Interpretation of the "Emergency Command and Communication Support Capacity Building Specification".

Recently, the Ministry of Emergency Management formulated and issued the recommended industry standard "Specification for Emergency Command and Communication Support Capacity Building" (YJ/T 27-2024, hereinafter referred to as the "Specification"), which will be implemented on June 1 this year. In order to better understand and implement the Norms, the relevant contents are hereby interpreted as follows.

1. What is the background of the formulation of the Specification?

Emergency command and communication is the "lifeline" of emergency command and rescue, which is of great significance to smooth the command system, assist command decision-making and ensure efficient rescue. The 14th Five-Year Plan for the National Emergency Response System issued by the State Council clearly requires: "It is necessary to promote cross-departmental, cross-level and cross-regional connectivity, information sharing and business collaboration." Strengthen the construction of an integrated emergency communication network for air, space, ground and sea, and improve the ability to support emergency communications under extreme conditions." Since the establishment of the Ministry of Emergency Management, emergency management departments at all levels have comprehensively strengthened capacity building, continuously improved emergency command and communication support capabilities, and increasingly prominent the role of actual combat support, but there are still some problems, resulting in communication equipment with single or insufficient means, unsystematic and heavy construction and light application and other shortcomings, unable to form a strong and effective support capability, and urgently need to be guided by standards. To this end, this Code is hereby formulated.

2. What are the overall considerations for the formulation of the Specification?

The first is to implement the requirements for the modernization of the emergency management system and capacity. Emergency command and communication support capacity is an important part of the modernization of emergency management system and capability, and guiding and standardizing the construction of emergency command and communication support capacity will help improve the scientific, efficient and accurate level of emergency command and promote the modernization of emergency management. The second is to guide the construction of emergency command and communication support capacity. From the perspective of top-level design, the "Specification" clarifies the construction objectives, construction contents, and technical means of the emergency command and communication system, which can effectively guide emergency management departments at all levels to carry out emergency command and communication support capacity building and ensure the correct direction of construction. The third is to strengthen the ability to support emergency communications. The "Specification" provides a reference basis for strengthening the construction of equipment, teams and mechanisms in various localities, and can promote emergency management departments at all levels to build and strengthen emergency command and communication support capabilities, meet the needs of actual combat communication support, and improve the level of task support through equipment construction, force building and capacity assessment.

3. What are the main contents of the Specification?

The "Specification" mainly includes 8 contents, including capacity building requirements, capability requirements classification, communication networks, technical means, support force construction, equipment construction and reserves, system and mechanism construction requirements, and capability assessment, focusing on determining the framework and construction content of the emergency command and communication support capacity system, formulating the requirements for emergency command and support capacity building at different levels, clarifying the core communication network and main technical means, and putting forward the main requirements for support force construction, equipment construction and system construction.

4. What are the main aspects of emergency command and communication support capabilities?

The construction of emergency command and communication support capacity mainly focuses on four aspects: emergency rescue command coordination, on-site disposal, intelligence acquisition, and social command. The first is the ability to provide command and coordination and communication support. Command headquarters at all levels should rely on a variety of technical means to form emergency command, communication, liaison, and coordination capabilities that are "horizontal to the edge and vertical to the end." The second is the ability to deal with communication support on site. It mainly refers to the network planning, data aggregation, on-site communication management and coordination and other support capabilities required by the forward command or rescue site. The third is the ability to obtain intelligence and provide communications support. Emergency management departments at all levels obtain on-site disaster information and perception information through means such as forward reconnaissance, perception network construction, and external information retrieval, and support the ability of command centers at all levels to carry out intelligence processing and assist decision-making. Fourth, the ability to command and communicate at the social level. Emergency management departments at all levels have formed the ability to command and liaise with emergency rescue forces in the community such as disaster responders and social rescue teams through satellite telephones, Beidou, public networks and other means of communication.

5. What are the priorities for capacity building of emergency management departments at all levels?

Emergency command and communication support capabilities are to be built at the five levels of national, regional center, provincial, municipal, and county, and the capability requirements of emergency management departments at different levels are clarified. The national key support communication needs include the national emergency command headquarters, the national on-site command headquarters, and the leadership command and dispatch communication support. The key support communication requirements at the regional center level include the construction of on-site command center, communication backbone node, and on-site perception network for disaster and accident rescue in cross-regional rescue scenarios. The provincial key support communication needs include the command center, on-site command center, and leaders at the same level to carry out command and dispatch communication support. The key support communication needs at the municipal level include the command center and on-site command headquarters at the same level. The key support communication needs at the county level are the communication support at the disaster and accident rescue site.

6. How to build a communications support force?

Emergency management departments at all levels should strengthen the overall planning and mechanism construction, according to the requirements of capacity building, fully combined with local conditions, and make overall use of their own communication support forces, comprehensive fire rescue teams, professional rescue teams, third-party support forces and other communication support forces, establish an efficient and perfect communication support mechanism, strengthen training, drills, assessments, etc., and create a unified command, coordination and cooperation. Professional and efficient emergency command and communication support force.

7. What should be paid attention to in equipment construction?

With the goal of equipment construction to meet the capability requirements, the equipment will be transformed and upgraded on the basis of existing equipment, focusing on building four core communication networks: voice command and communication, video command and communication, rescue scene perception, and Beidou guaranteed command. At the same time, it will strengthen the deployment and use of new technologies and equipment such as unmanned aerial vehicles, satellite communications, and IoT sensing, and improve unmanned and intelligent rescue capabilities. Through a variety of communication equipment with complementary capabilities, an integrated air-space-ground command and communication system has been formed, which integrates broadband and narrow, public and private affairs, and is resilient and anti-destruction. At the same time, the provincial and municipal emergency management departments should also consider the emergency command and communication equipment reserves, forward prepositioning and other guarantee mechanisms in the event of major disasters and accidents.

8. What are the specific measures to promote the implementation of the Norms?

The first is to do a good job of centralized publicity and implementation. Organize and carry out the publicity and implementation of the "Norms" training, improve the supporting systems, etc., and guide emergency management departments at all levels to grasp the main principles, construction content and requirements. The second is to do a good job in capacity building. Guide emergency management departments at all levels to strengthen project planning, identify shortcomings and weaknesses, scientifically select equipment, form support forces, and form actual combat support capabilities as soon as possible. The third is to carry out capacity assessment. Combined with the capability requirements put forward in the "Specification", the detailed assessment rules will be refined, and the emergency command and communication support capacity building and supervision, inspection and evaluation will be carried out step by step. Fourth, establish a pilot model. Promptly investigate and summarize the typical achievements and advanced experiences of various localities in the process of capacity building, establish typical cases, and provide guidance and reference for the construction of emergency command and communication support capacity in various localities.

Source: Ministry of Emergency Management