“We need to react now - we need to respond now.” This was John Dovale’s first thought when news of the disaster reached his office in Fiji, from where he coordinates the World Food Programme- (WFP)-led Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) preparedness and response operation in the Pacific. “The equipment we sent gave Tongan authorities the means of communication to coordinate relief items and assistance to even the most remote outer islands,” John points out. “All the equipment went through Tonga’s strict COVID-19 safety protocols, which was challenging in an emergency context - but as with anything to do with disaster management and response, you adapt quickly and find ways to get your objectives achieved with the best possible outcomes - and we did that,” John explains. “We worked quickly, and that is testament to the global reach of the ETC,” John says. The Government of Luxembourg shipped two high-capacity satellite dishes―called very small aperture terminals, or VSATs―in preparation to connect government responders and devastated communities on the outer islands of Vava’u and Ha’apai.
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Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) equipped these terminals with free data.
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Three portable satellite connectivity devices―known as broadband global area networks, or BGANs―reached Tonga within days. Iridium loaded all nine phones with free airtime. In multiple waves of deployment, WFP in Fiji dispatched three satellite phones, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) sent another six. The ETC’s regional and global partners mobilized a rapid response. The undersea communications cable connecting Tonga to the rest of the world, and its own islands, was severed in two places during the eruption. The entire island nation was left in shock as falling ash blanketed the landscape. Peak waves towered at heights of 50 feet, flattening homes, schools, and infrastructure on the low-lying coral island group of Ha’apai. Located 65 kilometres north of Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, the blast triggered a tsunami that smashed into the shores of Tonga’s 170 islands. The explosion was heard as far away as Alaska.
The force of the volcanic blast shattered satellite connectivity as it sent a huge plume of ash and debris hurtling into the atmosphere. Satellite phones and portable connectivity devices - these are the means of communications for people on the outer islands of Tonga in the aftermath of the massive and deadly eruption of the undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on 15 January 2022. “I am so happy to be talking to my family,” he says to the nearby disaster management officer, who is overseeing a line-up of 40 people waiting to use the phone. An island resident presses the phone to his ear, uttering a cry of relief as he connects to his family in New Zealand, 2,382 kilometres away. On the tiny and remote island of Vava’u in Tonga, a satellite phone crackles to life. The web portal can track one or multiple users on a single screen and is useful for large organizations with field workers operating in remote locations.The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022 was a stark reminder of how telecommunications preparedness can mean the difference between silence and life-saving response. Location Based Services (LBS) for use with web portal based tracking services.Diamond tread grip to help you keep your hold on the phone - even in wet or slippery conditions.
An aggressive IP65 rating against water and dust intrusion assures it is ready for almost any EXTREME environment.Key features of the 9575 EXTREME include: This innovative feature lets you send your GPS position to multiple email or text addresses along with a canned message telling your friends that you are having an emergency and that they need to respond. In case of a personal emergency, the Iridium 9575 EXTREME has a one-touch S.O.S. You simply engage or disable the personal tracking feature with a button on the side of the phone. This Iridium phone also can be set to automatically text a bread crumb trail of your GPS positions. A built-in GPS feature lets you see your location and text it to others. The Iridium 9575 EXTREME is the most feature rich device in the family of Iridium phones.
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