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LLNL Emergency Management Plan (EPlan) Rev 27 January 2022 66 4.2.1 Communications Equipment Table 4.1 Communications Equipment Telephone System Phones are located at all major buildings, operations areas, and some hazardous waste management units. For emergency reporting purposes, at least one readily- accessible analog telephone is located in each LLNL facility that is routinely occupied. This telephone is in an area that is not subject to being locked. For a larger facility, multiple telephones are placed so that the travel distance from any location in the facility to the nearest telephone is no more than 200 feet (RID-8321, Fire Protection, Section 3.3.14, “Emergency Reporting Capability”). An emergency situation onsite can be reported by dialing 911. These calls are answered by Fire Dispatch and monitored by the PFD CAS. During the workday, emergency medical calls are monitored by the HSD. The telecommunications system in the EOC has classified and unclassified telephones and ring-down service to Fire Dispatch and Site 300. Analog phone lines are also located in the EOC as back-up to the primary electricity-based phone system. Radio Systems Radios are used by appropriate personnel, such as the Fire Department, Security Organization, and the ERO. Incoming and outgoing radio communications are monitored and recorded in Fire Dispatch. The 400 MHz radios are the first line of communication for onsite emergency response. Both sites and all onsite Fire Department apparatus have trunked 800 MHz frequency capability that is used for communication with offsite fire/medical response agencies and provides a back-up system for LLNL responses. Dispatch consoles for fire and security are interconnected via a shared central electronic bank providing dispatchers the ability to communicate with each other. Public Address Systems The site EVA system is used to communicate emergency alarms and instructions to onsite workers. Fire Dispatch or EMD Alarms Division makes all announcements on the EVA. Speakers are located throughout operations areas and all major buildings. Paging Systems A communications system used to activate the ERO via radio pagers. Group Page for the Hearing Impaired Employees who self-identify as hearing-impaired are issued an alphanumeric pager to wear at all times while onsite. This group page will be activated by Fire Dispatch to notify these employees about emergency announcements made onsite. AtHoc The PPD’s current emergency information notification system, a digital system that uses telephones to relay appropriate event information. COPS The Common Operating Picture System is an LLNL-developed emergency information system (database) that provides access to information that can be simultaneously shared among emergency response ES&H Teams, decision- makers, and organizations during the planning, response and recovery phase of an emergency. This system is utilized in the EOC, TOC, DOCs, EBCC, JIC, and at Site 300. Video- Teleconferencing Classified and unclassified video-teleconferencing communications capability, including NNSA’s Emergency Communications Network/Video-Teleconferencing (ECN/VTC) equipment, is located in several buildings at LLNL and would be available if required by the ERO during an emergency.