// // This file keeps the log of SDR activations. Just add a new activation // with the next number in line and change the NumberOfActivations value. // NumberOfActivations = 28; // var ActivateWeather = 7; var ActivateTelco = 20; var ActivateOther = 1; // ActivationDate = new Array; ActivationText = new Array; // ActivationDate[28] = 'June 2010'; ActivationText[28] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in North Carlolina'; ActivationText[28]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone/network issues.'; ActivationText[28]+= ' Signals were sent to the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center, and our staff dispatched for about 2.5hrs.'; ActivationDate[27] = 'June 2010'; ActivationText[27] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Montreal '; ActivationText[27]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues.'; ActivationText[27]+= ' No signals were sent to the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center, as their lines came back up before they could be forwarded to us.'; ActivationDate[26] = 'May 2010'; ActivationText[26] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Oklahoma '; ActivationText[26]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to local damage from tornadoes very close to their office.'; ActivationText[26]+= ' No signals were sent to the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center, but we were placed on standby while they checked the damage.'; ActivationDate[25] = 'July 2009'; ActivationText[25] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Oklahoma '; ActivationText[25]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues.'; ActivationText[25]+= ' The SIMS Staff dispatched for them for approximately seven hours.'; ActivationDate[24] = 'July 2009'; ActivationText[24] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Rhode Island '; ActivationText[24]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to a lightning hit.'; ActivationText[24]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals remotely for about 54 hours total. '; ActivationDate[23] = 'June 2009'; ActivationText[23] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Alberta Canada '; ActivationText[23]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues.'; ActivationText[23]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals remotely for about 18 hours total. '; ActivationDate[22] = 'February 2009'; ActivationText[22] = 'A member of the SIMS family of central stations in Florida '; ActivationText[22]+= ' activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center due to telephone line issues.'; ActivationDate[21] = 'November 2008'; ActivationText[21] = 'Due to telephone equipment issues, a SIMS family central station in Ohio activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. '; ActivationText[21]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals remotely for about seven hours. '; // ActivationDate[20] = 'September 2008'; ActivationText[20] = 'Due to telephone line issues during a move, a SIMS family central station in California activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' ActivationText[20]+= ' They were live in the Disaster Recovery Center for 26 hours and still had Internet connectivity so they dispatched for themselves. ' ActivationText[20]+= ' This is the second time that more than one site was live in the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center simultaneously. ' // ActivationDate[19] = 'September 2008'; ActivationText[19] = 'Due to Hurricane Ike a SIMS family central station in Texas evacuated and activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center ahead of the storm. ' ActivationText[19]+= ' They were live in the Disaster Recovery Center for 197 hours and were being monitored by another SIMS family central station out of harms way.'; ActivationText[19]+= ' During that time 163,672 signals were received and 3,518 of those required operator action. ' // ActivationDate[18] = 'July 2008'; ActivationText[18] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Missouri activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' ActivationText[18]+= ' Before the telephone company could get the lines forwarded their lines came back up.'; // ActivationDate[17] = 'July 2008'; ActivationText[17] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Indiana activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' ActivationText[17]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched for their own signals remotely for about four hours.'; // ActivationDate[16] = 'June 2008'; ActivationText[16] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Indiana activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' ActivationText[16]+= ' Before the telephone company could get the lines forwarded their lines came back up. '; // ActivationDate[15] = 'April 2008'; ActivationText[15] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Alabama activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' ActivationText[15]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched for their own signals remotely for a total of about eight hours. '; // ActivationDate[14] = 'November 2007'; ActivationText[14] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in Alabama activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' ActivationText[14]+= ' Before the telephone company could get the lines forwarded their lines came back up. '; // ActivationDate[13] = 'October 2007'; ActivationText[13] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS family central station in the New York area activated the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' ActivationText[13]+= ' They still had Internet access and dispatched for their own signals remotely for a total of about fifteen hours. '; // ActivationDate[12] = 'October 2007' ActivationText[12] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS customer in Indiana activated the Disaster Recovery Center. ' ActivationText[12]+= ' The site still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals via the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center for approximately 24 hours.' ActivationText[12]+= ' During that time 6,718 signals were received and 260 of those required operator action. ' // ActivationDate[11] = 'August 2007' ActivationText[11] = 'Due to telephone line issues again, the same site that activated SIMS Disaster Recovery Center this morning, came back online for another hour and a half. ' ActivationText[11]+= ' The site still had Internet access and dispatched their own signals via the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center again. ' // ActivationDate[10] = 'August 2007' ActivationText[10] = 'Due to telephone line issues, a SIMS customer in New York activated the Disaster Recovery Center this morning. ' ActivationText[10]+= ' They still had Internet access so they dispatched remotely via the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center.' // ActivationDate[9] = 'April 2007' ActivationText[9] = 'Due to power issues, a SIMS customer in New York activated the Disaster Recovery Center early this morning. ' ActivationText[9]+= ' The issue was resolved quickly and only a handful of signals were sent through to the Disaster Recovery Center.' // ActivationDate[8] = 'March 2007' ActivationText[8] = 'Due to telphone line failures, a SIMS customer in Oregon activated the Disaster Recovery Center this afternoon. ' ActivationText[8]+= ' The telco was able to remedy the problem before the lines were forwarded to the Disaster Recovery Center.' // ActivationDate[7] = 'April 2006' ActivationText[7] = 'Due to telphone line failures, a SIMS customer in the New York area activated the Disaster Recovery Center this afternoon. ' ActivationText[7]+= ' The SIMS Staff dispatched for them for about 3.5 hours until the issues were resolved. ' ActivationText[7]+= ' Later in the day they experienced telco issues again but this time were able to dispatch remotely themselves for several hours.' // ActivationDate[6] = 'February 2006' ActivationText[6] = 'Due to telphone line failures, a SIMS customer in the Boston, MA area activated the Disaster Recovery Center this morning. Prior to their lines being switched over ' ActivationText[6]+= 'to us their issues were resolved. ' // ActivationDate[5] = 'September 2005' ActivationText[5] = 'Hurricane Rita also forced Eagle Broadband in Houston, TX to utilize the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center for approximately 92 hours. ' ActivationText[5]+= 'During that time 17,607 signals were received, 1,827 of them were exceptions requiring operator action. ' ActivationText[5]+= 'This was the first time that we had more than one site active at the same time in the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center. ' // ActivationDate[4] = 'September 2005' ActivationText[4] = 'Hurricane Rita forced Alert Alarms on Galveston Island, TX to utilize the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center for approximately 120 hours. ' ActivationText[4]+= 'During that time 81,363 signals were received, 5,114 of them were exceptions requiring operator action. ' // ActivationDate[3] = 'August 2005' ActivationText[3] = 'Hurricane Kattrina caused power problems which forced Hunter Security in Daphne Alabama to utilize the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center for approximately 7 hours. ' ActivationText[3]+= 'The SIMS Staff dispatched 166 exceptions on the 2,296 total signals received during that time. ' // ActivationDate[2] = 'October 2004' ActivationText[2] = 'Phone line problems caused a customer to activate the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center however the problems were fixed by the Telco a few minutes later before they were switched over. ' // ActivationDate[1] = 'September 2004' ActivationText[1] = 'Hurricane Ivan forced Hunter Security in Daphne Alabama to evacuate their facility and utilize the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center for 62 hours. ' // ActivationDate[0] = 'February 2004' ActivationText[0] = 'The SIMS Disaster Recovery Center is announced to our customers.' // var ActivateTotal = ActivateWeather + ActivateTelco + ActivateOther; // document.write('
SIMS Disaster Recovery Activation Summary

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Weather Related (Hurricanes, Tornado, Winter Storms, etc):'+ActivateWeather+'
Telco Related (Line Cuts, Routing, 800# Issues):'+ActivateTelco+'
Other Issues (Power, Fire, Other):'+ActivateOther+'
Total Activations:'+ActivateTotal+'
'); document.write('

 

History of the SIMS Disaster Recovery Center

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'+ActivationDate[x]+''+ActivationText[x]+'
');