What are the local risks?
Widespread loss of communications
In today's modern society we use many different means of communicating including email, mobile phones, landline telephones, satellite technology and radio systems. With all such systems we are reliant upon many things from power to the technical capability of the equipment being used.
All of these technologies use different systems, suppliers and equipment and it is unlikely that all of these methods of communication would stop working at the same time.
In Bedfordshire we have undertaken an exercise to establish all the different telecommunication systems used by the key agencies within the county. With this knowledge we have looked at widespread loss of telecommunications and are very confident that we have systems in place that will allow us to deal with any potential disruption caused by such a loss.
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