Company Rolls Out Mobile Command Centers to Help Restore Service When
Disaster Strikes
NEW YORK, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Hurricane season is less than a month
away and experts are predicting another very active year. Wireless
infrastructure is critical for first responders in times of disaster. It's
also critical for those affected to be able to connect with family members
and loved ones. In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma last year,
the emphasis on better preparation has been a top priority.
Cingular Wireless is expanding its emergency preparedness program for
the 2006 hurricane season. At the heart of this multifaceted program are
two new mobile command centers that can be brought into an affected area
quickly, providing full communications capabilities as well as working and
sleeping quarters for Cingular employees. The objective: making sure
wireless service can be restored as quickly as possible.
Cingular will introduce two new two mobile command centers called
mobile access command headquarters (mach 1 and mach 2) to its hurricane and
disaster relief efforts. These fully-equipped, completely self-sufficient
centers can be rapidly deployed into an affected area where they can be set
up and operating within two hours of arrival. They are equipped with
generators, a satellite dish for constant communications, LAN connectivity
and a PBx phone system.
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NEWS: Cingular Wireless rolls out mobile command centers to help
restore service when disaster strikes
FORMAT: News Package With Extra Soundbites and B-roll.
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SOUNDBITES:
-- Tina Brown, Director, Continuity Planning and Crisis Management,
Cingular Wireless
-- Dan Norman, Vice President and General Manager, North Florida,
Cingular Wireless
-- Moe Mustafa, Regional Vice President, Network Operations, Southeast,
Cingular Wireless
-- Kenneth Stephens, Area 4 Coordinator, Florida Department of Community
Affairs, Division of Emergency Management
B-ROLL INCLUDES: ***Training center footage ***Mobile Access Command
Headquarters ***Aerial shots of the center***Generators, Tents, Medical
Facilities, emergency communications vehicles, HAZMAT***Press conference***
VIDEO PROVIDED BY: Cingular Wireless
SOURCE Cingular Wireless
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