Emergency Communication Infrastructure for Government Agencies
When the grid fails, institutional coordination collapses. GridVoice is purpose-built mesh communication for agencies, housing authorities, school systems, hospitals, and public safety — no cell towers, no internet, no single point of failure.
Designed for
Grid Failures Collapse Institutional Coordination
Every major disaster in recent decades has exposed the same vulnerability: agencies lose the ability to coordinate the moment the grid goes down.
Northeast Blackout
55 million people across 8 states and Canada lost power. Emergency agencies were cut off from each other. Coordination between fire, EMS, and police departments broke down within hours of the outage beginning.
Texas Winter Storm Uri
The entire ERCOT grid failed, leaving 4.5 million homes without heat. Water authorities couldn't coordinate pipe burst responses. Local officials reported hours-long delays reaching other agencies by phone.
Hurricane Sandy — NYC
NYC's cell network went down across entire boroughs. OEM, community boards, and housing authorities could not reach each other or their constituents in Lower Manhattan, Red Hook, and Rockaway for days.
Mesh Network Built for Multi-Building, Multi-Agency Coordination
GridVoice turns smartphones already in the hands of staff and residents into a self-healing mesh network that requires zero infrastructure to operate.
No New Hardware Required
GridVoice runs on smartphones your staff already carry. Uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct to form device-to-device connections. No base station, no router, no cell tower needed.
Messages Hop Across Nodes
Each device becomes a relay point. A message sent in building A travels through a chain of devices to reach building B — even if no device can directly reach the destination.
Organized by Zone or Agency
Institutional deployments create named groups by building, floor, department, or agency. The OEM coordinator sees the whole network; frontline staff see their zone.
Scales From 5 Nodes to City-Wide
Start with a pilot at a single building or campus. The same platform scales to neighborhood-wide or city-wide deployment. No re-architecting required as coverage expands.
NYC Housing Authority — 20-Building Campus
Staff across 20 towers in a single NYCHA development. Each building has a floor coordinator with GridVoice. During a blackout, the campus coordinator sends a status-check message. All 20 buildings confirm safety status within 3 minutes — without cell service, without Wi-Fi.
GridVoice Qualifies as Infrastructure Hardening
Federal and state emergency management funds exist specifically to fund communication infrastructure like GridVoice. Your pilot may cost nothing out-of-pocket.
FEMA BRIC — Building Resilient Infrastructure & Communities
FEMA's flagship pre-disaster mitigation program. Funds community resilience projects including communication infrastructure. GridVoice qualifies as a "capability and capacity building" project under BRIC. Competitive grants up to $50M nationally, with state suballocations available for smaller deployments.
Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)
Annual DHS grants to state and local governments for terrorism prevention and emergency preparedness. Communication systems qualify under the "build and sustain capabilities" investment category. Administered through NYS DHSES for New York applicants.
NYS Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)
Flexible state funds for local emergency management programs. Communication capability improvements are explicitly listed as allowable activities. Available to county and municipal emergency management offices with matching requirements.
Grant Application Support
We provide documentation, scope-of-work templates, and technical specifications tailored to each grant program. Schedule a briefing and we'll identify which programs fit your agency's profile — and how to apply.
Download Our Institutional Proposal
Procurement-ready documentation covering technical architecture, deployment models, grant eligibility, and pricing.
GridVoice Institutional Deployment Proposal
Covers: mesh architecture overview, deployment configurations for government agencies and campuses, FEMA BRIC eligibility analysis, pilot program structure, and pricing tiers. Formatted for procurement review and grant applications.
Request via email — sent within 1 business day
Start With 5 Nodes. Scale to Neighborhood-Wide.
Institutional deployments start as pilots. Prove the capability on your campus or in your building — then expand.
5–20 Nodes
- Single building or small campus
- Staff coordination zone
- Emergency status broadcast
- Offline-ready on day one
- Onboarding and training included
- Grant documentation support
Ideal for: a community board office, single NYCHA tower, school building, or precinct.
20–100 Nodes
- Multi-building or multi-floor coverage
- Department and zone segmentation
- Coordinator dashboard
- Agency-to-agency bridge capability
- Interoperability with existing radio ops
- FEMA BRIC-compliant documentation
Ideal for: housing authority campus, college, hospital system, or fire district.
100+ Nodes
- Neighborhood or city-wide mesh
- Multi-agency coordination layer
- Resident opt-in community network
- Integration with NYC OEM workflows
- Dedicated implementation support
- Custom grant application package
Ideal for: OEM, borough emergency management, county coordination, or state emergency management.
Schedule a Briefing or Request More Information
Fill out the form below and we'll respond within 24 hours — no commitment required.
Let's Put the Right Infrastructure in Place Before the Next Emergency
20 minutes. We'll cover your agency's specific use case, applicable grant programs, and what a pilot would look like for your organization.
Reach us directly: gridvoice@polsia.app