Motorola said it activated emergency-response plans prior to Hurricane Katrina's landfall and that it continues to deliver replacement communications equipment to first responders (police, fire, rescue) and cellular providers in the region on a 24/7 basis. These initiatives have included:
- More than 21,000 pieces of emergency communications equipment (portable radios, fully charged batteries, chargers, repeaters, portable transmission sites, portable antennas) to first responders crews in the region.
- More than 1,000 Motorola i325 IS iDEN handsets and accessories for two-way communication among disaster recovery crews.
- More than 300 cellular phones sent to Cingular sites in the region to be used for relief workers and victims and in shelters. Cingular is providing free airtime.
- The procurement of a number of large motor homes equipped with replacement cellular communication equipment to allow rapid service restoration.
- The establishment of a "tent city" mini-camp in Baton Rouge for Motorola emergency field teams.
- The supply of three "site-on-wheels" emergency communications trailers and generators to provide first responders with additional private network spectrum capacity (700 MHz, 900 MHz), as well as additional high-end public safety radios designed specifically for those networks.
