[CTSARA] Stamford Emergency Plan

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To all SARA members xx
here is our Emergency Services Group Plan for ARES CT Region 1 Stamford,

I am sending this to you text mode.  The Plan is uptodate.  I usually 
program my radios accordingly.  Note the Simplex Frequencies if we go 
into a power issue with our repeater. If you have any questions let me 
know.

Frank Cassella, KB1IFX EC ARES Stamford

Stamford Amateur Radio Emergency Services Group
The Stamford ARES Group is supported by the Stamford Amateur Radio 
Association and Club (SARA).  SARA is a member of the American Radio 
Relay League. As our region is part of the New York to Boston Corridor, 
our primary area of operational concerns for Emergency Communications 
are Stamford, Darien, and Greenwich CT.

Presently, the Stamford and Norwalk clubs, and the ARES groups 
participates, assists, and supports in the Connecticut and New York 
Sky-Warning Nets during NOAA Weather Alerts, Watches, and Warnings 
within CTARES Region 1, (Southern Fairfield County) areas.

Both clubs, (SARA and GNARC) and its ARES members conduct and support 
monthly drills on the local area repeaters, supports Field Day 
activities for area Clubs, and participates in annual Simulated 
Emergency Tests with the State of Connecticut.

All of the local area repeaters operate with back up uninterruptible 
power sources and batteries and are tested frequently to insure their 
readiness for emergency communications should the need arise.

Le
adership
Frank Cassella, KB1IFX
203 329 3068 / 203 968 9000
Emergency Coordinator
Stamford, CT

Area Repeaters
        
        146.655/146.055 PL 100.0Hz W1EE/R Stamford (Primary)
                447.125/442.125 PL 114.6Hz W1EE/R Stamford (Secondary)
                146.775/147.175 PL 100.0Hz W1NLK/R Norwalk (Alt-Primary)
        448.075/443.075 PL 114.6Hz W1NLK/R Norwalk (Alt-Secondary)
        146.475/147.475 PL 100Hz W1FSM/R New Canaan (Reserve)

    Simplex Primary
        147.420 PL 100Hz
        445.500 PL 100Hz

    Emergency Operations Centers
        Stamford Government Center
        

    High Frequency Operation
        Members are available for Liaison to Statewide ARES Nets

    Field Deployment
        To be determined.
    

Membership
    16 Active Registrations: 4 Reserve Members.

Served Agencies
    To be determined.

Action Plans
Strategies for Preparedness in Low-Risk Areas such as our Region 1 
warrant the choreography of practice if you will, or contingency of 
pre-planning phases to implement Emergency Communications should they 
be needed.

This basically means that we need to rehearse and practice what we 
would like to delivery and contribute to our Served Agencies and 
Municipal Governments. We would work closely with our Served Agencies 
based on their needs in assisting them with Emergency Communications as 
solely a back-up to their normal Emergency Communications and Disaster 
Preparedness Plans of Operation
 along with taking guidance and 
instruction from them.

The short of it is we would like to help and feel we have the talent 
and the ability to assist in Emergency Communications.

Actions for the region are activated by request from the local 
Municipal Governments, Served Agencies such as Community Emergency 
Response Teams CERT, the American Red Cross or other Emergency 
Authorities in the region. Communities in the region have agreements 
with ARES to provide specific communications services in emergencies. 
These services include providing basic communications for emergency 
shelters and functions supporting those shelters, providing extended 
coverage for areas where statewide communications systems may have 
reduced service, providing communications support for the American Red 
Cross and providing interagency communications support for Emergency 
Response Services. ARES provides formal handling of Health and Welfare 
messages through the National Traffic System into and out of the region.







Marshalling Area
To be determined.
Primary Emergency Response
    Hurricane, Blizzard, Major Power Outage
Stamford ARES has plans to provide communications for Emergency
Shelters. The Stamford Group will provide personnel as needed to 
relieve communications overloads within the supported towns. The group 
will be available to provide coverage to local dead radio zones within 
the northern areas of Stamford.

Major Disaster Response
    Direct Major20Hurricane Impact, Terrorist Activity
During major disasters Stamford ARES will assign Net Control and Agency 
Liaison personnel at the EOCs. The Group is prepared to deploy both 
people and equipment as needed to support communications needs in 
affected areas. Communications are reliable with Stamford, Norwalk, 
Bridgeport and Danbury. HF is reliable statewide.
Zone One
Zone One covers the towns of Greenwich, Stamford, and Darien. There are 
two VHF and one UHF Amateur Radio Repeaters covering the zone. One of 
the VHF repeaters is covered by an emergency power system. The zone has 
High Frequency coverage capable of statewide and nationwide 
communications

SKYWARN
      ARES’ Skywarn program provides critical ground observations to the
      National Weather Service in storms.


National Traffic Service (NTS)
    For decades the National Traffic Service have provided long distance 
Emergency
Communications for Health, and Welfare traffic, in addition to free 
radiograms for families.
The American Red Cross uses ARES to provide emergency communications in 
a
Disaster.  So do the Salvation Army, OEM, FEMA, and hundreds of County 
and      municipal governments.

All of the above Emergency Action Plans are well intended, however they 
will not hold water if we cannot test our systems out cooperatively. We 
are there to support you and would like the opportunity to provide and 
support in your request for assistance in your Emergenc
y Communications 
Operations.