North Carolina’s Communications Unit Leaders (COMLs) program and its Voice...
North Carolina’s Communications Unit Leaders (COMLs) program and its Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders (VIPER) helped the state withstand Hurricane Irene when the storm made landfall, concludes a report by the Department of Homeland Security. “Without the COMLs in…
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their roles, communications efforts would not have been as effective or as coordinated,” the report said (http://xrl.us/bnky4s). “During the storm, North Carolina was well served by its statewide emergency planning and the VIPER system, which weathered the storm with relatively few issues. The COML program has also made a significant impact in North Carolina, producing a team of skilled communications professionals, who have extensive experience coordinating regional July 2011 resources and developing and implementing communications plans.”