[ARRL-OK] EC Planning BEFORE the SET - SATURDAY October 1, 2011

[Mark Conklin]

For EVERY EC:     (If no EC in your area ... then the DEC)
  
BEFORE THE SET     (SET = Simulated Emergency Test (SET) - SATURDAY October 1, 2011 )
 
Steps for the County Emergency Coordinator    

1.      Sign up all available amateurs in the area under your jurisdiction and work them into your SET plans. 

2.      Call a meeting of all ARES members and prospective members to briefly outline SET activities, and give general instructions. Do not divulge the exact time or nature of the test to them at this time. This should come as a surprise. Take this opportunity to register new ARES members and get up-to-date information on others.  

3.      Contact your areas served agencies and explain the intent and overall purpose of the SET. Offer to send test messages to other branches of their agencies, and invite officials to your ARES meetings and SET operating sites. 

4.      Contact officials of any adjacent communities having no active amateurs and offer to provide representation in amateur networks for them as well. 

5.      Arrange publicity in consultation with an ARRL Public Information Officer in local newspapers and radio/TV stations by preparing an announcement and/or inviting the press to observe your group's SET operation. 

6.      Set up liaison with one or more NTS local/section nets (if you don't already have liaison) so you will have an outlet for all messages out of the local area.  This is where the role of the Official Emergency Station (OES) in your District or County comes in to play here in Oklahoma. The OES is the liaison between local, the region, and the section/state.

7.      Formulate your plans around a simulated disaster. Possible "plots" include: a flood, a serious fire, an ice storm, a missing person, a serious accident (automobile, bus, aircraft, for examples), a broken gas line, and so forth. Elaborate on the situation by developing a scenario, but please be realistic. 


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Mark Conklin, N7XYO
Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
918.232.8346
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