This April is the second annual Emergency Communications Month, when CISA honors emergency communications professionals and highlights the critical role emergency communications plays in keeping us connected during a disaster. All through the month, CISA is encouraging all emergency communications partners to “Get Connected and Stay Connected” by enrolling in the agency’s free priority telecommunications services (PTS), like the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless Priority Service (WPS), so they can maintain communications during crises.

These services are critically important as they prioritize and enable communication among emergency responders when networks are degraded or congested. Members should consider enrolling their emergency response personnel in these programs to add further robustness to any backup communications plan in the event of regional or national disasters. Read more at CISA.