Activity 3.4
What I would like you to do now is start to gather information relevant to emergency management communications in the pre-impact phase of your selected event. I have commenced this for you in the table below by inserting the questions that we identified needed to be addressed. A copy of the table below is provided. Click on the link to open that table, add your own questions to those I have provided and then answer the questions accordingly. Save the table after you have completed the analysis as you will require the answers in order to formulate your discussions in the final report (Assignment 2).
Event: 
Communications Analysis
Question	Answer	
How did emergency management planners communicate with each other and the community in the development of emergency management plans, procedures and arrangements? i.e. did they have committees, regular meetings, information sessions, public awareness campaigns etc.		
Were there any specific plans in place that addressed the communication needs relevant to the selected emergency/disaster?		
If so, who was involved in the development of the plans and procedures, and were the systems and procedures in place regularly tested/exercised?		
What type of systems and arrangements were in place and who was responsible for providing them?		
Were there any back-up systems/power sources identified for hardware systems?		
Were the systems and procedures exercised regularly?		
What arrangements were in place to access back-up communications and/or power sources, and who was responsible for arranging these?		
Was there any training required to use them? If so, was this done?		
Were there Emergency Operation Centres (EOC) identified? If so, was there a back up EOC nominated in the event of the primary EOC being disabled, and were they located in a safe environment?