[ETSList] South Plainfield Labor Day Parade and FireworksVolunteers needed

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You mean the "Office of NON-Emergency Mismanagment"! The So. Plfd Director 
(If you want to call him that) is a fucking asshole! So. Plainfield Rescue 
Squad and the like ALL suck! Get with the program guys! Stop being sooo 
(Liberal)....No one gives a crap about RACES! Get real!

I am 5 years Plfd Rescue Squad. (EMT-PA)
7 years New Market Fire Dept. (exempt)
I have a REAL job and a REAL life! Do you!?

Stop sending such bullshit in the emails!

STOP 7PLUS
STOP INTERNET FORWARDING
The ARRL is NOT the enemy!
Preserve our spectrum!


>From: Drew_Moore <drumor at optonline.net>
>Reply-To: drumor at optonline.net
>To: "ETSLIST K2ets (E-mail)" <etslist at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [ETSList] South Plainfield Labor Day Parade and 
>FireworksVolunteers needed
>Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:01:18 -0400
>
>
>The Borough of South Plainfield has begun to re-establish it's RACES
>organization under a newly formed OEM. Each year South Plainfield hosts a
>LABOR DAY PARADE* through the center of town. This activity requires lots 
>of
>volunteer communicators and we have been asked to canvass the amateur radio
>community for some volunteers. The need will be for passing parade
>information along and from the parade route from/to the start and finish
>areas. Volunteers will also be needed for safety and security 
>communications
>during the evening fireworks display held around SPRING LAKE PARK, in the
>center of town (across the street from the SP rescue squad). Volunteers
>should have 2 meter handheld radios and spare batteries (if possible). This
>activity will be, more-or-less, our first RACES type activity.
>One of the problems encountered in the past is that handheld radio
>communications have proven partially problemsome trying to talk directly
>between handhelds along the very long parade route.  I 'volunteered' to
>request permission from THE RARITAN VALLEY RADIO CLUB to utilize our 2 
>meter
>repeater for this 'community activity'. The coverage in and around South
>Plainfield is absolutely solid from W2QW's 2 meter repeater and it would be
>in keeping with the club's goals to grant use of the repeater for this
>purpose.
>It is obvious, though, that during the parade and later in the evening
>during the fireworks we would need exclusive use to reduce confusion among
>the volunteers. The parade use would most likely begin early morning and 
>end
>about midday. Soon after the parade is ended the repeater would be released
>for general use and then needed later in the evening when citizens begin to
>assemble in Spring Lake Park for the fireworks. (I believe it all ends 
>about
>9:30 p.m. and the crowd disperses.)
>
>I will volunteer to coordinate this activity and become the 'liaison' to 
>the
>club and SP OEM/RACES.
>
>* I believe a short footrace is held just prior to the parade where
>volunteer communicators will also participate.
>
>Thanks,
>Marvin Bronstein, K2VHW
>
>k2vhw at arrl.net
>
>P.S. Volunteers can submit to Paul Lorance, WA9WEV at the following e-mail
>address: wa9wev at bellatlantic.net
>         or contact Larry Makowski, W2LJ at the following e-mail address:
>makos327 at att.net
>         or Marvin Bronstein, K2VHW (member RVRC)
>Volunteers would not be required to stay the entire day for both the parade
>and fireworks unless they wish to do so and volunteers should express their
>availability for either or both.
>
>Note,
>If anyone has never been to South Plainfield's parade, it is a good one 
>with
>representation from many surrounding towns participating with fire, rescue,
>EMS/EMT equipment and personnel. Last year we had a couple of NYFD units
>also in the parade. Floats and classic cars......a very enjoyable event for
>the family.
>
>
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