[Ares-races] Finding Funding for Ham Equipment - E-911 Center

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:38:58 -0400

I want to thank everyone who
has responded, I appreciate
the input very much!

--

73,

James E. Bond, K6SPY
[email protected]
METERS/ARES/RACES Knox County.
Tennessee
http://www.meters.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Harris
[mailto:[email protected]
om]
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002
1:20 PM
To:
[email protected];
[email protected];
[email protected]
Subject: RE: [Ares-races]
Finding Funding for Ham
Equipment - E-911
Center

Virginia RACES, Inc. is
chartered by the Virginia
State Corporation
Commission as a nonprofit
educational and public service
organization.  This
enables is to receive private
and corporate donations of
radio equipment and
computers to support our
statewide digital network and
other resources, such
as free tower space for
digital and voice repeater
sites, remote receivers,
voting and digital backbone
linking systems.

In Fairfax County some of the
federal funds being allocated
for public
safety resources under the new
homeland defense are being
used to equip the
RACES operating position in
our EOC.  It will have HF, VHF
and UHF  and
phone and data.  Our ARES EC
and the RACES RO advise the
County's Emergency
Management Coordinating
Committee.  Amateur radio
taskings are written into
the Emergency Support
Functions of our County
Emergency Operations Plan
which deal with Alert,
Notification and Public
Warning; Emergency Public
Information; Damage
Assessment; Mass Care;
Emergency Management; and
Resource Management.

The key is to get to know the
needs of and to "serve the
customer."  Don't
tell the served agency what
you can do or how to do their
job.

Instead, work with them to
identify which organizations
need auxiliary
communications.  Develop a
needs assessment.  Identify
suitable tasks for
amateur radio.  Determine what
equipment and resources are
necessary to meet
the needs.  Honestly evaluate
current amateur radio assets
and capabilities
to fill the need.  Don't
promise what you can't
deliver!  Identify all
training and equipment
requirements needed.

Then work with  served
agencies to develop the
necessary SOPS, job aids,
checklists, procedures, forms
and position descriptions.
Then you can train
people to do the job, test
them in exercises, evaluate
their performance and
seek continuous improvement
while building rapport and
trust with the
customer.

If you have an opportunity to
attend an Emergency Management
Planning
Workshop as part of your local
EMCC, commit the time to work
with your
locality to revise or update
its EOP.  Networking with
emergency management
officials in your community
will reap GREAT dividends
which go far beyond
amateur radio!

>From: Nick Meacher
<[email protected]>
>To: Nick Meacher
<[email protected]>
,James E Bond
><[email protected]>,
[email protected]
>Subject: RE: [Ares-races]
Finding Funding for Ham
Equipment - E-911 Center
>Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002
05:44:19 -0800
>
>oops forgot to give you the
link www.JuneauARC.org
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nick Meacher
>Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002
05:45
>To: 'James E Bond';
[email protected]
>Subject: RE: [Ares-races]
Finding Funding for Ham
Equipment - E-911
>Center
>
>
>The first issue you'll need
to take care of (as I've been
through this one)
>is make sure that your group
is registered as a non-profit.
No agency or
>organization will do anything
without this status.
>
>Next, approach FEMA, local
businesses, Rotary, etc and
outline your needs.
>The best way to do this is to
show why, what you can do,
etc.  Check out
>the
>Emergency and Disaster
Communications report on our
ARES page under the
>"forms" section.  It might
give you some ideas.  It's
surprising home many
>government officials are not
aware of their capabilities
and the problems
>that they may encounter.
This kind of report can then
be used as an opener
>to local groups and
companies.
>
>You may well find that
several groups will have funs
available for
>donations
>once they realize that there
is an important need that
needs to be met.
>
>The one problem that I've
encountered in our brand new
$1,000,000 police
>station that houses our new
EOC is that the "planning
group" deleted the
>recommendations for space for
amateur equipment "as there is
not a need".
>Now we have a new Emergency
Coordinator and Police Chief
who are very much
>in favor of us being there
but there is not space for us!
We have
>equipment
>donated from our State
Division of Emergency Services
and no where to put
>it!
>
>Good luck
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James E Bond
[mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002
05:17
>To:
[email protected]
>Subject: [Ares-races] Finding
Funding for Ham Equipment -
E-911 Center
>Importance: High
>
>
>
>I am interested in ways to
>find funding for emergency
>communications equipment in
>our new E-911 Center
currently
>being constructed in our
>county. It seems that no
>expense is being spared for
>this center, including a 300
>ft tower designed as a
>complete back up to the
>trunked 800MHz system.  That
>is, except for the RACES
>station.
>
>Last year I participated on a
>committee to make
>recommendations on ham
>equipment for the center. The
>design of the center does not
>allow copper wire to
penetrate
>into same. We came up with a
>suitable design and
>recommended they use the
>TS-2000 (in duplicate).
>
>Now come to find out they
have
>not made any allocations
>whatsoever in their budget
for
>ham equipment, despite having
>our input. Now come to find
>out they plan to use existing
>VHF/UHF equipment, how I am
>not entirely sure.
>
>I am curious to know if
anyone
>has had similar issues to
>contend with; and if so, and
>how the money was raised.  I
>have heard of the ARRL giving
>grants for such projects, but
>I do not know how to approach
>this.
>
>Any other suggestions?
>
>Thank you very much.
>
>73,
>
>James E. Bond, K6SPY
>[email protected]
>METERS/ARES/RACES Knox
County.
>Tennessee
>http://www.meters.org
>
>
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epage [email protected]
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Board Member, Northern VA FM
Association
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Officer

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