The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) offers a suite of Priority Telecommunications Services designed to support national security and public safety communications availability for government officials, emergency responders, and critical infrastructure owners and operators.
GETS is designed to provide priority landline and some cellular calling capabilities when communications networks are congested.
WPS is designed to provide priority cellular calling capabilities when communications networks are congested.
The national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) community spans the federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments; public safety and emergency responders; industry partners who are responsible for maintaining the Nation’s critical infrastructure; and other authorized users. Organizations that rely on telecommunications on a daily basis to protect public health, maintain law and order, ensure public safety, and/or provide financial or utility service should enroll in these vital priority services. Typical GETS, WPS, and TSP users are responsible for the command and control functions critical to management of, and response to, national security and civil emergencies.
Download this guide to using GETS / WPS.
Additional information and documents about GETS / WPS can be found here.
If you are in the path of Hurricane Florence the GETS / WPS services may be essential to maintaining emergency communications in the aftermath of the storm. - Stay Safe!
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