Community Wireless Rapid Response Team: Gulfport, MS Telecommunications Plan

Below is an initial outline for our Gulfport, MS plan. We are still awaiting confirmation from American Red Cross authorities to deploy in these camps.

7-8 Red Cross shelters, ~3000 evacuees

Time: 3-4 days, including travel

Equipment we need
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70 VoIP phones
25 laptops/PCs (good enough to run Firefox) (currently have 7)
20 8 port switches (currently have 1)
10 Metrix nodes (currently have 7)
15 RJ-45 couplers (just in case)
20 power strips (currently have 5)

Personnel
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Paul Smith
Rogers Wilson III
+3 volunteers TBI

Vehicles
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CNT minivan
Another vehicle, pref. truck, van

Supplies
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~40 gal water
20 gal gas
5 boxes granola bars
2 cases apples
2 cases oranges
eh i need help here what foods should we get that have protein and
will keep?

Tentative plan:
- Leave Rayville early Friday morning, arrive Gulfport early afternoon
- Get situated, establish initial node connected to inet backhaul
- Make contact with first shelter, recruit additional volunteers from evacuee population
- install node, set up PCs and VoIP phones, test network link
- Rinse, repeat for rest of shelters