Its FORTY fire stations in 399 square miles. Not sure if it was my fumbly fingers or a yahoo garble. Probably a bit of each. ... exercise. We are doing this...
ARRL Seeks Emergency Communications Manager NEWINGTON, CT, Feb 5, 2007 -- The ARRL seeks to fill the new position of Emergency communications Manager within...
Hi friends, I am new to the group, and I appreciate the moderator letting me in. I was a RACES district Communications officer in SW Missouri back in the 1970...
Thank you one and all. This is Jaiprakkash Pullakudy from India, Mumbai. Profession : Insurance & Loans AdvisorSocial : Ham Radio Operator -...
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Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)And just what is this garbage? ... From: RACES@yahoogroups.com To: RACES@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February...
That "garbage" is hypertext markup language (html). That is the language that web pages and html encoded email is written in. Normally your browser (Internet...
I've spoken with some folks who posted "this garbage" on other Yahoo lists. Apparently they are/were members of a Yahoo email test program, and when Yahoo ...
It looks like Northern Virginia is setting the bar here. Should Maryland RACES follow suit? Maybe the Maryland RACES Interoperability Committee would want to...
Our State, Missouri, apparently does not have an Emergency Plan that includes RACES. In fact I can not find a State RACES officer. Any suggestions how you get...
As someone who is responsible for RACES at the State Emergency Management program, I would suggest that you not attempt to establish a "statewide" RACES...
I'll agree with Warren with the State RACES program vs the "Statewide" RACES program. Since the majority of communication issues will be at the county or city...
We have a similar program in Baltimore and Harford Counties in Maryland. The programs started in 2005 and since then we have trained over 70 volunteers who...
... Kudos for any group that goes the extra mile for quality operators. The old problem still exists across the United States, NO standardization. Requiring...
In Baltimore and Harford Counties (Maryland), we train our personnel in the same manner as Police/Fire dispatches. RACES has a position in the EOC and access...
I am glad to see the organization of the Northern Virginia group, and I have enjoyed reading all the posts. I had asked earlier how to get things going, etc....
David, The immediate courses of action that come to mind are; contact the MO SEC and advise him of the situation. Don't be surprised if he wants you to be ...
If the regular lines of communications were still up and running there would be no reason to activate an ARES or RACES response. What were the conditions of...
Ryan, electric was out some places 12 days, phone lines were down, cable systems were off, wires were down everywhere, a few cell towers ran on generators...
That sounds like a good place for ARES and RACES to fill holes. That sounds like a perfect place to deploy amateur radio assets with mobile radios and...
I have quite a few seniors, some in their 80's, in my combined ARES/RACES group. One guy, John, who is close to 85, is trained in Radiological Field ...
This all sounds wonderful but the Northern Virginia program is nothing like what you see in Harford County. It is obvious that the Office of Emergency...