[ARRL-OK] Medical reserve Corp Net

[Lloyd Colston]

 From the Medical Reserve Corp list:

> One of the many lessons that the Medical Reserve Corps program has 
> learned from the responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was that a 
> way to help facilitate communications between MRC members deployed 
> into the disaster areas and people "back home" was needed. Jeff 
> Reilly, from the Westchester County (NY) MRC, has not only suggested a 
> solution, but also agreed to spearhead the effort.  In partnership 
> with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), and working with some 
> other MRC leaders, Jeff has developed and is now ready to implement a 
> system using Amateur Radio Operators ("Hams"). Through a coordinated 
> network (NET), we will be able to provide a central location, via 
> radio and digital means, for deployed MRC members to send messages 
> back home to their MRC unit leaders and families.
>
> During most disasters, including Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, hams are 
> on the scene and provide support to local infrastructure when there 
> are no other means of communications. The implementation of this 
> project may soon be tested with Hurricane Wilma heading toward 
> Florida, and it is with urgency that I make the following request: 
> Please contact your MRC members who are Amateur Radio Operators and 
> query their interest in participating in the MRC NET (if even on a 
> limited basis). If they are interested, they should immediately 
> contact Jeff Reilly at jtreilly at optonline.net 
> <mailto:jtreilly at optonline.net> so that he can expedite the formation 
> of a contact list and create a schedule for the MRC NET.
>
> Thank you for your attention to this request.
>

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Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.mayescem.us

"The President can make you a general, but only communications 
can make you a commander."  General Curtis LeMay