeles County residents studying the effect of earthquake disasters
on the local disabled population. Although this information originally addresses earthquakes, it also applies to other types
of disaster preparedness, including: preparation, emergency shelter accessibility, training rescue workers and law enforcement
to assist persons with disabilities, evacuating wheelchair users, and accessible post-disaster communications and services.
- 4/3/2008
- Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Service Reference Card
- Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) cite a number of system features: (1) provides interoperable communications
for first responders throughout the state; (2) uses existing Radio Frequency infrastructure; (3) achieves "on demand" interoperability
through overlay additions to the current RF infrastructure: IP network backbone, IP network components and Mobile Communications
Units; (4) allows interoperability between disparate radio system technologies; (5) does not increase RF coverage, channel
capacity, eliminate technology obsolescence; (6) iIs flexible and scalable; and (7) will be completed by December 2007 at
a cost of $11 million.
- 4/3/2008
- NENA Resource Analysis Operations Information Document (March 2007)
- This document provides PSAPs with assistance in developing hazard and vulnerability analyses. These analyses are essentially
audits that provide planning tools to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from incidents that have the potential
to adversely affect the PSAP's ability to perform its critical functions. This document is a guide for PSAP staff to use when
reviewing hazards and their individual vulnerability to hazards.
- 4/3/2008
- NORS User Manual
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for Broadcasters
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for Emergency Operation Centers
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for Financial Institutions
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for First Responders
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for Healthcare Providers
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for PSAPs/9-1-1 Call Centers
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for Public Utility Commissions
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for Satellite Service Providers
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for State, Tribal and Local Governments
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 4/3/2008
- TSP Enrollment Guide for Wireless Service Providers
- The FCC and NCS have provided this step-by-step enrollment guide in order to assist you in the preparation of a TSP application.
- 10/30/2008
- U.S. Fire Administration: Orientation Manual for First Responders on the Evacuation of People with Disabilities (FA-235)
- This guide provides practical information on both rescue techniques and preparedness information for first responders who
encounter persons with visible and non-visible disabilities.