CIVIL DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND REGIONAL LEVELS

Abstract

The report analyzes the information flows that would be required at various levels of government to coordinate a civil defense response to nuclear emergency. Communications circuit requirements to convey these information flows are estimated for varying sizes of political subdivisions. The research technique employed is principally that of abstracting communications attributes from scenarios of general civil defense activities in an emergency, and classifying these attributes by descriptors such as urgency, frequency, quantity, and time of occurrence. Estimates of quantifiable attributes have then been applied to the information flows, allowing their combination into physical circuit requirements for voice and TTY. The level of approximation inherent in the quantitative results is significant due largely to the lack of established policies, organization, and procedures for many facets of civil defense operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0652686

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Self
  • Robert A. Burco
  • Sanford B. Thayer
  • Willard D. Tiffany

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Defense Systems
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Local Governments
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Radio Equipment
  • Safety
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design