Disaster
Tech Lab, the charity which leads the world in setting up emergency
communications, is to test its latest quick response communications kit in a US
Dept. of Defence event. Historically
when disaster strikes thousands of relief workers and their equipment arrive
but are faced with little or no local telecommunications support. This can lead to chaotic scenes
resulting in loss of life and waste of resources. Disaster Tech Lab equipment
and expert volunteers, allows relief workers to coordinate their work more
effectively by giving them access to disaster response specific data, email,
internet and Skype.
Disaster Tech Lab, which
developed from work carried out during the Haiti earthquake, will be supporting
the activities of humanitarian practitioners, technology developers, federal
civilians and military personnel.
These include 52 organisations participating in disaster response
exercise the Joint Interagency Field Exploration / Research &
Experimentation for Local & International Emergency First Responders (JIFX
/ RELIEF) that is taking place next week (February 11 - 15) at Camp Roberts,
California. Disaster Tech Lab is testing its latest techniques on how to manage large-scale
Wifi deployments in disaster zones. Its
participation in JIFX will be supported by four US based tech volunteers and
its long-term sponsor Aruba Networks.
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