[FLham] NERPC Established

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National Emergency Response Planning Committee Established

The Board also resolved to establish an ad hoc ARRL National 
Emergency Response Planning Committee "to appropriately prepare for 
future large-scale disasters." The panel will develop a comprehensive 
recommendation for ARRL responses to national, regional and 
international disasters. The Board will consider the recommendations 
at its 2007 annual meeting next January.

The resolution takes note of the fact that the emergency 
communications resources and organization needed for national and 
international disasters "are markedly different" from those required 
at the regional and local level. Given the unprecedented scope and 
devastation of the 2005 hurricane season in general and of Hurricane 
Katrina in particular, ARRL Headquarters was placed into a leadership 
coordination role through national-level requests for help from 
served agencies such as the American Red Cross.

The National Emergency Response Planning Committee will thoroughly 
evaluate the responses and actions of ARRL and the Amateur Radio 
Emergency Service (ARES) during Hurricane Katrina as well as lessons learned.

(ARRL Web)