Emergency Communications IPS / IC4U® Capabilities

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Emergency Communications
IPS / IC4U ® Capabilities

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
VOICE, DATA and VIDEO
•OPERABILITY / INTEROPERABILITY
IC4U / DHS / GSA
AEL: AUTHORIZED EQUIPMENT LIST
SEL: STANDARDIZED EQUIPMENT LIST

Department of Homeland Security
Office of Inspector General
“The California National Guard has invented, assembled, and operationally employed a state-ofthe
art solution that bridges disparate radio types providing high capacity data, voice, and video
communications.
California National Guard’s technology solution possibly meets criteria for a best practice.
This technology solution is in place and working, innovative, transferable, and affordable, and
therefore could be considered by others to help significantly improve preparedness.
Specifically, the California National Guard designed and assembled a mobile communications
interface unit, capable of bridging different communications systems such as those present in
a disaster area and those resulting from first responders from other areas.”
This system is called the(IC4U) Incident Commanders Command Control and Communications
Unit.
Office of Inspector General
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
February 20, 2009

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EYES AND EARS FORWARD
• Mobility
– Pre-positioned air/ground mobile
assets for rapid deployment
• Instant Communications
– Sustained capability without
support from any existing
communications networks.
• Situation Awareness
– Deliver timely actionable
information back to Emergency
Operations Center
• Real time communication between the on site Incident
Cmdr and Emergency Managers
– Reliable and proven integrated
communications technology
– Local communications support for
disaster victims and evacuees

Federal
EOC
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Local Command Center
Incident Site
The IC4 ® Incident Response
Satellite
Internet
P-25 25 Network
Satellite Data
Gateway
Incident Site
Local/ State
EOC

• Training
• Maintenance
• Staffing
• Upgrades
• Multi Use
• Support
Sustainment