[FARC] FW: HAMS A BRIGHT SPOT DURING POWER BLACKOUT

[Eric Gammeter]

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Just a few months ago we (Frederick County ARES/RACES) began
participating with CMC radio exercises. =20

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-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Eilbacher [mailto:]=20
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 4:53 PM
Subject: HAMS A BRIGHT SPOT DURING POWER BLACKOUT=20

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Here is an excerpt of an article about Amateur Radio operators
supporting the American Red Cross:

=93When a power blackout struck at least a half dozen eastern states
August 14, many Amateur Radio operators were ready and able to provide
whatever assistance they could. Hardest hit were metropolitan areas like
New York City, Detroit and Cleveland=85... In the Big Apple itself, ARES
teams provided communication support for Red Cross Emergency Response
Vehicles (ERVs) set up at main transportation centers in Manhattan. ARES
members also accompanied ERVs on fire calls. RACES activated in most
Greater New York City area counties after a state of emergency was
declared. Some ARES teams--including a few across the Hudson River in
New Jersey--activated or remained on standby to help if called upon. In
New Jersey, a net linked the Red Cross lead chapter's N2ARC in Princeton
with other New Jersey ARC chapters.=94=20

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We are well on our way in Maryland and Delaware to establishing a
stronger bond between the amateur radio community and our Red Cross
chapters. In Fact, we are in the final phase of renewing a =93Memorandum
of Understanding=94 with the local Amateur Radio Emergency Services =
(ARES)
groups in Central Maryland.

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Frank M. Eilbacher - KC=D8EKL

Disaster Communications Lead

American Red Cross of Central Maryland

4700 Mount Hope Drive=20

Baltimore, Maryland 21215-3231

Telephone: (443)745-2766

www.redcross-cmd.org

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