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LLNL Emergency Management Plan (EPlan) <br />Rev 27 <br />January 2022 <br /> <br /> 79 <br />6.2.4 Government Emergency Telecommunications Service and Wireless Priority <br />Service <br />The U.S. DHS National Communication Services provides the Government Emergency <br />Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) to qualifying Federal, <br />State, local, and tribal government, industry, and non-governmental organizational personnel to <br />assist them in performing their national security/emergency preparedness missions during an <br />emergency. <br />GETS is an emergency calling card service that can be used from virtually any telephone to <br />provide priority for outbound calls to all regular telephone numbers. GETS uses the full capacity <br />of the public network, and is not a separate system with limited capacity. Use of the GETS <br />increases the probability of call completion on the landline segment of the Public Switched <br />Telecommunications Network when severe congestion and/or disruption conditions exist due to <br />an emergency. <br />WPS provides priority for emergency calls made from WPS-equipped cell phones, including <br />smartphones. WPS is an add-on feature subscribed on a per cell phone basis and works with <br />existing cell phones in WPS-equipped networks. WPS greatly increases the probability of <br />completing cellular telephone calls during a national security/emergency preparedness event. <br />The Laboratory Director, Deputy Director, LEDOs/EDs, EMDOs, SDOs and ORDOs are also <br />enrolled in GETS/WPS. Additionally, two GETS cards are located in the LLNL EOC. The <br />DHS’s Office of Emergency Communications requires that holders of GETS cards and WPS- <br />equipped cell phones test these capabilities quarterly.