the role of Video conferencing in effective handling the rescue operation at the time of disasters.

Disasters are the most complicated situations where-in the national & state government must face lot of loss in terms of material & human resources. The public safety & the emergency management agencies play a significant role, in the work of the time of disasters. Effective collaboration tools are mandatory assets in enhancing the communications among all its auxiliaries around the nation. Various communication means such as e-mail & phone call communications are the sources of interaction within the agency, but these means of communication may not affirm circumstances on the actual time surroundings in the work of the time of emergencies. The emergency management agencies have necessity of high finish communication which is much better than voice & text. Video conferencing is the best ever solution for these agencies to track the field persons & to deliver the instructions, so as to make a call regarding the plan of action that must be compiled in the work of the time of traffic jams or hurricanes or any disasters. Video conferencing application is today the most important know-how that is letting the world to get in contact with all the human resources which can be found at various corners of the globe. In case of catastrophe management faster communication is necessary, so as to take the timely decisions & to plan the rescue operations. The necessity for Video conferencing in the emergency management agencies can be demonstrated, by thinking about the following instance. Let us think about the instance of uttarakand, where-in a sudden flow of floods have attacked most of the parts of uttarakand. This incident was happened all of a sudden, in this case the communication through rings or emails, won't convey the exact circumstances. There-by the emergency agencies cannot make an correct decision on how lots of resources are needed for the rescue operations. As the above said catastrophe comes under the National Catastrophe Management (NDM), the local emergency agencies must immediately document the situation to the higher officials at NDM. Through video conferencing the local agencies can show exactly what was happened at the place of catastrophe. By visually understanding the exact scenario, at the place of catastrophe the NDM can be able to prepare & execute the rescue action plan quickly & can make an assessment of how lots of or how much resources are necessary for the rescue operation. The catastrophe management agencies can spread there resources, so as to monitor the emergency conditions, climatic conditions & the scope of transportation, through video conferencing. By obtaining such information the NDM higher officials can assess the situation & perform rescue operations accordingly. This solution permit the agency officials to communicate & share information through virtual sessions. It also facilitate the agencies in connecting with the remote teams instantaneously at the time of emergencies. Faster interaction allows the agencies to share information in real-time, such as videos of affected areas & onsite reporting. Network congestion will be the major issue at the time of disasters, but the Video conferencing solutions are today capable in walking in low bandwidth also.