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Newly Published National Response Framework (NRF)

Posted January 22, 2008 - 11:30pm by HFNGroupAdmin

The National Response Framework presents the guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies – from the smallest incident to the largest catastrophe. The Framework establishes a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response.

DHS Secretary Chertoff Comments on Roll-Out of National Response Framework

Posted January 22, 2008 - 11:23pm by HFNGroupAdmin

"The key to the Framework is that it is a simple, straightforward guide for senior officials and emergency responders so they can plan, prepare for, and respond to all-hazard disasters and emergencies. The Framework lays out a clear understanding of the roles, responsibilities and relationships that are indispensable for effective emergency response. The Framework sets forth a doctrine, the core principles, and the structure through which this nation prepares for and responds to disasters."

USNS COMFORT Humanitarian Mission to S.A.

Posted May 25, 2007 - 11:57am by HFNGroupAdmin

USNS Comfort Mission
South/Central America 2007

The Comfort, a 900-foot U.S. Navy hospital ship, will conduct a four-month deployment to the Caribbean and Central and South America, providing specialized medical aid. General and specialized surgical care, primary care for adults and children, dental, ophthalmologic and optometric services can be provided by the staff.

The Comfort’s embarked Medical Treatment Facility is among the largest trauma facilities in the United States, featuring 12 operating rooms. Offering a full spectrum of medical and surgical services, the Comfort can be configured to accommodate up to 1000 beds. When in full operating status, the ship can expand to 1,215 Navy medical and non-medical personnel; additional medical staff primarily comes from medical facilities on the East Coast of the United States.

NPS and the Center for Hastily Formed Networks is being funded by...

HFN for HADR

Posted March 28, 2007 - 7:12am by HFNGroupAdmin

Explore this site to learn more about HFNs and the Katrina story.

The Naval Postgraduate School, the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (OASD-NII) and several industry leading vendors answered the call for disaster relief communications a few days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the US Gulf Coast. This team combined real world prior experience in disaster response communications activities with the most current technologies to wirelessly enable Bay St Louis and Waveland Mississippi —providing the ONLY means of voice and data communications in the region while awaiting additional government support.

Explore this site to learn more about HFNs and the Katrina story.

Maksim Tsvetovat on Network Models of Organizations

Posted March 27, 2007 - 11:39am by HFNGroupAdmin

Dr. Maksim Tsvetovat gave an impressive seminar on Network Models of Organizatios during a recent HFN Center Brown Bag Luncheon. For those that missed the luncheon, or for those that would like to review the presentation, here it is.

Emergency Mobile Wireless Networks

Posted February 28, 2007 - 4:56pm by Steckler

Emergency Mobile Wireless Networks
Flyaway Communications (FLAC) with WiMAX 802.16 Technology
PAPER # 499

Michael Donahoo
Cygnus Communications, Inc., Carlsbad, CA

Brian Steckler
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

Abstract

Wireless Networks using 802.16 WiMAX Technology in a "Fly-Away" Communications (FLAC) package. Terrestrial communication networks continue to evolve very fast, with the extension offered by new IEEE 802.16 promising critical advantages benefiting civilian, government, Homeland Security, and crisis management in addition to...

VIRT: Why Less Volume is More Value in Hastily Formed Networks

Posted November 28, 2006 - 4:35pm by Hayes-Roth

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Hastily Formed Networks

Posted February 7, 2006 - 11:03am by Denning

On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, taking 2,749 lives. The attack resulted in severe economic impact, especially to airlines, and a stock market loss of $1.2 trillion. On Dec. 26, 2004, a tsunami from a 9.1 earthquake overran the shores of many countries along the vast rim of the Indian Ocean. Over 283,000 people died. On Aug. 29, 2005, Katrina, a category-5 hurricane, knocked out electric and communication infrastructure over 90,000 square miles of Louisiana and Mississippi and displaced 1.5 million people.

Decision Making in Very Large Networks

Posted February 7, 2006 - 8:40am by Denning

Decision Making in Very Large Networks was originally published in:

Communications of the ACM
Volume 49, Number 11 (2006), Pages 19-23