[FedCom] DMAT new frequency?

[Gil woodside]

I don't know if HIPAA would come into play during a mass casualty event that 
DMAT ops would be involved in. If DMAT is involved most likely uninjured 
civilians would have been removed from the area. So probably a very slim 
opportunity to monitor their comms. But its an interesting thought. Then 
again, I could be totally wrong in my conclusion. And that has happened more 
than once.

Gil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Ruhe" <druhe at atlanticbb.net>
To: "Discussion of Federal Government Communications" 
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Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FedCom] DMAT new frequency?


> Can you say Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act aka HIPAA. 
> This would be my guess
>
> --Dan--
>>
>> COMMENT:
>> OUTSTANDING advice!!! Unfortunately, it appears (in today's exercise) 
>> that P25 w/encryption was SOP
>> thus it may be impossible to distinguish DMAT operations from other 
>> federal law enforcement operations.
>>
>> Personally, I'm trying to figure out why DMAT would require encryption in 
>> the first place.  They definitely
>> aren't an organization that would have a covert response or be 
>> undercover.. They will be right out in the
>> forefront saving people at major disasters!!!  It sort of looks like they 
>> are now coming under the DHS
>> umbrella versus US HHS, so perhaps the new radio equipment was bulk 
>> purchased & came with that
>> module.  HOWEVER, I think encryption adds to the security requirements 
>> for storage when not in use.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>
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