FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Improving
the Wireless Resiiency Cooperative Framework
Comment Date: April 29, 2019
Reply Date: May 20, 2019
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-242A1.pdf
The Bureau particularly welcomes comments from cross-sector stakeholders
with on-the-ground experience during a disaster in which wireless
providers utilized the Framework. The Bureau intends to use these
experiences to help inform recommendations it may make to the Commission
on measures to expedite service restoration efforts in the face of a storm
or other disastrous event and to also inform the FCC’s ongoing review of
the efficacy of the Framework. In addition to stakeholders in the
communications and emergency response sectors, we are interested in
hearing from industry and government bodies at all levels, and
particularly from consumers, including people with disabilities and those
who may be disproportionately affected by communications outages, as well
as from any other interested stakeholders.
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The Framework enumerates five prongs of commitment: providing for
reasonable roaming arrangements during disasters when technically
feasible; fostering mutual aid during emergencies; enhancing municipal
preparedness and restoration; increasing consumer readiness and
preparation; and improving public awareness and stakeholder communications
on service and restoration status.
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