Originally Posted By: AKSAR
Lots of folks are predicting that with the coming of FirstNet, the cell system will be able to handle nearly all emergency communications needs. Recent experience from wildfires in California suggests otherwise. Check out this article in the LA Times:

California suffered widespread cellphone outages during fires. A big earthquake would be much worse


I guess there is nothing like a real life stress test to see how systems really operate! Weaknesses are pointed out, lessons learned, and new procedures to be developed.