Disaster Communication Tools
There are many communication tools we don’t normally think about, that may become useful if a disaster cuts off your normal channels. Consider which of these you have or could have access to. Remember that your fax and internet connections may rely on your telephone line.
- Bulletin Board / White Board
- Carbon Paper / NCR Paper
- CB Radios
- Cell Phones
- Digital Telephones
- Drums
- Flag Pole
- Flashlights
- Ham Radios
- Megaphones / Bullhorns
- Pagers
- Palm Pilots / Blackberries
- POTS Telephones
- Public Signage
- Runners
- Walkie-Talkies
- Whistles
Note that different phone companies may use different infrastructures – if one cell phone system goes down, another may stay up.
