[ARRL-OK] RE: [medicalreservecorps] Medical reserve Corp Net

[Kostiuk, Ed M.]

The State of Oklahoma has done this since July. With operation OFF we had our HAMS folks sign onto the MRC program. During deployment and other request we plan on utilizing those folks with our strike teams and with our communication needs during Oklahoma's crisis. 

Lloyd if you would please pass it along to this list since I don't have access to post on their sites. IF HAMS operators need more information they can contact me at my office number. 

Ed 

-----Original Message-----
From: medicalreservecorps at yahoogroups.com [mailto:medicalreservecorps at yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Lloyd Colston
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 6:47 PM
To: Central_States_Hams at yahoogroups.com; ARRL-ok List; Medical Reserve Corps
Subject: [medicalreservecorps] Medical reserve Corp Net

 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



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