[Ares-races] Check out Red Cross Comm

[Rane Curl]

On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 BeachGeek1@aol.com wrote:

> I am wondering why the Red Cross is in the communications business. Don't the
> local agencies handle this?

The Red Cross have to coordinate their own activities between (and within)
Shelters, mobile Disaster Action Teams and Damage Assessment teams, Mass
Care vehicles, local, regional and national headquarters, and of course
also with local agencies (emergency, fire and police). They have had
chapter Communications functions for a long time, often supported by ham
radio operators, although that function is much reduced recently by the
use of cell phones.

--Rane L. Curl   N8REG
  Past Red Cross chapter Communications Officer.