UCSD pagers can receive both numeric and alphanumeric messages. Most pages can receive limited email messages making it a flexible tool for emergency communication. With the explosion of the Internet, more and more people are now using electronic mail. Emails, as mentioned above, can also be used as an ECS provided the network is up and running. Additionally, more people now maintain their own web pages and use them to publish all sorts of information.
Web pages are an excellent medium to publish emergency information.
Data networks in general are becoming a more valuable resource, and the campus should take steps to ensure that they are as robust as possible. As stated in the Infrastructure section of this document, we intend to place Puss and fire suppression systems in all of the node rooms which don not have it. We need to have access to mobile 3-phase generators so that other nodes can still operate if there is an extended power outage and we need to make sure that there is enough fuel available. We need to make sure that popmail servers, name servers and routing services are as redundant as possible, and ACT will liaise with ONO to help make this happen. The campus's Emergency Operations Center should also be provided with an e-mail address which does not rely on UCSD's popmail services or data network.