Here are some of the potential operational needs that ACS is designed to support:

• Weather intelligence (input to OEMHS and SKYWARN)
• Distributed situational awareness in large-scale events —armchair, neighborhood, and windshield assessments
• Shelter communications
• H&W traffic
• EOC telephone reception and logistics support
• Communications support for search and rescue (SAR) operations
• Surge capacity for communications support in disaster operations — voice, video, data
• Logistics and communications infrastructure support for staging areas and field operations (including shelter, power distribution, telephone, computer, and radio facilities)

Here are some of the potential infrastructure needs that ACS could support:

• Develop cache of equipment to support operations mentioned above
• Equip critical facilities, such as hospitals, with equipment such as permanently installed antennas and radios to permit operations on Amateur Radio frequencies
• Develop high-speed wireless data networks, independent of commercial infrastructure, to provide backup capability to support critical data communications needs.