deployment review: carlton complex wildfire
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A brief overview of the Cisco TACOPS response to the 2014 Carlton Complex Wildfire, including tech we deployed and results from the field.TRANSCRIPT
Carlton Complex Response
Cisco Tactical Operationswww.cisco.com/go/tacops
8/15/2014
Deployment Overview (Public)
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Largest fire in WA history (256,000+ acres or 5x size of Seattle)
Multiple Zones, IMTs. Extremely complex management challenge.
Media reports: “significant communications challenges” for incident command teams (LA Times 7/21/2014)
The Carlton Complex Wildfire
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TACOPS / DIRT response: 3 TACOPS (2 SJ, 1 RTP) + 1 DIRT (SJ) volunteer on scene
Vehicles: NERV-2, Utility-2 + VSAT Trailer
Kits: Two ECKs (not used), Warrior 141, RRK 101 & RRK 102
The Cisco Response
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Similar scenario to 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire response: Type I Incident Management Team support, other mission critical teams, and a morale network for firefighters & support staff.
New capabilities enabled us to deploy +users +security +reliability vs 2012
Two mesh networks deployed at first site + RRK, Mesh network deployed at second site.
Across our networks, we supported over 673 unique devices, transferred 60+ GB of data
Network Deployment
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Cisco Clean Air (1550) / Meraki Air Marshal (MR 66, MR 62) Wifi enabled strong signals even in the face of significant RF congenstion (55 rogue APs at site one!)
Multiple backhaul: 4G LTE backhaul primarily used, VSAT as secondary.
First deployment by TacOps of Meraki tech: MX60W (RRK), MX60, MR66/62 – all worked amazingly well!
Strong QoS / Traffic Shaping: Allowed for efficient useof b/w by mission critical and non-mission critical users. 750+ usersat site one, 100 users at site two. Layer 7 firewall for permitted traffic.
Active Security Management: Ironport WSA, Meraki + SourceFire enabled us to activelyidentify and protect against hostile traffic in real time. 30+ “high risk” attacks stopped against the IMT at Site 1.
Enhanced Capabilities
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