Wildland firefighting operations benefit from PACE plans, an approach that ensures a Primary Plan, an Alternative Plan, a Contingency Plan, and an Emergency Plan are in place for a mission. But PACE planning brings significant benefits when applied to communications as well. Explore how effective PACE planning boosts narrowband and broadband communications reliability that is essential for situational awareness. Attendees will hear about emerging technology supporting alternate, contingency, and emergency capabilities required for sustained robust communications during challenging operations. Approaches covered will include deployables, mesh networking, vehicle satellite hubs, and more.