[Ares-races] Public Service Question

[ares-races@mailman.qth.net]

I am the ARES EC for the Yakima County, Yakima WA. I am also a 
captain on one of the local fire departments. I was contacted by my 
fire chief about doing a radio coverage test of our district. He also 
said that at the last county fire commissioners meeting he brought 
up the idea of ham radio usage. In my district, we have a few places 
that we can not get out on the fire radio or cell phone. Would like to 
see a letter that you wrote, that helped you befriend the fire service. 

My question would be, do any of you have a good repore with your 
local fire department - helping them with ham radio 
communications, year after year? If so, please contact off the list, so 
I can ask you some questions about how to approach the county fire 
commissioners about how we (amateur radio operators) can help.
Even the possibility of sponsoring a ham repeater at one of their 
remote repeater sites.

73
Rod Rath
kc7vqr@arrl.net